Lucy Minogue Rowland Papers
Scope and Content Information
Scope is 1968-69. Topics of the letters to the editor include alcoholic beverages, women at VPI, VPI name change, and removing the Confederate flag from the Coliseum. Also included are letters of a political nature including a signed letter from David Eisenhower on "Youth for Nixon-Agnew," correspondence with Senator William B. Spong, Jr., and letters congratulating Minogue on her appointment as editor-in-chief.
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1969
Creator
- Rowland, Lucy Minogue (Collector, Person)
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Lucy Minogue Rowland Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
Lucy Minogue (Rowland) was a member of the class of 1969 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She was first news editor and then editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Virginia Techin 1968-69. She earned a B.S. in biology/zoology (1969) and a M.S. in microbiology (1972) at Virginia Tech, and later earned a Masters in Library Science at the University of Maryland.
Full Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains letters to the editor received by Lucy Minogue when she was news editor and editor-in-chief of The Virginia Techin 1968-69. Also included are other correspondence she received during the same time, editorial copy, and the paper's masthead.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. Note that letters to the paper initialed by Lucy Minogue were published. Those marked "NP" were not published.
General Physical Description note
1 container, 0.25 cu. ft.
- Title
- A Guide to the Lucy Minogue Rowland Papers 1968-69
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tamara Kennelly
- Date
- © 2003 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in 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