Benjamin Cottrell Papers,
Scope and Content
This collection contains the papers, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, and scrapbooks of Benjamin Cottrell. Cottrell graduated from VPI in 1916 and spent his career working as a highway and railroad engineer in Costa Rica and Bolivia. Much of the newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers in the collection relate to his work abroad. Other materials relate to his activities as a VPI alumnus.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1983
Creator
- Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Benjamin Cottrell Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Benjamin Cottrell graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1916 with a bachelors in Civil Engineering. He spent most of his life working in railroad and highway development in South America. He was a member of the VPI Alumni Century Club. Cottrell died in 1972.
Full Extent
1.7 Cubic Feet (7 boxes; 2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, and scrapbooks of Benjamin Cottrell from 1910-1983. Cottrell, a 1916 VPI graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering, spent part of his career working on railroads and highways in Central and South America.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by material type.
Acquisition Information
This collection was acquired by Special Collections in 1972.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Benjamin Cottrell Papers was completed in September 2013.
- Title
- Benjamin Cottrell Papers, 1910-1983
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Adrienne Glenney, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2013 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu