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Additional description was completed when converting the paper inventory of Series II to an electronic finding aid in January 2020.","Additional unprocessed boxes are not on this list but are available to view. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","This collection contains primarily farm surveys and reports, which comprise Series I. Survey books. Subjects covered include cattle, crop rotations, insecticides, orchards, etc. There are also statistical surveys on farm operations and productions in ten Virginia counties: Albemarle (1935, 2 vols.); Appomatox (1935-36, 4 vols.); Floyd (1937, 2 vols.); Grayson (1930-31, 8 vols.); Halifax (1939, 7 vols.); Henry (1940, 7 vols.); Nansemond (1932, 17 vols.); Norfolk (1931-32, 7 vols.); Pittsylvania (1933-36, 42 vols.); and Russell (1935, 9 vols.). 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Also included are 9 volumes of poultry surveys for several Virginia counties (1931-32) and a Truck survey done in 1938.","The second series comprises files dated 1903-1947. Materials include weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of documentation of various research projects related to crops, orchards, animals, and more at different Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) across the state. Some of these records are from the earliest established ARECs at Chatham and Appomattox. The series also includes the correspondence of A. W. Drinkard, Jr., director of VAES from 1916 through 1946, with state entomologist and plant pathologist W. J. Schoene, professors and administrators at VPI, agricultural organizations, and others.","Additional unprocessed boxes are not on this list but are available to view. 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Fulton, was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 4, 1886. After graduating from the Dublin Institute (Pulaski County, Virginia), Fulton attended the University of Virginia, then earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Michigan. He served as a high school principal for a year, taught at Culver Military Institute for a year and served as an instructor in the University of Michigan's School of Oratory. In 1918, he became director of Drake University's School of Commerce. He was still teaching at Drake as late as 1935, but by 1954 was serving as an instructor of economics at City College of New York.","In 1943, Fulton purchased the Graham Mansion at Max Meadows, Virginia. He continued to teach at City College of New York until retiring in the late 1950s, when he retired to the mansion. Here, he housed his massive book collection and derived an income from the sale of timber.  Fulton sold the mansion to Dr. James L. Chitwood in 1974 but retained residency there for the remainder of his life.","Reid Stanger Fulton died at Max Meadows in September 1979 and is buried in the Fulton Family Cemetery at Independence (Grayson County), Virginia.","The guide to the Reid Stanger Fulton Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Reid Stanger Fulton Papers commenced and was completed in January 2011.","The University Libraries include several books by and about Reid Fulton Stanger, which are available via the online library catalog.","This collection contains the papers of Reid Stanger Fulton, economics instructor, avid book collector, and owner of the Graham Mansion (Max Meadows, Virginia). Included are several letters and legal agreements, relating largely to Fulton's Wythe County, Virginia property. The collection also includes a small collection of stock certificates, probably gathered by Fulton in the course of his book-collecting. A small set of newspaper clippings within the collection provides information on both Fulton and the Graham Mansion, while Fulton's career as a college instructor is represented in several class records and a 1958 economics examination. Also included are two 1922 issues of Journal of Business, featuring articles written by Fulton. A folder of typescript pieces includes an essay by Fulton titled \"Is There a Paucity of Political Leadership,\" a short story titled \"It Is Our Turn,\" signed \"M.S. C.,\" an anonymous commencement address, and what appear to be course lecture notes. A folder of general materials completes the collection and includes a 1923 passport for Katherine Gourley (born 1853 in Ireland). 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A folder of general materials completes the collection and includes a 1923 passport for Katherine Gourley (born 1853 in Ireland). Like the stock certificates, the passport probably has no personal connection to Fulton but was instead likely acquired by him in the course of collecting. The folder also includes two receipts issued to Fulton for the purchase of textbooks, some 1950s political/religious circular letters, and a land-use map for Fulton's Wythe County property.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of Reid Stanger Fulton, economics instructor, avid book collector, and owner of the Graham Mansion (Max Meadows, Virginia). Included are several letters and legal agreements, relating largely to Fulton's Wythe County, Virginia property. The collection also includes a small collection of stock certificates, probably gathered by Fulton in the course of his book-collecting. 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Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.","Dickenson is the author of two published works: Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia. and Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County.","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Richard B. Dickenson Papers was completed in September 2011.","The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present. Included are photocopies and excerpts of books and archival materials, correspondence with coworkers and friends largely dealing with the Christiansburg Institute, and professional material related to his work in with the Christiansburg Community Center and local history associations.","The following books have been removed from the collection and are available in Special Collections:","The Black Oklahomans, A History: 1541-1972, 1972\nBlack History in Oklahoma: A Resource Book, 1971\nChristiansburg Institute: A Proud Heritage, 1991\nEntitled:Free Papers in Appalachia, 1980\nHighlights in the Early History of Montgomery County, VA, 1975\nThe Montgomery County Story, 2000\nMontgomery County, Virginia: Circa 1790, 1972\nMontgomery County Virginia: The First Hundred Years, 1994\nPrice Genealogy, 1948\nThe United States Army Invades the New River Valley May 1864, 1986\nVirginia Landmarks of Black History, 1995","Permission to publish material from Richard B. 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Individual publications are arranged in their own folder, excerpts are grouped in folders by alphabetical order.","Series IV contains research materials complied by Dickenson. Most of these items are photocopies of archival material. 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Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDickenson is the author of two published works: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEntitled! 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Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.","Dickenson is the author of two published works: Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia. and Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County.","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Richard B. 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King David Richards married Harriet Love Richards before joining the 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment, part of the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He died participating in Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["King David Richards was the son of David and Mary Hodges Richards and great-grandson of Edward Richards, who served in the American Revolution War. King David Richards married Harriet Love Richards before joining the 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment, part of the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He died participating in Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Richards-Woody Family Papers, Ms2015-029, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Richards-Woody Family Papers, Ms2015-029, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Richards-Woody Family Papers was completed in July 2015.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Richards-Woody Family Papers was completed in July 2015."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Richards-Woody Family Papers contain Civil War-era correspondence of King David Richards, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and family history records pertaining to the Richards-Woody family of southwest Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1862-1863, 1992-1993, includes photocopies and transcriptions of Civil War correspondence written by King David Richards to his wife, Harriet Love Richards, while he served in the 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army. In his letters, Richards details the movements of his regiment as part of the Army of Northern Virginia  and their participation in the battles at Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Drewry's Bluff, and Suffolk. Additionally, there are letters from Robert Krick, an historian with the National Park Service, written to a Mrs. Daphne Woody discussing Richards' letters and his service in the 57th Virginia Infantry. Krick also discusses the question of Richards's final resting place after dying on the field of Battle at Gettysburg. A letter from Jack Huber written to  Mrs. Daphne Woody discusses information in the Richards letters pertaining to the battles of Fredericksburg and the march to and from Fort Powhatan. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs, 1892-1957, are photocopies depicting Harriet Love Richards, Mary Catherine Richards Woody, and the children of Joseph Willis Woody Sr. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating from 1891 to 1976, Obituaries include photocopies of private and published obituaries of Richards-Woody family members. A photocopy of an article in the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFranklin News-Post\u003c/emph\u003e discusses the tragic traffic accident that claimed the life of Herbert D. 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Additionally, there are letters from Robert Krick, an historian with the National Park Service, written to a Mrs. Daphne Woody discussing Richards' letters and his service in the 57th Virginia Infantry. Krick also discusses the question of Richards's final resting place after dying on the field of Battle at Gettysburg. A letter from Jack Huber written to  Mrs. Daphne Woody discusses information in the Richards letters pertaining to the battles of Fredericksburg and the march to and from Fort Powhatan.","Photographs, 1892-1957, are photocopies depicting Harriet Love Richards, Mary Catherine Richards Woody, and the children of Joseph Willis Woody Sr.","Dating from 1891 to 1976, Obituaries include photocopies of private and published obituaries of Richards-Woody family members. A photocopy of an article in the Franklin News-Post discusses the tragic traffic accident that claimed the life of Herbert D. Woody, Sr.","Legal documents span from 1803 to 1905 and comprise photocopies of marriage licences, property appraisals, and the final will and testaments of members of the Richards-Woody family.","Family History, 1989-1990, consists of data sheets on individual members of the Richards-Woody Family, which list family members' birth, marriage, and death information. Typed notes summarize the history of the branches of the Richards-Woody Family. A photocopy of a hand drawn family tree graphically depicts the branches of the Richards-Woody Family, and a short history titled 57th Virginia Infantry by Charles W. Sublett discusses the regiment."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from the Richards-Woody Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish material from the Richards-Woody Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e40a72eed9c8161638ab170b3b3b5927\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. 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The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"famname_ssim":["Richards-Woody family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Richards-Woody family"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Richards-Woody family"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"total_component_count_is":5,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:47:53.929Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2979"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, 2025","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (Roanoke, Va.)","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, NPS and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. The RATC continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the club covers over 120 miles of the AT, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4262.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records","title_ssm":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records"],"title_tesim":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records"],"unitdate_ssm":["[ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2025","(bulk 1932-2025)"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["[ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2025","(bulk 1932-2025)"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2025"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, 2025"],"text":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, 2025","Ms.2024.054","/repositories/2/resources/4262","Appalachian Mountains","Appalachian Trail","Roanoke (Va.)","Virginia, Southwest","Environmental protection","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","The collection is open for research, except Box 22 which contains restricted materials. Restricted folders are identified within the inventory. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","Duplicates, blank notepads, empty envelopes, and binders were removed from collection. Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. Original order of files provided by the RATC is maintained where possible. Folder titles are original, except text within brackets [].","Series I: RATC Management, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2024 (bulk 1932-2016)","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","Subseries A: RATC Meeting Minutes, 1940-1959, 1968-2004, 2022\n\nSubseries B: RATC By-Laws and Rosters, 1955, 1960, 1972-1993\n\nSubseries C: RATC Newsletters and Hike Schedules, 1939-1942, 1954-2010\n\nSubseries D: Monitoring the Appalachian Trail: Land Tract Files, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2010 (bulk 1980s-2010) - Please note, many of these documents are photocopies, and the dates are based on the originals.\n\nSubseries E: Acquisitions and Relocations, 1949, 1955, [ca. 1960s]-1997, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Management Plans and Conservation Issues, 1964-1982, 1991-2003, 2010, 2016, 2024\n\nSubseries G: General Files, 1952, 1958, 1971-2014\n\nSubseries H: RATC Historical Materials, 1932-1962, 1977-2000, 2020-[ca. 2024]","Series II: RATC Officers and Members, 1939-2025","This series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Subseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022","The Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.","Local hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work.","On November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.","As of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.","Biographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.","External Sources:","Box 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/, accessed May 1, 2024.","By-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf, accessed May 1, 2024.","Diana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/, accessed September 25, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Conservancy, https://appalachiantrail.org/, accessed October 3, 2025.","Thomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.","Tom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.","Sources:","Box 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection","\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","The Spider (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Biographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"","John Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection","U.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).","Clark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","William Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for The Roanoke Times from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","Cochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia.","Sources:","Mark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" Cardinal News, July 1, 2024, https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Obituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, The Roanoke Times, July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593, accessed September 19, 2025.","Mark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" The Roanoke Times, July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.","\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996, accessed September 19, 2025.","Zetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the Trail Blazer newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Zetta Campbell, The Roanoke Times, July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335, accessed September 22, 2025.","\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell, accessed September 22, 2025.","Charles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.","Parry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Obituary for Charles John Parry, The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.","Mark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry, accessed September 18, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Siegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","At the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.","Sources:","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, The Roanoke Times, January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" The Roanoke Times, March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.","Andy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.","Source:","Box 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection","Roger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.","Holnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways.","Sources:","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Mason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" The Roanoke Times, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" The Roanoke Times, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Danielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" The Roanoke Times, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Sam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" The Roanoke Times, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, https://www.brswcd.org/team-2, accessed October 2, 2025.","Linda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the Trail Blazer (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","The guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Minutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.","Additional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.","The agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.","Restricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14.","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026.","Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the M. Rupert Cutler Papers, which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs.","The collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the RATC Bulletin from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the Trail Blazer from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.","The Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","The first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.","The following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\n\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","These minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.","The January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]","Also contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]","Also contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]","Only includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.","Includes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.","Includes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"","Folder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Folder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Note from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".","Includes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.","Note from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".","There are no minutes after September 1989.","Note from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".","February and July 1994 minutes are missing.","December 1995 minutes are missing.","Includes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".","Also includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]","Also includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.","Original folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".","This is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.","Includes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.","Starting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the Trail Blazer newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.","[Removed from binder.]","Some issues also include membership rosters.","Also includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.","Also includes backpacking catalogs.","Also includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.","Also includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.","The first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.","Spring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]","Also includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.","Hike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.","The December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.","Starting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.","The Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others.","As most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.","This series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","Written by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist","Also spelled Anne's Cabin.","This is a photocopy.","This is a photocopy.","Includes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.","Mostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.","Contains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.","Also includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.","Includes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.","Includes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.","The 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.","Includes letters about donations and gifts.","Probably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","[Removed from photograph album.]","Includes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.","Includes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Includes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.","Includes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Also contains a list of files for box.","Includes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Majority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.","Contains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"","Some documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.","Documents discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.","Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Includes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.","Majority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.","Both issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.","[Removed from binder.]","Includes shelter log.","Includes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.","Also includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.","This is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]","Also includes brochures about NPS and the AT.","Also includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.","Relates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.","This contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.","Appalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell","Prepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division","Includes some non-biking AT printed materials.","Items discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. There are also some documents related to the Sarver Cabin or Sarver Home Site.","Includes a copy of the RATC's \"Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation\".","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Also contains a report about invasive species on the AT.","Includes undated photographs.","The trail diary includes a letter to Katherine Cochran.","Includes article, \"National Trail Bill Sent to Congress\" by Bill Cochran.","Includes clippings about Audie Murphy's 1972 plane crash and hiking the AT, several relating to Ed Garvey.","Includes 1982 letter to Bill Cochran, a write up on Damascus Trail Days by Bill Cochran, and clippings about trail towns and the RATC celebrating its 50th anniversary.","Includes a letter to Bill Cochran, ca. 1996.","Includes clippings about the McAfee Knob closure from 1978 to 1987, McAfee Knob in general, history of the AT, and AT land acquisition.","Includes clippings about the murders of Susan Ramsey and Robert Mountford in 1981, Molly LaRue and Geoffrey L. Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.","Includes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.","Includes biographical information.","Includes letter and thank you note from 1991.","The Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.","Includes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.","Includes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.","These photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","Some materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.","[Removed from binder.]","Also includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","Topics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. [Removed from binder.]","Includes memoranda about land tracts.","Includes Tract 476-32.","Includes Tract 477-22, Parcels A and B.","Includes Tracts 478-34, 478-35, 478-36, and 478-37.","Includes monument sets.","Documents concern the Chesapeake Bay Program and Agreement related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.","Documents relate to the acquisition of the Shell Tract along the Elk River in Tennessee.","Documents relate to the Turner Tract on North Mountain in Virginia.","Documents relate to the Roy and Tillie Wood's home the Woodshole, where AT hikers were invited to stay.","Documents are about attempting to make Blackwater Canyon a national park.","Documents are about the USFS Forest Legacy Program and Virginia's Forest Legacy program.","Includes reports from Griggs and Mullinix of the ATC Land Trust.","Most materials specifically relate to the Western Virginia Land Trust.","Includes information on Andy Layne Trail.","Includes information on Roanoke Greenways and on laws.","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","This collection contains several issues of the Trail Blazer, the newsletter of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club. If there were more than two (2) copies of an issue, the extra copy was separated to the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives' Rare Book Collection.","The following publications were separated to the Rare Book Collection:","Appalachian Trail Guide to Central Virginia, First Edition, 1994 (Jack Albright, Field Editor).","Parsons, Shireen, and Wilderness Society. Virginia's Mountain Treasures : The Unprotected Wildlands of the Jefferson National Forest. The Wilderness Society, 1999.","Trail Lands: The Newsletter of the ATC Land Trust, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2001.","Audubon Naturalist, Vol. 20, No. 7, \"What Does Disney's America Mean to Our Region?\", 1994-09.","Daniel D. Chazin, ed., Appalachian Trail Data Book 2000, 22nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 1999.","Karen Deans, ed., Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide, Washington, D. C.: Land Trust Alliance, 1999.","Benton MacKaye, The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning, Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990.","Murray Bookchin, Our Synthetic Environment, Rev. Ed., New York City: Harper \u0026 Row, 1974.","Leonard M. Adkins (a member of the RATC), 50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Publications, 1994 (1995 printing).","Steve Nash, Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual, Chapel Hill, N. C., and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999.","William Birchard, Jr., and Robert Proudman, Appalacian Trail: Design, Construction, and Maintenance, 2nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 2000.","Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, NPS and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. The RATC continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the club covers over 120 miles of the AT, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs.","Please note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Duplicates, blank notepads, empty envelopes, and binders were removed from collection. Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. Original order of files provided by the RATC is maintained where possible. Folder titles are original, except text within brackets [].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: RATC Management, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2024 (bulk 1932-2016)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. 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It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022\n\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. 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It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","Subseries A: RATC Meeting Minutes, 1940-1959, 1968-2004, 2022\n\nSubseries B: RATC By-Laws and Rosters, 1955, 1960, 1972-1993\n\nSubseries C: RATC Newsletters and Hike Schedules, 1939-1942, 1954-2010\n\nSubseries D: Monitoring the Appalachian Trail: Land Tract Files, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2010 (bulk 1980s-2010) - Please note, many of these documents are photocopies, and the dates are based on the originals.\n\nSubseries E: Acquisitions and Relocations, 1949, 1955, [ca. 1960s]-1997, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Management Plans and Conservation Issues, 1964-1982, 1991-2003, 2010, 2016, 2024\n\nSubseries G: General Files, 1952, 1958, 1971-2014\n\nSubseries H: RATC Historical Materials, 1932-1962, 1977-2000, 2020-[ca. 2024]","Series II: RATC Officers and Members, 1939-2025","This series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Subseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExternal Sources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed May 1, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf\u003c/a\u003e, accessed May 1, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 25, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trail Conservancy, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://appalachiantrail.org/\"\u003ehttps://appalachiantrail.org/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed October 3, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Spider\u003c/title\u003e (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/\"\u003ehttps://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCardinal News,\u003c/title\u003e July 1, 2024, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/\"\u003ehttps://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/\"\u003ehttps://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/\"\u003ehttps://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eZetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Zetta Campbell, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html\"\u003ehttps://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html\"\u003ehttps://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Charles John Parry, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html\"\u003ehttps://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSiegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSource:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHolnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDanielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.brswcd.org/team-2\"\u003ehttps://www.brswcd.org/team-2\u003c/a\u003e, accessed October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLinda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.","Local hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work.","On November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.","As of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.","Biographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.","External Sources:","Box 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/, accessed May 1, 2024.","By-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf, accessed May 1, 2024.","Diana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/, accessed September 25, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Conservancy, https://appalachiantrail.org/, accessed October 3, 2025.","Thomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.","Tom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.","Sources:","Box 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection","\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","The Spider (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Biographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"","John Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection","U.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).","Clark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","William Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for The Roanoke Times from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","Cochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia.","Sources:","Mark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" Cardinal News, July 1, 2024, https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Obituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, The Roanoke Times, July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593, accessed September 19, 2025.","Mark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" The Roanoke Times, July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.","\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996, accessed September 19, 2025.","Zetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the Trail Blazer newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Zetta Campbell, The Roanoke Times, July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335, accessed September 22, 2025.","\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell, accessed September 22, 2025.","Charles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.","Parry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Obituary for Charles John Parry, The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.","Mark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry, accessed September 18, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Siegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","At the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.","Sources:","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, The Roanoke Times, January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" The Roanoke Times, March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.","Andy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.","Source:","Box 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection","Roger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.","Holnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways.","Sources:","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Mason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" The Roanoke Times, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" The Roanoke Times, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Danielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" The Roanoke Times, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Sam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" The Roanoke Times, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, https://www.brswcd.org/team-2, accessed October 2, 2025.","Linda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the Trail Blazer (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection"],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMinutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","General","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","Separated Materials"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Minutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.","Additional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.","The agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.","Restricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, Ms2024-054, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, Ms2024-054, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3522.xml\"\u003eM. Rupert Cutler Papers,\u003c/a\u003e which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the M. Rupert Cutler Papers, which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRATC Bulletin\u003c/title\u003e from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service\n\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnly includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are no minutes after September 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary and July 1994 minutes are missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 1995 minutes are missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStarting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome issues also include membership rosters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes backpacking catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStarting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso spelled Anne's Cabin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a photocopy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a photocopy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters about donations and gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProbably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from photograph album.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a list of files for box.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes organizational charts for the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes organizational charts for the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoth issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes shelter log.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes brochures about NPS and the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes some non-biking AT printed materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. 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Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter and thank you note from 1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. 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The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs.","The collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the RATC Bulletin from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the Trail Blazer from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.","The Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","The first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.","The following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\n\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","These minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.","The January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]","Also contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]","Also contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]","Only includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.","Includes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.","Includes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"","Folder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Folder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Note from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".","Includes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.","Note from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".","There are no minutes after September 1989.","Note from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".","February and July 1994 minutes are missing.","December 1995 minutes are missing.","Includes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".","Also includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]","Also includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.","Original folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".","This is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.","Includes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.","Starting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the Trail Blazer newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.","[Removed from binder.]","Some issues also include membership rosters.","Also includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.","Also includes backpacking catalogs.","Also includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.","Also includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.","The first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.","Spring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]","Also includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.","Hike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.","The December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.","Starting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.","The Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others.","As most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.","This series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","Written by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist","Also spelled Anne's Cabin.","This is a photocopy.","This is a photocopy.","Includes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.","Mostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.","Contains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.","Also includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.","Includes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.","Includes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.","The 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.","Includes letters about donations and gifts.","Probably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","[Removed from photograph album.]","Includes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.","Includes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Includes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.","Includes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Also contains a list of files for box.","Includes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Majority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.","Contains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"","Some documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.","Documents discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.","Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Includes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.","Majority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.","Both issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.","[Removed from binder.]","Includes shelter log.","Includes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.","Also includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.","This is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]","Also includes brochures about NPS and the AT.","Also includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.","Relates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.","This contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.","Appalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell","Prepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division","Includes some non-biking AT printed materials.","Items discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. There are also some documents related to the Sarver Cabin or Sarver Home Site.","Includes a copy of the RATC's \"Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation\".","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Also contains a report about invasive species on the AT.","Includes undated photographs.","The trail diary includes a letter to Katherine Cochran.","Includes article, \"National Trail Bill Sent to Congress\" by Bill Cochran.","Includes clippings about Audie Murphy's 1972 plane crash and hiking the AT, several relating to Ed Garvey.","Includes 1982 letter to Bill Cochran, a write up on Damascus Trail Days by Bill Cochran, and clippings about trail towns and the RATC celebrating its 50th anniversary.","Includes a letter to Bill Cochran, ca. 1996.","Includes clippings about the McAfee Knob closure from 1978 to 1987, McAfee Knob in general, history of the AT, and AT land acquisition.","Includes clippings about the murders of Susan Ramsey and Robert Mountford in 1981, Molly LaRue and Geoffrey L. Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.","Includes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.","Includes biographical information.","Includes letter and thank you note from 1991.","The Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.","Includes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.","Includes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.","These photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","Some materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.","[Removed from binder.]","Also includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","Topics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. [Removed from binder.]","Includes memoranda about land tracts.","Includes Tract 476-32.","Includes Tract 477-22, Parcels A and B.","Includes Tracts 478-34, 478-35, 478-36, and 478-37.","Includes monument sets.","Documents concern the Chesapeake Bay Program and Agreement related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.","Documents relate to the acquisition of the Shell Tract along the Elk River in Tennessee.","Documents relate to the Turner Tract on North Mountain in Virginia.","Documents relate to the Roy and Tillie Wood's home the Woodshole, where AT hikers were invited to stay.","Documents are about attempting to make Blackwater Canyon a national park.","Documents are about the USFS Forest Legacy Program and Virginia's Forest Legacy program.","Includes reports from Griggs and Mullinix of the ATC Land Trust.","Most materials specifically relate to the Western Virginia Land Trust.","Includes information on Andy Layne Trail.","Includes information on Roanoke Greenways and on laws.","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains several issues of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e, the newsletter of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club. If there were more than two (2) copies of an issue, the extra copy was separated to the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives' Rare Book Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe following publications were separated to the Rare Book Collection:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAppalachian Trail Guide to Central Virginia,\u003c/title\u003e First Edition, 1994 (Jack Albright, Field Editor).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParsons, Shireen, and Wilderness Society. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia's Mountain Treasures : The Unprotected Wildlands of the Jefferson National Forest.\u003c/title\u003e The Wilderness Society, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Lands: The Newsletter of the ATC Land Trust,\u003c/title\u003e Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAudubon Naturalist,\u003c/title\u003e Vol. 20, No. 7, \"What Does Disney's America Mean to Our Region?\", 1994-09.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel D. Chazin, ed., \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAppalachian Trail Data Book 2000,\u003c/title\u003e 22nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKaren Deans, ed., \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eConservation Options: A Landowner's Guide,\u003c/title\u003e Washington, D. C.: Land Trust Alliance, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenton MacKaye, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning,\u003c/title\u003e Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMurray Bookchin, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Synthetic Environment,\u003c/title\u003e Rev. Ed., New York City: Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard M. Adkins (a member of the RATC), \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003e50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay,\u003c/title\u003e Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Publications, 1994 (1995 printing).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteve Nash, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBlue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual,\u003c/title\u003e Chapel Hill, N. C., and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Birchard, Jr., and Robert Proudman, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAppalacian Trail: Design, Construction, and Maintenance,\u003c/title\u003e 2nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["This collection contains several issues of the Trail Blazer, the newsletter of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club. If there were more than two (2) copies of an issue, the extra copy was separated to the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives' Rare Book Collection.","The following publications were separated to the Rare Book Collection:","Appalachian Trail Guide to Central Virginia, First Edition, 1994 (Jack Albright, Field Editor).","Parsons, Shireen, and Wilderness Society. Virginia's Mountain Treasures : The Unprotected Wildlands of the Jefferson National Forest. The Wilderness Society, 1999.","Trail Lands: The Newsletter of the ATC Land Trust, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2001.","Audubon Naturalist, Vol. 20, No. 7, \"What Does Disney's America Mean to Our Region?\", 1994-09.","Daniel D. Chazin, ed., Appalachian Trail Data Book 2000, 22nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 1999.","Karen Deans, ed., Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide, Washington, D. C.: Land Trust Alliance, 1999.","Benton MacKaye, The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning, Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990.","Murray Bookchin, Our Synthetic Environment, Rev. Ed., New York City: Harper \u0026 Row, 1974.","Leonard M. Adkins (a member of the RATC), 50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Publications, 1994 (1995 printing).","Steve Nash, Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual, Chapel Hill, N. C., and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999.","William Birchard, Jr., and Robert Proudman, Appalacian Trail: Design, Construction, and Maintenance, 2nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 2000."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_a6e4fd39692d03baeae59292f8f5e256\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, NPS and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. The RATC continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the club covers over 120 miles of the AT, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, NPS and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. The RATC continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the club covers over 120 miles of the AT, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_79fb534a401c2d4d2312154f7e8ad227\" label=\"Physical Access\"\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c/emph\u003e This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["Please note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (Roanoke, Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (Roanoke, Va.)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (Roanoke, Va.)"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"total_component_count_is":740,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:50:43.410Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4262","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4262.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records","title_ssm":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records"],"title_tesim":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records"],"unitdate_ssm":["[ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2025","(bulk 1932-2025)"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["[ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2025","(bulk 1932-2025)"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2025"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, 2025"],"text":["Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, 2025","Ms.2024.054","/repositories/2/resources/4262","Appalachian Mountains","Appalachian Trail","Roanoke (Va.)","Virginia, Southwest","Environmental protection","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","The collection is open for research, except Box 22 which contains restricted materials. Restricted folders are identified within the inventory. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","Duplicates, blank notepads, empty envelopes, and binders were removed from collection. Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. Original order of files provided by the RATC is maintained where possible. Folder titles are original, except text within brackets [].","Series I: RATC Management, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2024 (bulk 1932-2016)","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","Subseries A: RATC Meeting Minutes, 1940-1959, 1968-2004, 2022\n\nSubseries B: RATC By-Laws and Rosters, 1955, 1960, 1972-1993\n\nSubseries C: RATC Newsletters and Hike Schedules, 1939-1942, 1954-2010\n\nSubseries D: Monitoring the Appalachian Trail: Land Tract Files, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2010 (bulk 1980s-2010) - Please note, many of these documents are photocopies, and the dates are based on the originals.\n\nSubseries E: Acquisitions and Relocations, 1949, 1955, [ca. 1960s]-1997, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Management Plans and Conservation Issues, 1964-1982, 1991-2003, 2010, 2016, 2024\n\nSubseries G: General Files, 1952, 1958, 1971-2014\n\nSubseries H: RATC Historical Materials, 1932-1962, 1977-2000, 2020-[ca. 2024]","Series II: RATC Officers and Members, 1939-2025","This series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Subseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022","The Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.","Local hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work.","On November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.","As of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.","Biographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.","External Sources:","Box 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/, accessed May 1, 2024.","By-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf, accessed May 1, 2024.","Diana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/, accessed September 25, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Conservancy, https://appalachiantrail.org/, accessed October 3, 2025.","Thomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.","Tom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.","Sources:","Box 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection","\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","The Spider (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Biographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"","John Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection","U.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).","Clark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","William Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for The Roanoke Times from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","Cochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia.","Sources:","Mark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" Cardinal News, July 1, 2024, https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Obituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, The Roanoke Times, July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593, accessed September 19, 2025.","Mark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" The Roanoke Times, July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.","\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996, accessed September 19, 2025.","Zetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the Trail Blazer newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Zetta Campbell, The Roanoke Times, July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335, accessed September 22, 2025.","\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell, accessed September 22, 2025.","Charles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.","Parry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Obituary for Charles John Parry, The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.","Mark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry, accessed September 18, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Siegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","At the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.","Sources:","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, The Roanoke Times, January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" The Roanoke Times, March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.","Andy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.","Source:","Box 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection","Roger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.","Holnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways.","Sources:","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Mason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" The Roanoke Times, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" The Roanoke Times, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Danielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" The Roanoke Times, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Sam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" The Roanoke Times, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, https://www.brswcd.org/team-2, accessed October 2, 2025.","Linda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the Trail Blazer (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","The guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Minutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.","Additional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.","The agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.","Restricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14.","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026.","Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the M. Rupert Cutler Papers, which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs.","The collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the RATC Bulletin from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the Trail Blazer from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.","The Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","The first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.","The following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\n\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","These minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.","The January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]","Also contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]","Also contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]","Only includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.","Includes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.","Includes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"","Folder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Folder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Note from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".","Includes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.","Note from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".","There are no minutes after September 1989.","Note from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".","February and July 1994 minutes are missing.","December 1995 minutes are missing.","Includes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".","Also includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]","Also includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.","Original folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".","This is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.","Includes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.","Starting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the Trail Blazer newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.","[Removed from binder.]","Some issues also include membership rosters.","Also includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.","Also includes backpacking catalogs.","Also includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.","Also includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.","The first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.","Spring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]","Also includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.","Hike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.","The December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.","Starting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.","The Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others.","As most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.","This series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","Written by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist","Also spelled Anne's Cabin.","This is a photocopy.","This is a photocopy.","Includes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.","Mostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.","Contains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.","Also includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.","Includes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.","Includes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.","The 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.","Includes letters about donations and gifts.","Probably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","[Removed from photograph album.]","Includes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.","Includes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Includes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.","Includes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Also contains a list of files for box.","Includes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Majority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.","Contains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"","Some documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.","Documents discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.","Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Includes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.","Majority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.","Both issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.","[Removed from binder.]","Includes shelter log.","Includes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.","Also includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.","This is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]","Also includes brochures about NPS and the AT.","Also includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.","Relates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.","This contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.","Appalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell","Prepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division","Includes some non-biking AT printed materials.","Items discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. There are also some documents related to the Sarver Cabin or Sarver Home Site.","Includes a copy of the RATC's \"Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation\".","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Also contains a report about invasive species on the AT.","Includes undated photographs.","The trail diary includes a letter to Katherine Cochran.","Includes article, \"National Trail Bill Sent to Congress\" by Bill Cochran.","Includes clippings about Audie Murphy's 1972 plane crash and hiking the AT, several relating to Ed Garvey.","Includes 1982 letter to Bill Cochran, a write up on Damascus Trail Days by Bill Cochran, and clippings about trail towns and the RATC celebrating its 50th anniversary.","Includes a letter to Bill Cochran, ca. 1996.","Includes clippings about the McAfee Knob closure from 1978 to 1987, McAfee Knob in general, history of the AT, and AT land acquisition.","Includes clippings about the murders of Susan Ramsey and Robert Mountford in 1981, Molly LaRue and Geoffrey L. Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.","Includes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.","Includes biographical information.","Includes letter and thank you note from 1991.","The Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.","Includes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.","Includes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.","These photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","Some materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.","[Removed from binder.]","Also includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","Topics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. [Removed from binder.]","Includes memoranda about land tracts.","Includes Tract 476-32.","Includes Tract 477-22, Parcels A and B.","Includes Tracts 478-34, 478-35, 478-36, and 478-37.","Includes monument sets.","Documents concern the Chesapeake Bay Program and Agreement related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.","Documents relate to the acquisition of the Shell Tract along the Elk River in Tennessee.","Documents relate to the Turner Tract on North Mountain in Virginia.","Documents relate to the Roy and Tillie Wood's home the Woodshole, where AT hikers were invited to stay.","Documents are about attempting to make Blackwater Canyon a national park.","Documents are about the USFS Forest Legacy Program and Virginia's Forest Legacy program.","Includes reports from Griggs and Mullinix of the ATC Land Trust.","Most materials specifically relate to the Western Virginia Land Trust.","Includes information on Andy Layne Trail.","Includes information on Roanoke Greenways and on laws.","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","This collection contains several issues of the Trail Blazer, the newsletter of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club. If there were more than two (2) copies of an issue, the extra copy was separated to the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives' Rare Book Collection.","The following publications were separated to the Rare Book Collection:","Appalachian Trail Guide to Central Virginia, First Edition, 1994 (Jack Albright, Field Editor).","Parsons, Shireen, and Wilderness Society. Virginia's Mountain Treasures : The Unprotected Wildlands of the Jefferson National Forest. The Wilderness Society, 1999.","Trail Lands: The Newsletter of the ATC Land Trust, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2001.","Audubon Naturalist, Vol. 20, No. 7, \"What Does Disney's America Mean to Our Region?\", 1994-09.","Daniel D. Chazin, ed., Appalachian Trail Data Book 2000, 22nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 1999.","Karen Deans, ed., Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide, Washington, D. C.: Land Trust Alliance, 1999.","Benton MacKaye, The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning, Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990.","Murray Bookchin, Our Synthetic Environment, Rev. Ed., New York City: Harper \u0026 Row, 1974.","Leonard M. Adkins (a member of the RATC), 50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Publications, 1994 (1995 printing).","Steve Nash, Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual, Chapel Hill, N. C., and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999.","William Birchard, Jr., and Robert Proudman, Appalacian Trail: Design, Construction, and Maintenance, 2nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 2000.","Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, NPS and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. The RATC continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail (AT), and the club covers over 120 miles of the AT, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs.","Please note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. 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restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThese minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThese materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing 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Restricted folders are identified within the inventory. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These minutes were printed on the back of recycled paper with sensitive private information, and these materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years.","These materials are restricted in accordance with legal restrictions and to protect personally identifiable information for 75 years."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDuplicates, blank notepads, empty envelopes, and binders were removed from collection. Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Duplicates, blank notepads, empty envelopes, and binders were removed from collection. Some documents with confidential or private information were returned to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. Original order of files provided by the RATC is maintained where possible. Folder titles are original, except text within brackets [].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: RATC Management, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2024 (bulk 1932-2016)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries A: RATC Meeting Minutes, 1940-1959, 1968-2004, 2022\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries B: RATC By-Laws and Rosters, 1955, 1960, 1972-1993\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries C: RATC Newsletters and Hike Schedules, 1939-1942, 1954-2010\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries D: Monitoring the Appalachian Trail: Land Tract Files, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2010 (bulk 1980s-2010) - Please note, many of these documents are photocopies, and the dates are based on the originals.\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries E: Acquisitions and Relocations, 1949, 1955, [ca. 1960s]-1997, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries F: Management Plans and Conservation Issues, 1964-1982, 1991-2003, 2010, 2016, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries G: General Files, 1952, 1958, 1971-2014\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries H: RATC Historical Materials, 1932-1962, 1977-2000, 2020-[ca. 2024]\n\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: RATC Officers and Members, 1939-2025\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022\n\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records are arranged into series and subseries by subject, based primarily on the descriptions by the RATC. Original order of files provided by the RATC is maintained where possible. Folder titles are original, except text within brackets [].","Series I: RATC Management, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2024 (bulk 1932-2016)","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","Subseries A: RATC Meeting Minutes, 1940-1959, 1968-2004, 2022\n\nSubseries B: RATC By-Laws and Rosters, 1955, 1960, 1972-1993\n\nSubseries C: RATC Newsletters and Hike Schedules, 1939-1942, 1954-2010\n\nSubseries D: Monitoring the Appalachian Trail: Land Tract Files, [ca. 1840s?], [ca. 1880s]-2010 (bulk 1980s-2010) - Please note, many of these documents are photocopies, and the dates are based on the originals.\n\nSubseries E: Acquisitions and Relocations, 1949, 1955, [ca. 1960s]-1997, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Management Plans and Conservation Issues, 1964-1982, 1991-2003, 2010, 2016, 2024\n\nSubseries G: General Files, 1952, 1958, 1971-2014\n\nSubseries H: RATC Historical Materials, 1932-1962, 1977-2000, 2020-[ca. 2024]","Series II: RATC Officers and Members, 1939-2025","This series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Subseries A: Thomas Campbell, 1939-2024 (bulk 1950s-1970s)\n\nSubseries B: Otey Family, 1949-1953, 2024-2025, undated\n\nSubseries C: Dick Clark, 1953-2006 (bulk 1980s-2000s)\n\nSubseries D: Bill Cochran, 1966-2018\n\nSubseries E: Zetta Campbell, 1972-1976, 1993, 2024\n\nSubseries F: Charles Parry, 1972-2024 (bulk 1970s-1990s)\n\nSubseries G: Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, 1972-1996, 2019, 2024\n\nSubseries H: Andy Layne, 1977-1990, undated\n\nSubseries I: Roger Holnback, 1980-2012 (bulk 1990s-2000s)\n\nSubseries J: Linda Akers, [ca. 1983]-1992, 2000-2015, 2022"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExternal Sources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed May 1, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf\u003c/a\u003e, accessed May 1, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 25, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trail Conservancy, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://appalachiantrail.org/\"\u003ehttps://appalachiantrail.org/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed October 3, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Spider\u003c/title\u003e (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/\"\u003ehttps://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCardinal News,\u003c/title\u003e July 1, 2024, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/\"\u003ehttps://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/\"\u003ehttps://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/\"\u003ehttps://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996\"\u003ehttps://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eZetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Zetta Campbell, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html\"\u003ehttps://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html\"\u003ehttps://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Charles John Parry, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html\"\u003ehttps://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 18, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSiegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534\"\u003ehttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534\u003c/a\u003e, accessed September 19, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times,\u003c/title\u003e March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSource:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHolnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 3, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\"\u003ehttps://www.ratc.org/newsletter/\u003c/a\u003e, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDanielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c/title\u003e, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.brswcd.org/team-2\"\u003ehttps://www.brswcd.org/team-2\u003c/a\u003e, accessed October 2, 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLinda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Appalachian Trail (AT), a hiking trail along the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, was first proposed by Bernard MacKaye in 1921, and two years later, the first section opened in New York State. In 1925, the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) formed to help manage the maintenance and conservation of the AT, and in 2005, the ATC was renamed Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As of 2025, the AT spans almost 2,200 miles in 14 states from Maine to Georgia, with 25% of the trail traversing Virginia and 30 local AT clubs affiliated with the ATC.","Local hiking clubs began organizing to build and maintain the AT and joining the ATC in the 1920s and 1930s. In October 1932, Donald S. Gates, a professor at Roanoke College, gathered several hikers and local groups to discuss forming an AT club in the Roanoke area. At a second meeting in October, Myron H. Avery, the chairman of the ATC, and members from the Potomac and Natural Bridge AT Clubs joined them to explain various aspects of their work.","On November 13, 1932, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) was officially established with 17 charter members, including the first officers: president Gates, secretary E. B. Coxwell, treasurer Larry Pownall, and trail supervisor David Dick. Grace Pownall was appointed vice president about two (2) weeks later. The ATC initially assigned the RATC 55 miles of the trail to manage, but by the club's first anniversary, the section had expanded to 68.29 miles.","As of 2025, the RATC covers over 120 miles, including McAfee Knob, Dragon's Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs. The organization continues its original mission to maintain and protect the Appalachian Trail; develops and maintains trails, campsites, open shelters, and permanent camps on the AT; collects data about the history, scenery, geology, flora, and fauna of the Appalachian Mountains; prepares maps and guides for hiking, camping, and forest fire prevention; and participates in and advocates for the development of laws and regulations related to the AT and the Appalachian Mountains.","Biographical notes for several RATC members are included in the inventory under Series II.","External Sources:","Box 13, Folder 48, \"RATC Histories Written in 1980s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 52, \"RATC Histories Written in 1950s,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 53, \"RATC History, 1932-1945,\" of this collection","Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/, accessed May 1, 2024.","By-Laws of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, Inc., Rev. March 12, 2016, https://www.ratc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf, accessed May 1, 2024.","Diana Christopulos, \"How Three Hiking Clubs Became the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club,\" RATC.org, https://www.ratc.org/how-three-hiking-clubs-became-the-roanoke-appalachian-trail-club/, accessed September 25, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Conservancy, https://appalachiantrail.org/, accessed October 3, 2025.","Thomas Healy \"Tom\" Campbell (1899-1986) attended the College of William and Mary from 1915 to 1916 and Richmond College (now University of Richmond) from 1917 to 1919. He married Charlene Lunsford (1902-1986) in 1922, and they had a daughter. In 1965, they both left their employers. Tom retired as Chief Investigator in the Auditor's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, while Charlene left her employer of 20 years, Roanoke-based retail chain Heironimus.","Tom joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1947, and Charlene followed suit several years later. Each served in several offices for RATC, including Tom as President from 1950-1951. He also served on the Appalachian Trail Conference's Board of Managers from 1950-1975, including fourteen (14) years as Vice Chairman (1961-1975). Tom was also a charter member of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Committee.","Sources:","Box 12, Folder 3, \"[Biographical information about Thomas and Charlene Campbell],\" of this collection","\"Thomas Healy Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378864/thomas-healy-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"Charlene Lunsford Campbell,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84378830/charlene-campbell, accessed September 18, 2025.","The Spider (Richmond College yearbook), Vols. 16-17, 1918-1919, available online from the University of Richmond, https://scholarship.richmond.edu/the-spider/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Biographical note by Diana Christopulos, Feb. 18, 2025: \"Marie and John Otey were RATC volunteers in the early 1950s, and they worked on the relocations led by Jimmy Denton near the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Roanoke. They joined in late 1949 and were active 1950-55. John was Assistant Trail Supervisor in 1952, 1953, 1955. He was also active on the Publicity Committee and took numerous photos on the Trail.\"","John Otway Otey, Jr. (1906-1980) married Goldie Marie Dean Peters (1906-1989) in 1950. John worked as a clerk for Norfolk and Western Railway, while Marie worked as a stenographer or secretary.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 54, \"[Notes and correspondence about the Otey Family Papers],\" of this collection","U.S. Federal Census, 1940-1950, accessed online from Ancestry.com on September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey Jr.,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185149412/john-otway-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Goldie Marie Dean Otey,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207412197/goldie_marie-otey, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"John Otway Otey\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/11741905, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dick Clark has served in numerous positions in the RATC from the 1980s to 2010s, including hikemaster (1984-1994), vice president (1998-2000), president (2000-2003), and counselor (2003-2015).","Clark was appointed by the Roanoke City Council to serve on the Mill Mountain Advisory Committee from 1999 to 2014, and he served as vice chair during his tenure.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Mountain advisers up for an upgrade,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, April 6, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Matt Chittum, \"Fancier Franklin bridge suggested,\" The Roanoke Times, p. B1, June 3, 2014, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","William Neal \"Bill\" Cochran (1937-2024) was a journalist who focused on the outdoors, writing for The Roanoke Times from 1962 until 2018–two (2) decades after retiring as the newspaper's outdoors editor in 1998. His coverage included many trail hikes with the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, conservation issues in Virginia, and outdoor sporting and the Appalachian Trail. Cochran received 10 awards from the Virginia Press Association, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly with the House Joint Resolution 520 \"Commending Bill Cochran\" in 1999, and was the 2009 media inductee in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.","Cochran graduated from Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) with a bachelor's degree in English in 1960, and he served in the Virginia National Guard. He married Katherine Gravett in 1965, and they had a son. They operated the Cross Trails Bed and Breakfast near the Appalachian Trail in Catawba from 1995 to 2003 as well as a Christmas tree farm in West Virginia.","Sources:","Mark Taylor, \"Legendary Roanoke outdoors writer Bill Cochran dies,\" Cardinal News, July 1, 2024, https://cardinalnews.org/2024/07/01/legendary-roanoke-outdoors-writer-bill-cochran-dies/, accessed September 19, 2025.","Obituary for William N. \"Bill\" Cochran, The Roanoke Times, July 7, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/william-cochran-obituary?id=55481593, accessed September 19, 2025.","Mark Berman, \"Bill Cochran | 1937-2024: Outdoors editor was 'an institution',\" The Roanoke Times, July 2, 2024, p. A1 and A6, accessed online from NewsBank on September 19, 2025.","\"Bill Cochran,\" Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, https://vasportshof.com/inductee/bill-cochran/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"Virginia HJ520 Commending Bill Cochran,\" Policy Engage, https://trackbill.com/bill/virginia-house-joint-resolution-520-commending-bill-cochran/512861/, accessed September 19, 2025.","\"William Neal Cochran\" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/9279/records/12779996, accessed September 19, 2025.","Zetta Marie Campbell (1930-2024) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1959. She also served as secretary (1964-1965, 1968-1969, 1983-1984) and editor of the Trail Blazer newsletter (1970-1977). Campbell also illustrated the hike schedules in the 1970s and led hikes until at least 2019. She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 66, \"1970s - Zetta Campbell Drawings/Hike Scheds,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Zetta Campbell, The Roanoke Times, July 5, 2024, p. A6, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/zetta-campbell-obituary?id=55488335, accessed September 22, 2025.","\"Zetta Marie Campbell\", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272121036/zetta_marie-campbell, accessed September 22, 2025.","Charles Parry (1942-2010) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1972, serving as the Trail Supervisor from 1979 until his death. He received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame in 2017, the first RATC member to receive this honor.","Parry graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego (now State University of New York at Oswego) and earned a master's and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University around 1969 or 1970. He was a professor of mathematics at Virginia Tech from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, establishing a research program in number theory, helping to design mathematics courses for computer science students, and serving as Math Club adviser.","Sources:","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 67, \"Charles Parry AT Hall of Fame,\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","\"Charles Parry honored with emeritus status,\" Virginia Tech News, October 19, 2010, https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2010/10/101910-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","\"In memoriam: Charles Parry, emeritus professor of mathematics,\" Virginia Tech News, January 10, 2011, https://news.vt.edu/articles/2011/01/011011-science-parry.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Obituary for Charles John Parry, The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, p. A12, accessed online from NewsBank on September 18, 2025.","Mark Taylor, \"Math teacher devoted himself to AT,\" The Roanoke Times, December 28, 2010, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Charles J. Parry,\" Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232281708/charles-j-parry, accessed September 18, 2025.","Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame, \"2017 Class,\" Appalachian Trail Museum, https://www.atmuseum.org/2017-class.html, accessed September 18, 2025.","Siegfried and Ursula Kolmstetter joined the RATC in 1971. Siegfried served as vice president (1974) and counselor (1972-1973), while both volunteered as hike leaders for decades. The couple maintained the McAfee Knob section of the AT for over 25 years, until the couple moved out of the area in 1996. Siegfried received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","At the end of World War II in May 1945, 17-year-old Ursula Edith Walter (1927-2023) was captured by the Russian Army and imprisoned at the Theresienstadt prison camp. Eight (8) months after her imprisonment, she escaped and moved to West Germany, where she met Siegfried J. Kolmstetter (1921-2019). They married in 1952 and had several children. The Kolmstetters immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, settling in Roanoke in 1970. Siegfried was a physician for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem from 1970 to 1998. He received the hospital's Hands and Heart Award in 1992.","Sources:","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection","Box 13, Folder 44, \"RATC Board Members and Ancillaries, 1932-99 compiled by Diana Christopulos and Pam Wolsey, 2023-24,\" of this collection","Obituary for Ursula Edith Kolmstetter, The Roanoke Times, January 3, 2024, available online from Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/ursula-kolmstetter-obituary?id=53995534, accessed September 19, 2025.","Dan Casey, \"Physician was caretaker for people, trails,\" The Roanoke Times, March 28, 2019, p. 1-2, accessed online from NewsBank on September 22, 2025.","Andy Layne (1912-1991) joined the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club in 1978. He led numerous hikes and helped with hike scheduling; attended workhikes and backpacking trips; and oversaw a section of the trail. Layne also served in several positions on the RATC Board, including shelter supervisor (1980), vice president (1981), and counselor (1985-1986). On the 10th anniversary of his death, the Andy Layne Trail in the Tinker Cliffs area was dedicated in his memory.","Source:","Box 19, Folder 46, \"[Andy Layne biographical information],\" of this collection","Roger Holnback joined the RATC in 1996 and served in numerous positions, including as president (2006-2009, 2015-2016), vice president (2003-2006, 2016-2017), land management supervisor (2009-2013), and conservation supervisor (2013-2015). He also was an ATC Land Trust coordinator and Roanoke Valley Greenways liaison in the 2000s and 2010s. His wife Lauren Taylor Holnback was also an RATC member.","Holnback served as executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (2001-2012), which worked with the City of Roanoke and other groups to place over 11,000 acres of Carvins Cove Natural Reserve under a conservation easement in 2008 and 2009. He was given the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition's Cool Citizens award in 2012. Later, he was chairman of the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District and president of the Pathfinders for Greenways.","Sources:","Box 3, Trail Blazer newsletters, of this collection","Trail Blazer newsletters, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, https://www.ratc.org/newsletter/, accessed Oct. 2, 2025.","Mason Adams, \"From land and air, teams work to preserve Carvins Cove's aura,\" The Roanoke Times, January 6, 2011, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Western Virginia Land Trust director steps down,\" The Roanoke Times, February 10, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Danielle Dunaway, \"Cool Citizens awards laud energy-efficient efforts,\" The Roanoke Times, March 16, 2012, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","Sam Wall, \"Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County - Hinchee Park opens in Roanoke County,\" The Roanoke Times, September 29, 2019, accessed online from NewsBank on October 2, 2025.","\"Board and Staff,\" Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District website, https://www.brswcd.org/team-2, accessed October 2, 2025.","Linda Akers joined the RATC in 1969 or 1970. She served in numerous positions on the board, including secretary (1981-1982), editor of the Trail Blazer (1982-1985), and social chair (1987-1999, 2013-2017). She received the Appalachian Trail Park Office's Silver Service Award in 2002.","Sources:","Box 17, Folder 41, \"[Linda Akers Interview notes by Diana Christopulos],\" of this collection","Box 19, Folder 33, \"Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter Obituaries,\" of this collection"],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003cextref href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/extref\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMinutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRestricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","General","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","Separated Materials","Separated Materials"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Minutes for May 17, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 26, 2001, February 13, 2003, August 2, 2004, and September 13, 2004, have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 1.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 1, Folder 34.","Additional membership rosters may be found in the club newsletters.","The agenda from January 12, 2004 have been restricted and moved to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted minutes were separated from Box 16, Folders 3-5.","Restricted item has been removed to Box 22, Folder 25.","Restricted item moved from Box 19, Folder 14."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, Ms2024-054, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records, Ms2024-054, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Records was completed in October 2025. Box 16 was completed in March 2026."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3522.xml\"\u003eM. Rupert Cutler Papers,\u003c/a\u003e which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the M. Rupert Cutler Papers, which covers many of the same and related environmental issues of the Appalachian Mountains, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club (RATC) Records document the management of the club from its founding in 1932. The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRATC Bulletin\u003c/title\u003e from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service\n\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOnly includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are no minutes after September 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary and July 1994 minutes are missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 1995 minutes are missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStarting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome issues also include membership rosters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes backpacking catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStarting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso spelled Anne's Cabin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a photocopy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a photocopy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters about donations and gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProbably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes list of items in album created in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from photograph album.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a list of files for box.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes organizational charts for the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes organizational charts for the ATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoth issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes shelter log.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes brochures about NPS and the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes some non-biking AT printed materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. 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Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter and thank you note from 1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Removed from binder.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. 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The collection includes the club newsletters, board minutes, former officers' and members' records, National Park Service and RATC acquisition information, conservation issues, management plans, histories of the club, scrapbooks, and photographs.","The collection is divided into two series, I: RATC Management and II: RATC Officers and Members. The first series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It contains the meeting minutes, primarily about the activities of the Executive Board from 1940 to 1959 and 1968 to 2004. Some of the meeting minutes also record the activities of committees, affiliate organizations, and the annual all-member banquet during those years. There are also by-laws from the 1980s and 1990s and rosters from the 1950s to 1980s. The club newsletters start with the RATC Bulletin from 1939 to 1942 and continue with the Trail Blazer from 1954 to 2010. These document the club's recent activities, including work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (later Appalachian Trail Conservancy), local non-profits, and government entitities, hike schedules and detailed accounts of club hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and reminiscences of and memorials to past and current members.","The Land Tract Files contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others. Other documents about acquisitions and relocations also illuminate the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","The first series also contains management and conservation plans, general files, and RATC historical materials. The histories discuss the founding and development of the club as well as large trail relocations and the work of past members and officers. There are also several photo albums from the 1930s-1950s.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. These people include club president Thomas Campbell, the Otey family, president Dick Clark, local journalist Bill Cochran, newsletter editor Zetta Campbell, longtime trail supervisor Charles Parry, hike leaders Sigfried and Ursula Kolmstetter, hike leader Andy Layne, president Roger Holnback, and longtime social chair Linda Akers. Documents include correspondence, handwritten notes, additional meeting minutes and newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. They also cover land acquisitions, building trails and shelters, group events and conferences, management and land use, and of course hikes on the AT.","The following are common abbreviations or acronyms found in the collection inventory:\n\n\nAEP - Appalachian Electric Power Company\n\nAPCO - Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP\n\nAT - Appalachian Trail\n\nATC - Appalachian Trail Conference or Appalachian Trail Conservancy\n\nRATC - Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club\n\nNPS - United States National Park Service\n\nUSFS or FS - United States Forest Service","This series contains materials created, collected, and maintained by the RATC for its operations. It is divided into eight sub-series based on material type or subject, based on original order provided by the RATC.","These minutes are mostly for the RATC Executive Board meetings, but also include some minutes for the annual all-member banquet and various RATC committees.","The January 16, 1953 annual meeting minutes are labeled \"January 16, 1952\". Also includes 1940 membership roster. [Removed from Binder]","Also contains 1957 membership roster, treasurer's reports or audits for 1954-1957, several hike schedules and Trail Blazers for 1957-1959, and attendees' information for the 1958 14th Meeting of the ATC. [Removed from binder.]","Also contains newspaper clippings, drafts of minutes, correspondence, reports, and other materials. [Removed from binder.]","Only includes April 1970 minutes, \"Copy of Minutes for Charles Headland\".","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, July, and August 1974. Some of the minutes are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the May 1974 minutes.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, June, July, and August 1975. Some of the minutes are handwritten.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for January, April, May, and August 1976.","Includes minutes for February, March, August, November 1977.","Includes only February and March 1978 minutes, which are handwritten. Also includes typed transcription by Diana Christopulos on October 31, 2022, of the February 1978 minutes with note from Christopulos: \"This is the first meeting after landowners have closed the AT between Va. 311 and Tinker Cliffs.\"","Folder just includes notes that minutes were missing for 1979, and one note was removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Folder just includes a note that minutes were missing for 1974-1979. Looks like the note may have been removed from a notebook with minutes for 1974-1983.","Note from RATC: \"Incredible transition to orderly files with Linda Akers as Secretary and Mary Stewart as President\".","Includes 1980 roster and \"order continues under same leadership\", according to notes from RATC.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for July, August, and September 1982.","A list at the front of the folder says minutes are missing for May, July, or December 1983 minutes.","Note from RATC: \"Land Management and special meeting\".","There are no minutes after September 1989.","Note from RATC: \"Annual meeting moved to March\".","February and July 1994 minutes are missing.","December 1995 minutes are missing.","Includes \"First annual meeting at Lutheran Church (Linda Akers)\".","Also includes organizational documents, notes, and correspondence. [Removed from Binder.]","Also includes 1990 RATC Ann's Cabin Committee meeting minutes.","Original folder was titled \"1976 RATC Membership Roster N=68\".","This is a draft of the Constitution and By-Laws of the RATC.","Includes proposed and final by-laws for March 6, 1993.","Starting with the Spring 1983 issue, the hike schedules are printed as part of the Trail Blazer newsletters. Prior to that time, the hike schedule was inconsistently included with the newsletters. Some newsletters also include membership rosters.","[Removed from binder.]","Some issues also include membership rosters.","Also includes photos from April 1959 and a membership application from May-June 1959.","Also includes backpacking catalogs.","Also includes the Shenandoah-Rockfish Appalachian Trail Club Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 18, 1962.","Also includes hike schedules for June 26-December 18, 1966.","The first 2 issues are No. 1, January 1966 and No. 2, February 1966. Then the publication cycle changes to quarterly publications, and the issue numbering restarts with No. 1, Spring 1966 through No. 4, Winter 1966-67. Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1966-Winter 1966-1967.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1967-Winter 1967-68.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1968-Winter 1968-69.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1969-Winter 1969-70.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Summer 1970 and Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1971-Winter 1970-71.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1972-Winter 1972-73.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1973-Winter 1973-74.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1974-Summer 1974.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975-Winter 1975-76.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1975 and Fall 1976.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1977-Winter 1977-78.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1978-Winter 1978-79.","Spring 1979 is numbered Vol. 39, No. 1; Summer 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 1; Autumn 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 3; and Winter 1979 is Vol. 40, No. 4. Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1979-Winter 1979.","Also includes Hike Schedules for Spring 1980-Winter 1980. [Please note: Vol. 40 seems to have been skipped in the numbering system for the Trail Blazer.]","Also includes Hike Schedules for Fall 1981 and Summer [1981?]. The Winter Hike Schedule is included in the Winter 1981 Trail Blazer.","Hike schedules are included with the Trail Blazer issues for Spring 1982, Fall 1982, and Winter 1982.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on July 18, 1986.","Also includes minutes of the executive board meeting on August 26, 1988, and RATC By-laws revised on November 5, 1988.","The December 1990 issue is the Winter 1990-1991 issue.","Starting with Winter 1995, the winter issues switch to the start of the year instead of the end.","The Land Tract Files are also called RATC Green Books and contain legal records of lands acquired by NPS after 1978 Congressional funding. These are bound by tract number. Most of these materials are photocopies of legal records documenting land acquisitions, including legal judgments, land ownership histories, foreclosure documents, leases and contracts with gas and electric companies, deeds and trusts, wills and genealogies regarding inheritance rights, land surveys and inspection records, appraisals and environmental assessments, financial documents and insurance certificates, photographs, maps, and correspondence with land owners, attorneys, court clerks, and others.","As most of the documents are photocopies, the dates are based on the originals, not on when the photocopies may have been created. Some of the photocopies are also of poor quality and illegible. Some of the legal documents contain social security numbers, and these bound files are restricted.","This series document the RATC's work with the Appalachian Trail Conference (also Conservancy), U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service to acquire and monitor property and to build and relocate trails.","Written by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist","Also spelled Anne's Cabin.","This is a photocopy.","This is a photocopy.","Includes newspaper clippings and a history of the AT with focus on Virginia and a copy of H 160 approved by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 4, 1971, to allow Virginia to acquire lands and enter into agreements pertaining to the AT.","Mostly relates to the Buhrman Tract.","Contains a handdrawn map by Thomas Campbell from about the 1960s and a transcription and description of the map with history note by Diana Christopulos in 2024.","Also includes the Hiking Schedule for the Southwestern Virginia Relocation.","Includes RATC brochures, 1966 hiking brochure, local management plan maps, a photocopy of the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conference, and the RATC 1991 Management Plan for the Appalachian Trail with notes by Diana Christopulos on March 3, 2024.","Includes Spring 1991 Trail Blazer and a phone tree.","The 1996 and 2008 items were printed off the internet in 2022.","Includes letters about donations and gifts.","Probably created by T. J. Kent. Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","Includes list of items in album created in 2023.","[Removed from photograph album.]","Includes press release about the Appalachian Trail Museum's Hall of Fame's class of 2022, including Jim and Molly Denton of Front Royal, Virginia, and interview notes from Diana Christopulos with two of the Denton's three children.","Includes photocopies of documents from 1930s and issues of the Appalachian Trailway News.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Although the histories are from around the 1980s, there are some notes from around the 2020s.","Includes a transcription of a January 24, 1951 history by L. H. Powell, transcribed by Diana Christopulos on March 20, 2020, but not the original 1951 history by Powell.","Includes notes about T. J. Kent's history notes by Diana Christopulos, RATC Archivist, November 11, 2022, and transcription and annotations of 1933 report of RATC by Christopulos, March 20, 2020.","The second series contains files created, collected, or maintained by people affiliated with the RATC, both officers and individual members, about the history and operation of the RATC. It is divided into eight sub-series by person and in chronological order. Each subseries is organized based on topic, and original order is maintained where possible.","Also contains a list of files for box.","Includes a letter from Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., about legislation.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Majority is correspondence about trail maintenance and relocation projects or suggestions and related maps.","Contains documents regarding Virginia being \"the first state to execute an agreement for the protection and management of the Appalachian Trail.\"","Some documents pertain to property owners and AT relocations.","Documents discuss purchasing the Buhrman tract of land near Fullhardt Knob and relocation of the AT between Tinker Mountain and Fullhardt Knob, potentially through the Buhrman tract.","Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes William L. Gordge, RATC president's correspondence. Includes admittance of the Virginia Tech Outing Club to the ATC and assignment of a portion of AT for the club to maintain.","Includes organizational charts for the ATC.","Includes documents granting land use for relocating AT on Peters Mountain via land owned by Celanese Corporation, Pocahontas Land Corporation, the National Gypsum Company, and individuals.","Majority of documents regard planning in 1957-1958 for the 14th Meeting of the ATC at Mountain Lake Hotel in Mountain Lake (Giles County), Virginia, in 1958.","Both issues contain articles about AT relocations by RATC.","[Removed from binder.]","Includes shelter log.","Includes agendas, minutes, financial documents, and other supporting documents, including documents from committees, ATC, and NPS.","Also includes ATC's The Register newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 6, Spring 2001.","This is a user survey study carried out by the NPS in partnership with the University of Vermont and Penn State University. [Removed from binder.]","Also includes brochures about NPS and the AT.","Also includes tax-related documents and newsletters for other organizations.","Relates to the Greenbrier Pipeline Project that would cross the AT.","This contains the Memorandum of Agreement for the Management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the NPS and U. S. Forest Service.","Appalachian Trailway News article about Jim and Molly Tabor Denton and Tom and Charlene Campbell","Prepared for NPS by Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division","Includes some non-biking AT printed materials.","Items discuss naming the Sinking Creek shelter as the Sarver Hollow Shelter and its dedication. There are also some documents related to the Sarver Cabin or Sarver Home Site.","Includes a copy of the RATC's \"Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation\".","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ATC.","Also contains a report about invasive species on the AT.","Includes undated photographs.","The trail diary includes a letter to Katherine Cochran.","Includes article, \"National Trail Bill Sent to Congress\" by Bill Cochran.","Includes clippings about Audie Murphy's 1972 plane crash and hiking the AT, several relating to Ed Garvey.","Includes 1982 letter to Bill Cochran, a write up on Damascus Trail Days by Bill Cochran, and clippings about trail towns and the RATC celebrating its 50th anniversary.","Includes a letter to Bill Cochran, ca. 1996.","Includes clippings about the McAfee Knob closure from 1978 to 1987, McAfee Knob in general, history of the AT, and AT land acquisition.","Includes clippings about the murders of Susan Ramsey and Robert Mountford in 1981, Molly LaRue and Geoffrey L. Hood in 1990, and the murders of Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996.","Includes 1970s hike schedules illustrated by Campbell, 1993 article about hike led by Campbell, and a note about Campbell in the RATC from Diana Christopulos, February 16, 2024.","Includes biographical information.","Includes letter and thank you note from 1991.","The Trail Blazer issue contains an article about the Campbell Shelter. The cover is missing, but it is probably the Fall 1989 issue.","Includes Campbell Shelter, Catawba Shelter, New Wilson Creek Shelter, Wapitu Shelter, and Big Pond Shelter Move. The photos in this folder remain in their original groupings.","Includes 1987 ATC Conference at Lynchburg College and Natural Bridge. Please note: there are remnants of a rubberband attached to some photos.","These photos were grouped together but have no identifying information.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","The photos in this folder are without identifying information and remain in their original groupings.","Some materials are the papers of Lauren Taylor Holnback and of Eric Nasar from the Trust for AT Lands.","[Removed from binder.]","Also includes management brochures. [Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]","Topics include the Trail and Land Management Committee and Carvins Cove easement. [Removed from binder.]","Includes memoranda about land tracts.","Includes Tract 476-32.","Includes Tract 477-22, Parcels A and B.","Includes Tracts 478-34, 478-35, 478-36, and 478-37.","Includes monument sets.","Documents concern the Chesapeake Bay Program and Agreement related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.","Documents relate to the acquisition of the Shell Tract along the Elk River in Tennessee.","Documents relate to the Turner Tract on North Mountain in Virginia.","Documents relate to the Roy and Tillie Wood's home the Woodshole, where AT hikers were invited to stay.","Documents are about attempting to make Blackwater Canyon a national park.","Documents are about the USFS Forest Legacy Program and Virginia's Forest Legacy program.","Includes reports from Griggs and Mullinix of the ATC Land Trust.","Most materials specifically relate to the Western Virginia Land Trust.","Includes information on Andy Layne Trail.","Includes information on Roanoke Greenways and on laws.","[Removed from binder.]","[Removed from binder.]"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains several issues of the \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eTrail Blazer\u003c/title\u003e, the newsletter of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club. 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Chazin, ed., \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAppalachian Trail Data Book 2000,\u003c/title\u003e 22nd ed., Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKaren Deans, ed., \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eConservation Options: A Landowner's Guide,\u003c/title\u003e Washington, D. C.: Land Trust Alliance, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenton MacKaye, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning,\u003c/title\u003e Harpers Ferry, WV: The Appalachian Trail Conference and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMurray Bookchin, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Synthetic Environment,\u003c/title\u003e Rev. Ed., New York City: Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard M. 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The company continued into the 21st century to manufacture and sell textiles."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Rosemont Corporation Ledgers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Rosemont Corporation Ledgers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Rosemont Corporation Ledgers, Ms1987-029, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Rosemont Corporation Ledgers, Ms1987-029, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Rosemont Corporation Ledgers commenced and was completed in March, 2013.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Rosemont Corporation Ledgers commenced and was completed in March, 2013."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eRosemont, Marion, Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Marion, VA: L. Copenhaver, [1951]. (F234 .M373 R6 1951 Small Spec)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also holds several collections related to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson and Sherwood Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Rosemont, Marion, Virginia. Marion, VA: L. Copenhaver, [1951]. (F234 .M373 R6 1951 Small Spec)","Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also holds several collections related to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson and Sherwood Anderson."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of two ledgers maintained by Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles. The first ledger, arranged in a rough alphabetical order by customer name, records date of order fulfillment, product name, price paid, and customer name and address. The second ledger, titled \"Checks Written,\" details the company's expenses. For each month, the ledger lists checks issued by the company, providing check number, date, recipient, description of purchase, and amount paid. At the end of each monthly list of checks is a summary of the company's monthly expenses.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of two ledgers maintained by Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles. The first ledger, arranged in a rough alphabetical order by customer name, records date of order fulfillment, product name, price paid, and customer name and address. The second ledger, titled \"Checks Written,\" details the company's expenses. For each month, the ledger lists checks issued by the company, providing check number, date, recipient, description of purchase, and amount paid. At the end of each monthly list of checks is a summary of the company's monthly expenses."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_6887d333d378302d8290b035919ff34e\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains sales and expense ledgers of Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains sales and expense ledgers of Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Rosemont Corporation"],"persname_ssim":["Copenhaver, Laura Lu Scherer, 1868-1940"],"names_coll_ssim":["Copenhaver, Laura Lu Scherer, 1868-1940"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Rosemont Corporation","Copenhaver, Laura Lu Scherer, 1868-1940"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":2,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:45:40.112Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1472"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. 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Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.","II. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:","Floyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series.","Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.","The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.","This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.","The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\n      Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\n      Coleradge, S. T. Biographia literaria, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\n      Daily, John R. Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\n      Daniel, J. R. V. A hornbook of Virginia history. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\n      Debnam, W. E. Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\n      Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\n      A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\n      Monteith, James. First lessons in geography. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876.\n      The Old school hymnal. Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.","The following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\n      Bluff City News (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\n      Bristol Courier (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\n      Central Star (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\n      Christian Advocate (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\n      Christian Advocate (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\n      Floyd Press (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\n      Holston Methodist (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\n      Sullivan Landmark (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\n      Western North Carolina Methodist (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981"],"collection_ssim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1986.002"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1986.002"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_persname_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"creators_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. 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Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWithin the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eArnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eStepping stones to literature\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eColeradge, S. T. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBiographia literaria\u003c/title\u003e, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaily, John R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrimitive Baptist hymn and tune book\u003c/title\u003e. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaniel, J. R. V. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA hornbook of Virginia history\u003c/title\u003e. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDebnam, W. E. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWeep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South\u003c/title\u003e. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDurand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches\u003c/title\u003e. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III\u003c/title\u003e. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eMonteith, James. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFirst lessons in geography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Old school hymnal\u003c/title\u003e. Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBluff City News\u003c/title\u003e (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBristol Courier\u003c/title\u003e (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCentral Star\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFloyd Press\u003c/title\u003e (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHolston Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSullivan Landmark\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWestern North Carolina Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\n      Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\n      Coleradge, S. T. Biographia literaria, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\n      Daily, John R. Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\n      Daniel, J. R. V. A hornbook of Virginia history. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\n      Debnam, W. E. Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\n      Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\n      A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\n      Monteith, James. First lessons in geography. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876.\n      The Old school hymnal. Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.","The following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\n      Bluff City News (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\n      Bristol Courier (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\n      Central Star (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\n      Christian Advocate (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\n      Christian Advocate (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\n      Floyd Press (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\n      Holston Methodist (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\n      Sullivan Landmark (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\n      Western North Carolina Methodist (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_c5ebcea8a5f9ab67bd7c068af29054e2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":51,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:45:03.361Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1428","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1428.xml","title_filing_ssi":"West, Ruby Bishop, Collection","title_ssm":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"title_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1858-1981"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1858-1981"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1858/1981"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981"],"text":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981","Ms.1986.002","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","The collection is open for research.","I. Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.","II. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:","Floyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series.","Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.","The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.","This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.","The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\n      Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\n      Coleradge, S. T. Biographia literaria, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\n      Daily, John R. Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\n      Daniel, J. R. V. A hornbook of Virginia history. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\n      Debnam, W. E. Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\n      Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\n      A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\n      Monteith, James. First lessons in geography. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1876.\n      The Old school hymnal. Macon, Ga.: J. A. Monsees, 1937.","The following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\n      Bluff City News (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\n      Bristol Courier (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\n      Central Star (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\n      Christian Advocate (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\n      Christian Advocate (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\n      Floyd Press (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\n      Holston Methodist (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\n      Sullivan Landmark (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\n      Western North Carolina Methodist (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981"],"collection_ssim":["Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1858/1981"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1986.002"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1986.002"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_persname_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"creators_ssim":["West, Ruby Bishop, d.1984","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Ruby Bishop West Collection was given to the Floyd County Historical Society following West's death in 1984. The collection was donated to Special Collections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by the society in 1986. The collection was accessioned under the title \"Floyd County Historical Society Records\" but was renamed during processing in 2003 to more accurately reflect its contents."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Local/Regional History and Appalachian South"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eI. Floyd County Churches, 1892-1980, n.d. This series contains research notes, maps, and printed materials relating to the history of Lutheran, Methodist, Primitive Baptist and other congregations in Floyd County. Arranged alphabetically by denomination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eII. Floyd County Education, 1898-1979, n.d. In addition to research notes and printed materials, this series includes photographs and historical sketches of local schools, most seemingly collected by West while a student, and later as a teacher and administrator, when she also collected statistics on county enrollment and test scores. The series is further divided into the following subseries:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd County High School, 1913-1979, n.d. Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. 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The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. 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Contains two brief sketches on school history and a large collection of programs for school-related events (mostly commencement exercises). Also contains a 1940 yearbook, various newsclippings and photos of the school and various class groups, including photos of the earlier Floyd Academy. Arranged by material function.","Other Schools, 1898-1957, n.d. Materials related to other schools in Floyd County are located here and include historical sketches, photographs, programs and other printed material. The subseries also contains an advertisement for the Floyd Normal School's 1898 term and a pamphlet entitled \"God's Cosy Corner\" by Mildred Welch concerning the need for Presbyteran mission schools in Floyd County. Arranged by material function.","Floyd County School System, 1937-1976, n.d. Containing materials relating to the county's school system, this subseries consists of various historical sketches, essays and newsclippings. The subseries also contains tabulations of county school enrollment, test scores, withdrawals and failures during the 1930s and 1940s. The subseries concludes with a small collection of correspondence, forms, reports and lists of county school teachers. arranged by material function.","III. Floyd County History, 1885-1981, n.d. This series contains materials relating to the history of the county as a whole and consists mostly of research notes made by West and others on specific topics. The series also contains various essays on Floyd County history and items regarding the county's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations. The series is divided among the following subseries, arranged alphabetically by topic, with general materials at the end of the series:","Civil War, n.d. Contains a few typescript notes on general Civil War history, a list of soldiers buried in Floyd Cemetery and a newsclipping about a Civil War letter written by Floyd Countian William P. Walters.","Genealogy, n.d. Includes pages from a published genealogy of the Goodykoontz family, and brief notes on other local families.","Mining, 1972, n.d. Floyd County iron and copper mining ventures are discussed in this small collection of newsclippings and research notes.","Postal Service, 1968-1970, n.d. Contained in this subseries are materials relating to post offices, postmasters and rural routes within Floyd County. It includes such materials as lists, maps, correspondence and newsclippings.","Telephone Service, n.d. Includes a county map and a brief sketch of the Pilot Telephone System, written in 1980.","General County History, 1885-1981. Includes a 1951 historical sketch by Curtis Sumpter, as well as other compiled sketches and data on Floyd County history. The subseries also includes a speech delivered on the county's centennial in 1931 and meeting minutes, notes and printed material compiled by Ruby Bishop West during her coordination of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1981.","IV. Personal Materials, 1879-1960. Materials from West's personal life are found in this series and include such items as West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College; a small family photo album from the early twentieth century, other assorted photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music. Arranged by material function.","V. Oversize Materials, 1858-1960. This series contains items which were too large to be filed with other materials. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in their respective series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruby Bishop, Floyd County educator and local historian, was born near Falling Branch (Floyd County), Virginia, the only daughter of Wesley and Lydia Caldwell Bishop. When Bishop was still a child, the family moved to Floyd, where she graduated from Floyd Academy in 1920. (She later attended Radford College, obtaining a two-year degree in 1930, and a bachelor's degree in 1938.)","In 1920, Bishop was hired to teach in a one-room school in Floyd County's Little River District. In 1925, she began teaching seventh grade at Floyd County High School, a post she would retain until 1940, when she was appointed elementary supervisor of the county's schools. She also served for a time as administrative assistant to the county's superintendent for instruction and as acting superintendent of Floyd County schools. Bishop married Judge George D. West (born April 19, 1897) in 1957; she retired in 1967.","Ruby Bishop West maintained an interest in local history throughout her life; she organized Floyd County's sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. She joined the Methodist Church in 1915, and was an active member, serving at various times as teacher and church historian. She died on May 8, 1984 (her husband having died in 1975) and is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Ruby Bishop West Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Ruby Bishop West Collection, 1877-1981, Ms1986-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement and description of the West Collection commenced in March 2003 and was completed in April 2003."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWithin the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of Ruby Bishop West, an educator and local historian from Floyd, Virginia. The papers are divided into five series: Floyd County Churches, Floyd County Education, Floyd County History, Personal Materials and Oversize Materials.","The Floyd County Churches Series includes research notes, maps and printed materials on various churches located in Floyd County, particularly Lutheran, Methodist and Primitive Baptist congregations.","Within the Floyd County Education Series are historical data, printed materials (mostly programs for school events) and photographs of various Floyd County schools. Much of the material centers on Floyd High School, but other schools are represented as well. The series also contains tabulations on county school enrollment, test scores and withdrawals during the 1930s and 1940s.","The Floyd County History Series contains mostly research notes on various topics relating to Floyd County history, particularly the Civil War, genealogy, mining, and postal and telephone service. The series also includes historical sketches and data on the county's settlement and development and materials relating to the celebration of the county's centennial (1931) and sesquicentennial (1981).","Items relating to West's personal life are found in the Personal Materials Series. The series includes West's diplomas, grade reports and other items from Radford Teacher's College, a small early twentieth century photo album, other assorted photos and ephemera, and a sizeable collection of sheet music.","The Oversize Materials series consists of items which were too large to be inter-filed with their respective series. The series includes a large photo of Floyd Academy, a 1960 Floyd High School newspaper and oversized sheet music publications."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eArnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eStepping stones to literature\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eColeradge, S. T. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBiographia literaria\u003c/title\u003e, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaily, John R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrimitive Baptist hymn and tune book\u003c/title\u003e. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eDaniel, J. R. 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Monsees, 1937.\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eThe following newspapers were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Newspaper Collection:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBluff City News\u003c/title\u003e (Bluff City, TN), Nov 16 1889\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBristol Courier\u003c/title\u003e (Bristol, TN), Oct 2 1879; Sep 17, Nov 19 1885; Nov 15 1888; Sep 5 1889; Feb 27 1890; Jan 21, Jun 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCentral Star\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Nov 20, 1884\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (Nashville, TN): Feb 21 1874\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChristian Advocate\u003c/title\u003e (St. Louis, MO): Jun 8 1887\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFloyd Press\u003c/title\u003e (Floyd, VA), Jun 6 1940; Aug 21 1941; Jun 8 1949; Jul 27 1950; Jan 18, Feb 15, 22, Aug 9, 16, Oct 18 1951; May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 19, Aug 7, 14, 21 1952; Apr 8, May 6, 13, 27, Jun 3, 10, 11, 24, Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 1954; Feb 3 10, 17, 24, Jun 16, 23, 30, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 5, 10, 17, 24, Dec 8, 15, 22 1955; Jan 1, 12, 19, 26, Feb 16, Mar 8, 22, 29, Jul 26 1956; Oct 2 1958; Feb 12, Mar 12, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 1959; Sep 1, Dec 1 1960; Jan 5, Dec 28 1961; Jul 1 1976; Jul 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sep 3, 10 1981.\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHolston Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Knoxville, TN): Mar 20 1875; May 8 1885; Nov 16 1892\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSullivan Landmark\u003c/title\u003e (Blountville, TN), Sep 17 1879\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWestern North Carolina Methodist\u003c/title\u003e (Asheville, NC), Dec 3 1891\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following books were transferred from the collection to the Special Collections' Rare Book Collection:\n      Arnold, Sarah Louise and Charles B. Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature. New York: Silver, Burdett and Co., 1902.\n      Coleradge, S. T. Biographia literaria, vol. I. New York: Kirk and Mercein, 1817.\n      Daily, John R. Primitive Baptist hymn and tune book. Indianapolis, Ind.: Earl and William T. Daily, n.d.\n      Daniel, J. R. V. A hornbook of Virginia history. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1949.\n      Debnam, W. E. Weep no more, my lady: a southerner answers Mrs. Roosevelt's report on the \"poor and unhappy\" South. Raleigh, N. C.: W. E. Debnam, 1950.\n      Durand, Silas H. and P. G. Lester. Hymn and tune book for use in old school or primitive Baptist churches. Greenfield, Ind.: D. H. Goble, 1886.\n      A Listing of men from Floyd County who served as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War or War Between the States, 1861-1865, compiled from the records of Camp III. [S.l.: s.n., 198-?]\n      Monteith, James. First lessons in geography. New York: A. S. 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