Ralph E. McCoy Collection,
Scope and Content
The Ralph E. McCoy Collection contains materials collected by McCoy: publications, correspondence, programs, and Civil War memorabilia. The collection includes a variety of materials including membership cards and honors received, event invitations and programs, Civil War publications and photographs, newsletters from different organizations, and World War II ration coupons.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-2001, n.d.
Creator
- McCoy, Ralph, 1915-2007 (Collector, Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Ralph E. McCoy Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Ralph Edward McCoy was born on October 1, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Melba McKibben in 1940, and they had two sons named Robert Allan McCoy and David Lawrence McCoy. He received an undergraduate degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1937, and a library degree in 1939 and a Ph.D. degree in 1956 from the University of Illinois. From 1943-1946, he served in the US Army. From 1955-1956, he was the Dean of Libraries at Southern Illinois University. In 1995, he and his wife moved to Blacksburg, Virginia. He died in September 2007.
Source
New River Valley News
Full Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Ralph E. McCoy Collection contains materials collected by McCoy: publications, correspondence, programs, and Civil War memorabilia.
Arrangement
The Ralph E. McCoy Collection is arranged in folders by material type. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title.
Acquisition Information
The Ralph E. McCoy Collection was donated to Special Collections in 2001.
Separated Materials
Three VHS tapes were removed from the collection and cataloged for the Special Collections media materials: "Grant's Tomb Centennial," "Life of Abraham Lincoln," and "U.S. Grant Association C-Span Broadcast."
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Ralph E. McCoy Collection was completed in September 2013.
- Title
- Ralph E. McCoy Collection, 1919-2001, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nicole Hancock, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2014 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