Walter Reade Hardin, Jr. Collection
Scope and Content Information
This collection contains materials collected by Virginia Tech student and band member Walter Reade Hardin Jr. Apparently removed from a scrapbook, the collection contains a number of mementos associated with Virginia Tech social affairs (including dances and concerts); various photos of cadet and band groups, classmates, and events surrounding the 1938 homecoming football game with the University of Virginia; and a small assortment of newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1934 - 1952
Creator
- Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr. (Person)
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Walter Reade Hardin Jr. Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
Walter Reade Hardin Jr., Virginia Tech graduate and U. S. Army veteran, was born on February 20, 1917. The son of Walter Reade and Mattie Young Hardin, he attended Virginia Tech as a cadet majoring in business administration. A member of the band, as well as the Bachelor, Cotillion and Roanoke clubs, Hardin graduated in 1941. During World War II, he served as a captain in the U. S. Army. In 1952, he married Mary McIntosh Holland. Hardin died on July 17, 1985 and is buried in the Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Eastville, Virginia.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Materials collected by a Virginia Tech cadet and band member during his college years. Includes mementos, photographs and newspaper clippings.
Arrangement
Arranged by document type, then chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The Walter Reade Hardin Jr. Collection was donated to the Special Collections in 1985. Donated together with the papers of Fields M. Young--Hardin's grandfather--these materials were separated during the processing of the Young Papers and assigned a separate manuscript number.
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the Walter Reade Hardin Collection commenced and was completed in December 2003.
- Title
- A Register of the Walter Reade Hardin Jr. Collection 1934-1952
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- 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