Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence
Scope and Content
The collection contains business correspondence from Oliver's tenure with the Virginia Tech Alumni Association (1950-1968) and the University of the South Alumni Association. The collection also includes personal correspondence from 1947 to 2010. Letters in the collection are written to Oliver by numerous correspondents. Other materials include carbon or onion skin copies of letters by Oliver, created in the course of professional and personal activities. In some cases, correspondence to and from the same person is clipped or stapled together.
Correspondents significant to the history of Virginia Tech, as well as those with large contributions to the collection are listed under the "Index Terms" section of the finding aid below. Major topics include Virginia Tech Alumni Association business, Virginia Tech German Club events, and general professional correspondence. The collection also contains photocopies of a small number of articles by Oliver for The Techgram in 1950.
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 2010
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985
Creator
- Norcross, William Ernest (Person)
- Roberts, James (Person)
- Rowe, C. Eugene, d.1987 (Person)
- Powell, James V. (Person)
- Roberts, Anne (Person)
- Tatum, Omar (Person)
- Taylor, Gregory C. (Person)
- Shackelford, Grace (Person)
- Webb, Jack (Person)
- Vernon, William D. (Person)
- Wasko, Barbara (Person)
- Oliver, Marcus L. (Person)
- Frazer, George Preston (Person)
- Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 (Person)
- Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 (Person)
- Hahn, T. Marshall, Jr. (Thomas Marshall), 1926-2016 (Person)
- Mayo, Fitzhugh (Person)
- Musser, Harry P. (Person)
- Marmion, William H. (William Henry), 1907- (Person)
- Mayo, Elizabeth (Person)
- King, Helen G. (Person)
- Johnson, Adger S. (Person)
- Gustin, Harry (Person)
- Godsey, John D. (Person)
- Gordon, Charles O. (Person)
- Fabian, G. Craig (Person)
- Forbes, Charles M. (Person)
- Dixon, James (Person)
- Dean, James W., 1920- (Person)
- Cochran, Edward (Person)
- Cahill, Edward (Person)
- Horton, Miles C., Jr. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Marcus L. Oliver graduated from VPI in 1947 with a BS in Argicultural Education. In 1949, he obtained a MS from the University of North Carolina. From 1949 to 1968, he worked for the Virginia Tech Alumni Association in several capacities: Assistant Secretary (1949-1960), Secretary (1960-1965), Director of Alumni Affairs (1965-1966), and Director of Placement (1966-1968). After Virginia Tech, Oliver served as the Director of Development, then Director of Annual Giving at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Full Extent
1.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains business correspondence from Oliver's tenure with the Virginia Tech Alumni Association (1950-1968) and the University of the South Alumni Association. The collection also includes personal correspondence from 1947 to 2010.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically. Correspondence is in folders according to the first letter of the last name. Each letter of the alphabet has one to two folders. Although multiple pieces of correspondence by the same author are sometimes stapled or paper-clipped together, please note this is not always the case. The original order of the materials has been maintained.
Additional materials processed in July 2017 were added to the back of the appropriate alphabetical folder.
Acquisition Information
The bulk of the Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence was donated to Special Collections in June 2009, though some materials pre-date this (there is at least one donation from 2004). Additional materials were donated in 2010.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence commenced and was completed in June 2009. Additional description was completed in July 2017.
Subject
- Oliver, John (Person)
- Oliver, Marcus L. -- Correspondence (Correspondent, Person)
- Oliver family (Family)
- German Club. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Alumni Foundation (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence, 1947-2010 (Bulk 1950-1985)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kira A. Dietz
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- 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