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He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.","The guide to the M. Rupert Cutler 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 M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.","The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries.","The copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. 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 M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.","Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. Rupert","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler Papers, 1930/2021, bulk 1962/2021"],"collection_ssim":["M. 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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 M. Rupert Cutler Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in several accessions between 2019 and 2021. Two photo albums in Box 128 were donated in 2025 and 2026. Additional accruals are expected."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Environmental policy","Environmental protection","Conservation easements","Conservation projects (Natural resources)","Local government"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Environmental policy","Environmental protection","Conservation easements","Conservation projects (Natural resources)","Local government"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["181 Cubic Feet 130 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["181 Cubic Feet 130 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open to research, except for Boxes 129-130, which are restricted for 75 years from date of creation due to HIPAA- or FAFSA-protected, sensitive, or personally identifiable information. These records are noted in the file-level description. Contact Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open to research, except for Boxes 129-130, which are restricted for 75 years from date of creation due to HIPAA- or FAFSA-protected, sensitive, or personally identifiable information. These records are noted in the file-level description. Contact Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/a-lifetime-of-service--selecti\"\u003eA Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/collections/show/242\"\u003eYou can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Some of this collection has been digitized for a digital exhibit, A Lifetime of Service: Selections from the M. Rupert Cutler Papers.","You can also visit the digitized collection page online with the oral history interview with Rupert Cutler."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged by type of material into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries I. Personal Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries II. Clubs\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSeries IV. 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Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["M. Rupert Cutler is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is an environmentalist and a journalist focusing on conservation and local Roanoke issues. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Wildlife Management in 1955 and a Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Resource Management at Michigan State University in 1969.","After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cutler worked as an instruction book writer for Argus Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1956, he moved to Arizona where he edited the Winslow Mail, a weekly newspaper. In 1957, he accepted the post of executive secretary of Wildlife Conservation Incorporated in Boston and in 1958 he was hired by the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to be associate editor of Virginia Wildlife, the Virginia Game Department's magazine. In 1961, Cutler was promoted to Chief, Education Division, Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Cutler was then in Washington D.C. serving as editor of publications of the National Wildlife Federation (1962-1965) and then as assistant executive director of The Wilderness Society (1965-1969).","In 1969, Cutler returned to Michigan to study for his doctorate at Michigan State University and to work as a Graduate Research Assistant in MSU's Department of Resource Development. With his degree, he became assistant professor of resource development and the state's extension specialist in natural resources policy, a post which he held from 1972-1977. In 1977 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture for conservation, research, and education. From 1977 to 1980 he provided policy direction to the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, and USDA's research, extension, and library agencies. He was also senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), and executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987). From 1987-1990 he was the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, an organization based in Washington, DC devoted to protecting animals and their habitats in the United States.","M. Rupert Cutler moved to Roanoke, Virginia in January 1991. From 1991 to February of 1997, he was the executive director of Virginia's Explore Park, a 1,000-acre outdoor living history museum and environmental education center on the Roanoke River in Roanoke and Bedford counties. In March of 1997, M. Rupert Cutler became the founding executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust, a new, private, nonprofit association created to help preserve the natural, scenic, and cultural heritage of western Virginia on private land, using conservation easements. Between 2004-2009, he sat on the board of the Western Virginia Water Authority, which was created in 2004 to provide water and waste water treatment to the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County.","From 2002-2010, Cutler acted as a Trustee for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a semi-governmental organization created in 1966 to promote the use and preservation of Virginia's public lands. For part of this time he was also serving as President of the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club (2002-2003), of which he is a long-standing member. From 2006-2009 he also served as chair of the Steering Committee of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia, which supports the work of regional nonprofits. He has also served on the boards of Opera Roanoke, the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture, Valley Beautiful, the Roanoke Urban Forestry Council, Historic Greenfield, and has worked on a number of committees to preserve and improve Roanoke and the environment."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers 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 M. Rupert Cutler Papers 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], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, 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], M. Rupert Cutler Papers, Ms2020-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. Rupert Cutler Papers was completed in July 2021, as part of the project, \"This Land is Your Land: Creating Access to the M. Rupert Cutler Papers,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) from 2020 to 2021. Additional materials were incorporated in April-May 2025 and May 2026.","Unprocessed additions are available for researchers. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is also \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/exhibits/show/explore-park\"\u003ea digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park\u003c/a\u003e at the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.virginiaroom.org/\"\u003eVirginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is also a digital collection of Rupert Cutler's photographs featuring Explore Park at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library in Roanoke, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates.","Series I. Personal Records consist of letters, emails, greeting cards, postcards and invitations to and from family and friends, travel records, and photographs of people and events. This series contains some restricted materials, mostly consisting of HIPAA-protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series II. Clubs contains records of Cutler's participation in the Roanoke Valley Bird Club, the Roanoke chapter of the Kiwanis Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Virginia Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus.","Series III. Roanoke Regional Records contains news articles, event records, invitations, correspondence, and publications relating to the City of Roanoke and the surrouding area. It also contains records of M. Rupert Cutler's service on the Roanoke City Council from 2002-2006 and 2009-2011.","Series IV. Boards and Committees Records consist of documents relating to M. Rupert Cutler's service on the boards of the Western Virginia Water Authority (2004-2009), Opera Roanoke (2006-2009), Virginia Outdoors Foundation (2006-2010), and the Blue Rdige Land Conservancy (2009-2020). It also contains records of his participation in committees such as Roanoke Arts Commission (2003-2014), Mill Mountain Advisory Committee (2003-2006), Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Advisory Committee (2004-2005), Cabell Brand Center (2005-2014), Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia (2006-2009), Virginia Metropolitan League (2006-2014), Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition (2008-2009), Hollins Presidential Advisory Council (2018-2019) and Historic Greenfield (2019-2020).","Series V. Professional Records cosists of correspondence and documents relatig to Cutler's work, including as senior vice president of the National Audubon Society (1980-1983), executive director of Population-Environment Balance (1983-1987), president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife (1987-1990), executive director of Virginia's Explore Park (1991-1997), executive director of the Western Virginia Land Trust (1997-1999), and in several teaching positions at Virginia colleges and universities (1999, 2010, 2020). This series contains some restricted materials, consisting of FERPA protected personal information. These restricted materials are noted at the file-level.","Series VI. Speeches and Writings contains opinion pieces, presentations, lectures, articles, book chapters, and speeches written by M. Rupert Cutler.","Series VII. Envrionmental Activism contains correspondence, publications, newsletters, conference materials, event materials, and travel documents relating to environmental and conservation work.","Series VIII. News Clippings contains published news articles that Cutler collected and notated on subjects such as conservation, environmentalism, politics, local Roanoke issues, achievements of himself and people he knows, and disasters.","Series IX. Audio Visual Records consists of audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, photographs and photographic negatives documenting Cutler's personal and professional activities, including events, ceremonies, lectures, parties, conferences, and documentaries."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright 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. 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 for this collection is owned by Dr. M. Rupert Cutler. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The M. Rupert Cutler Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and committees, documents pertaining to local Roanoke issues and events, speeches, articles, and other writings by Cutler, news clippings pertaining to Cutler's interests, photographs, audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes, and awards and certificates. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the personal and professional activities of M. Rupert Cutler from 1981-2021, and also contains some records from 1962-1980. Most records from before 1977 are housed at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Records from his service in the Carter Administration, 1977-1981, are housed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_6a6810f0a4c256c26cf1fa0c90deb417\" label=\"Physical Access\"\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c/emph\u003e Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information.\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["Please note: Material is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for further information."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Cutler, M. Rupert"],"names_coll_ssim":["Cutler, M. Rupert"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Cutler, M. 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Materials have been kept in original order where possible. Arrangement is chronological, then alphabetical where applicable.","Series I. Division 1: Corporate Office, 1940-1992, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Corporate Office General, 1943-1992, n.d.\nSubseries B. ParCor Financial Records, 1945-1969, n.d.\nSubseries C. Personnel, 1942-1972, n.d.\nSubseries D. Labor, 1952-1972\nSubseries E. Board of Directors Minutes, 1956-1968\nSubseries F. Corporate History, 1916-1960, n.d.\nSubseries G. Operations Control Systems, 1954-1968\nSubseries H. Corporate Office Master Files, 1948-1967, n.d.\nSubseries I. Corporate Office New Construction, 1942-1968, n.d.\t\nSubseries J. Patents and Legal Documents, 1940-1960\t\nSubseries K. MIT, 1951-1956, 1991-1992\n\nSeries II. Division 2: Automotive Division, 1937-1971, n.d.","Series III. Division 3: Appliance Division, 1924-1962, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. General Correspondence, 1924-1951, n.d.\nSubseries B. Products, 1941-1962, n.d.\n\nSeries IV. Division 4: Ordnance Division, 1933-1967, n.d.","Series V. Division 5: Aircraft Division, 1923, 1941-1992, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Foreign Activities, 1953-1968, n.d.\nSubseries B. General, 1923, 1942-1978, n.d.\nSubseries C. Helicopter Rotor Blades, 1943-1971, n.d.\nSubseries D. Numerical Control, 1941-1992, n.d.\nSubseries E. Special Products, 1943-1982, n.d.\nSubseries F. North America Rockwell, 1955-1956, 1964-1976, n.d.\n\nSeries VI. Division 6: Subsidiaries Division, 1957-1977, n.d.","Series VII. Division 7: Minor Products Division, 1943-1966, n.d.","Series VIII. Division 8: John T. Parsons Company, 1944-2000, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Financial/Legal, 1944-1994, n.d.\nSubseries B. Correspondence, 1948-1998, n.d.\nSubseries C. Controllable Pitch Propeller, 1946-1980, 1993, n.d.\nSubseries D. Computer Bilt, 1949-1989, n.d.\nSubseries E. Wind Energy Systems, 1964-1990, n.d.\nSubseries F. ParJon Master Files, 1968-1984\nSubseries G. Consulting, 1956-2000, n.d.\nSubseries H. Punch Presses, 1959-1984, n.d.\nSubseries I. HITCO and Whittaker, 1960-1982\nSubseries J. Ariel Files, 1989-1990\nSubseries K. Marathon Files, 1974-1977, 1980-1990, n.d.\nSubseries L. Nimble Keyboard, 1962-1989, n.d.\nSubseries M. Michigan Reports, 1970-1991, n.d.\nSubseries N. Pallet Manufacturing, 1969-1991, n.d.\nSubseries O. Motor Coach, 1968-1973, n.d.\nSubseries P. Newspaper Articles, 1981-1991, n.d.\nSubseries Q. Digitron, 1948-1993, n.d.\nSubseries R. General, 1965-1996, n.d.\n\nSeries IX.  Division 9: Personal, 1910-1997, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Industrial Brochures, 1951-1994, n.d.\nSubseries B. Trade Journals and Magazines, 1958-1990, n.d.\nSubseries C. Civic Ombudsman, 1967-1978, n.d.\nSubseries D. Environment, 1966-1985\nSubseries E. Filed Clippings, 1963-1991\nSubseries F. Community Involvement, 1927-1990, n.d.\nSubseries G. Parsons Reading Files, 1961-1969, n.d.\nSubseries H. Financial Reports of Other Companies, 1950-1985\nSubseries I. Traverse City, 1943-1995, n.d.\nSubseries J. John T. Parsons Personal Records, 1931-1996, n.d.\nSubseries K. Correspondence, 1930-1997, n.d.\nSubseries L. Swedish Affairs, 1916, 1938-1983, 1996\nSubseries M. Music, 1950, 1964, 1971-1982\nSubseries N. General, 1910-1994, n.d.\nSubseries O. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1972-1996\nSubseries P. Ferris and State Jobs, 1961-1990, n.d.\n\nSeries X.  Division 10: Posters, Drawings, and Artifacts, 1947-1948, 1958-1978, 1984, 1990-1992, n.d.","John T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes.","Parsons produced bombs and land mines for U.S. government during World War II. He conceived a machine tool for automatically producing aircraft structural shapes from punch card/tape input (1946); executed a contract to produce the world's first numerical control milling machine (1949) and monitored design and completion of the machine (1950-1952). Parsons also originated an aircraft operation that became the world's largest designer, producer, and overhauler of helicopter rotor blades and built the first all-composite airplane for the Office of Naval Research. He created many other processes involving computer applications to manufacturing and received approximately fifty U.S. patents in the fields of numerical control, marine propellers, foundry systems, and data acquisition manufacturing methods.","Parsons served as president and owner of the Parsons Corporation of Traverse City, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Stockton, California (1954-1968). He was then president and owner of the John T. Parsons Company, Traverse City, Michigan (1968-1986).","Among his numerous awards, Parsons was the first recipient of the Numerical Control Society's Joseph Marie Jacquard Award as the Father of Numerical Control (1968), a recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Engineering Citation as the person whose brilliant conceptualization of numerical control marked the beginning of the second industrial revolution (1975), recipient of the National Medal of Technology (1985), and recipient of the National Tooling and Machining Association's Distinguished Service Award (1987).","He died in Traverse City, Michigan at the age of 93.","The guide to the John T. Parsons 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 John T. Parsons Papers was completed in September 2023, as part of the project, \"Piercing the Veil: Creating Access to the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration at Virginia Tech,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).","The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials.","The following publications have been separated to the Rare Book Collection:","Spur, Günter. Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Berlin : Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik der TU Berlin (IWF) : Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK). Berlin:  Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik, Berlin, 1989. (Includes inscription in German to John T. Parsons.)","Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME 1990. Dearborn, Mich.:  Society of Manufacturing Engineers, North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, 1990. (Inscribed \"John T. Parsons\".)","Interlochen Center for the Arts. Alumni directory 1995. Produced for Interlochen Center for the Arts by Publishing Concepts Incorporated, The Clancy Way. (John T. Parsons's wife Elizabeth is listed as an alumni.)","Design, control and analysis of manufacturing systems : proceedings of the 27th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, May 21-23, 1995, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. (Inscribed \"]John T. Parsons] was keynote speaker\".)","Metalworking : yesterday and tomorrow : the 100th anniversary issue of American machinist / by the editors of American machinist. New York : American machinist, [1978]. (Includes profile on John T. Parsons.) (Call number: TS205 .M469 Spec Large Copy 2)","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.","John T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. The John T. 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Newspaper Articles, 1981-1991, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries Q. Digitron, 1948-1993, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries R. General, 1965-1996, n.d.\n\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\nSeries IX.  Division 9: Personal, 1910-1997, n.d.\n\u003clist\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries A. Industrial Brochures, 1951-1994, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries B. Trade Journals and Magazines, 1958-1990, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries C. Civic Ombudsman, 1967-1978, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries D. Environment, 1966-1985\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries E. Filed Clippings, 1963-1991\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries F. Community Involvement, 1927-1990, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries G. Parsons Reading Files, 1961-1969, n.d.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries H. Financial Reports of Other Companies, 1950-1985\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e\nSubseries I. 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These series and subseries have been imposed by archivists but are based on Parson's original order and description. Materials have been kept in original order where possible. Arrangement is chronological, then alphabetical where applicable.","Series I. Division 1: Corporate Office, 1940-1992, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Corporate Office General, 1943-1992, n.d.\nSubseries B. ParCor Financial Records, 1945-1969, n.d.\nSubseries C. Personnel, 1942-1972, n.d.\nSubseries D. Labor, 1952-1972\nSubseries E. Board of Directors Minutes, 1956-1968\nSubseries F. Corporate History, 1916-1960, n.d.\nSubseries G. Operations Control Systems, 1954-1968\nSubseries H. Corporate Office Master Files, 1948-1967, n.d.\nSubseries I. Corporate Office New Construction, 1942-1968, n.d.\t\nSubseries J. Patents and Legal Documents, 1940-1960\t\nSubseries K. MIT, 1951-1956, 1991-1992\n\nSeries II. Division 2: Automotive Division, 1937-1971, n.d.","Series III. Division 3: Appliance Division, 1924-1962, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. General Correspondence, 1924-1951, n.d.\nSubseries B. Products, 1941-1962, n.d.\n\nSeries IV. Division 4: Ordnance Division, 1933-1967, n.d.","Series V. Division 5: Aircraft Division, 1923, 1941-1992, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Foreign Activities, 1953-1968, n.d.\nSubseries B. General, 1923, 1942-1978, n.d.\nSubseries C. Helicopter Rotor Blades, 1943-1971, n.d.\nSubseries D. Numerical Control, 1941-1992, n.d.\nSubseries E. Special Products, 1943-1982, n.d.\nSubseries F. North America Rockwell, 1955-1956, 1964-1976, n.d.\n\nSeries VI. Division 6: Subsidiaries Division, 1957-1977, n.d.","Series VII. Division 7: Minor Products Division, 1943-1966, n.d.","Series VIII. Division 8: John T. Parsons Company, 1944-2000, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Financial/Legal, 1944-1994, n.d.\nSubseries B. Correspondence, 1948-1998, n.d.\nSubseries C. Controllable Pitch Propeller, 1946-1980, 1993, n.d.\nSubseries D. Computer Bilt, 1949-1989, n.d.\nSubseries E. Wind Energy Systems, 1964-1990, n.d.\nSubseries F. ParJon Master Files, 1968-1984\nSubseries G. Consulting, 1956-2000, n.d.\nSubseries H. Punch Presses, 1959-1984, n.d.\nSubseries I. HITCO and Whittaker, 1960-1982\nSubseries J. Ariel Files, 1989-1990\nSubseries K. Marathon Files, 1974-1977, 1980-1990, n.d.\nSubseries L. Nimble Keyboard, 1962-1989, n.d.\nSubseries M. Michigan Reports, 1970-1991, n.d.\nSubseries N. Pallet Manufacturing, 1969-1991, n.d.\nSubseries O. Motor Coach, 1968-1973, n.d.\nSubseries P. Newspaper Articles, 1981-1991, n.d.\nSubseries Q. Digitron, 1948-1993, n.d.\nSubseries R. General, 1965-1996, n.d.\n\nSeries IX.  Division 9: Personal, 1910-1997, n.d.\n\nSubseries A. Industrial Brochures, 1951-1994, n.d.\nSubseries B. Trade Journals and Magazines, 1958-1990, n.d.\nSubseries C. Civic Ombudsman, 1967-1978, n.d.\nSubseries D. Environment, 1966-1985\nSubseries E. Filed Clippings, 1963-1991\nSubseries F. Community Involvement, 1927-1990, n.d.\nSubseries G. Parsons Reading Files, 1961-1969, n.d.\nSubseries H. Financial Reports of Other Companies, 1950-1985\nSubseries I. Traverse City, 1943-1995, n.d.\nSubseries J. John T. Parsons Personal Records, 1931-1996, n.d.\nSubseries K. Correspondence, 1930-1997, n.d.\nSubseries L. Swedish Affairs, 1916, 1938-1983, 1996\nSubseries M. Music, 1950, 1964, 1971-1982\nSubseries N. General, 1910-1994, n.d.\nSubseries O. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1972-1996\nSubseries P. Ferris and State Jobs, 1961-1990, n.d.\n\nSeries X.  Division 10: Posters, Drawings, and Artifacts, 1947-1948, 1958-1978, 1984, 1990-1992, n.d."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParsons produced bombs and land mines for U.S. government during World War II. He conceived a machine tool for automatically producing aircraft structural shapes from punch card/tape input (1946); executed a contract to produce the world's first numerical control milling machine (1949) and monitored design and completion of the machine (1950-1952). Parsons also originated an aircraft operation that became the world's largest designer, producer, and overhauler of helicopter rotor blades and built the first all-composite airplane for the Office of Naval Research. He created many other processes involving computer applications to manufacturing and received approximately fifty U.S. patents in the fields of numerical control, marine propellers, foundry systems, and data acquisition manufacturing methods. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParsons served as president and owner of the Parsons Corporation of Traverse City, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Stockton, California (1954-1968). He was then president and owner of the John T. 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Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes.","Parsons produced bombs and land mines for U.S. government during World War II. He conceived a machine tool for automatically producing aircraft structural shapes from punch card/tape input (1946); executed a contract to produce the world's first numerical control milling machine (1949) and monitored design and completion of the machine (1950-1952). Parsons also originated an aircraft operation that became the world's largest designer, producer, and overhauler of helicopter rotor blades and built the first all-composite airplane for the Office of Naval Research. He created many other processes involving computer applications to manufacturing and received approximately fifty U.S. patents in the fields of numerical control, marine propellers, foundry systems, and data acquisition manufacturing methods.","Parsons served as president and owner of the Parsons Corporation of Traverse City, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Stockton, California (1954-1968). He was then president and owner of the John T. Parsons Company, Traverse City, Michigan (1968-1986).","Among his numerous awards, Parsons was the first recipient of the Numerical Control Society's Joseph Marie Jacquard Award as the Father of Numerical Control (1968), a recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Engineering Citation as the person whose brilliant conceptualization of numerical control marked the beginning of the second industrial revolution (1975), recipient of the National Medal of Technology (1985), and recipient of the National Tooling and Machining Association's Distinguished Service Award (1987).","He died in Traverse City, Michigan at the age of 93."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the John T. Parsons Papers 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 John T. Parsons Papers 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], John T. Parsons Papers, Ms1987-016, 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], John T. Parsons Papers, Ms1987-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the John T. Parsons Papers was completed in September 2023, as part of the project, \"Piercing the Veil: Creating Access to the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration at Virginia Tech,\" funded by the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.archives.gov/nhprc\"\u003eNational Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the John T. Parsons Papers was completed in September 2023, as part of the project, \"Piercing the Veil: Creating Access to the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration at Virginia Tech,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following publications have been separated to the Rare Book Collection:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpur, Günter. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eProduktionstechnisches Zentrum Berlin : Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik der TU Berlin (IWF) : Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK)\u003c/title\u003e. Berlin:  Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik, Berlin, 1989. (Includes inscription in German to John T. 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Dearborn, Mich.:  Society of Manufacturing Engineers, North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME, 1990. (Inscribed \"John T. Parsons\".)","Interlochen Center for the Arts. Alumni directory 1995. Produced for Interlochen Center for the Arts by Publishing Concepts Incorporated, The Clancy Way. (John T. Parsons's wife Elizabeth is listed as an alumni.)","Design, control and analysis of manufacturing systems : proceedings of the 27th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, May 21-23, 1995, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. (Inscribed \"]John T. Parsons] was keynote speaker\".)","Metalworking : yesterday and tomorrow : the 100th anniversary issue of American machinist / by the editors of American machinist. New York : American machinist, [1978]. (Includes profile on John T. Parsons.) (Call number: TS205 .M469 Spec Large Copy 2)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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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_9cf888f6d300eb29a4387b120cb9e3d4\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eJohn T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. The John T. 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Constituent mail with confidential and private personal information was deaccessioned at the donor request.","The collection is arranged into the following series:","Series I. State Senate Files, 1968-1983\nSeries II. Press Releases and Events, 1977, 1983-2010\nSeries III. Mailers and Newsletters, 1978-2011\nSeries IV. Columns and Writings, 1983-1999\nSeries V. Speeches, 1982-2016\nSeries VI. Campaigns and Elections, 1975-2010\nSeries VII. News Clippings, 1975-2016\nSeries VIII. Correspondence, 1982-2010\nSeries IX. Grants, 1992-1999\nSeries X. Audio/Visual Materials, [ca. 1960s-2010s] (bulk 1982-2010)\nSeries XI. Congressional Work, 1970-2017\nSeries XII. Artifacts, n. d.\nSeries XIII. Awards and Plaques, 1979-2008, n.d.","The original physical order of the materials was maintained when processing. Except for Series I, which is arranged by record number, materials were intellectually arranged by topic and then chronologically by an archivist. Subseries were created in some cases to further separate by topic.","Frederick C. \"Rick\" Boucher was born in Washington County, Virginia on August 1, 1946. He grew up in Abingdon, Virginia, where he still lives. He attended Abingdon High School, then received his Bachelor's from  Roanoke College in 1968. In 1971, he received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He worked as a lawyer for a number of years before entering politics in the Virginia State Senate representing the 39th District. In November 1975, he simultaneously won a special election to finish out George Warren, Jr.'s term and a full term. He served from November 1975 until December 1982.","From there Boucher won the U.S. Representative seat for Virginia's 9th District as a Democrat, defeating incumbent Republican Bill Wampler and starting in January 1983. While in Congress he served on the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary. He was reelected to the House of Representatives until January 2011, when he lost to Republican Morgan Griffith. At that time, he retired from politics and resumed his law practice.","For more information about Rick Boucher's terms in the United States Congress, see his his U.S. Congress page.","The guide to the Rick Boucher 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 Rick Boucher Papers was completed in August 2022. Additions were integrated in August 2023, November 2023, May 2024, and March 2025.","Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also maintains the papers of Rick Boucher's predecessor in the William C. Wampler Congressional Papers, Ms1982-003.","The Rick Boucher Papers, 1968-2017, document his career in the Virginia State Senate, 1975-1982, and in the United States Congress as the Representative of Virginia's 9th District, 1983-2011. The collection consists of press releases, Boucher's writings, mailers he distributed, information about his campaigns and elections, scripts of speeches he gave, news clippings about him and issues he worked on, correspondence, information about grants that he worked on, and audiovisual materials including photographs, VHS tapes, video reels, audio cassettes, DVDs, awards, and digital files. Materials primarily span from the beginning of his political career in 1975 to his retirement from Congress in 2011.","Series I. State Senate Files, 1968-1983, consist of records of Boucher's service in the Virginia State Senate, which includes newsletters and legislative work around such topics as energy, drugs, criminal law, children, health, infrastructure, and economics.","Series II. Press Releases and Events, 1977, 1983-2010, consists of press releases and materials related to press events from Boucher's office. Press releases are on such topics as the environment, energy, education, crime, the military and veterans, economics, health, technology, seniors, agriculture, and infrastructure.","Series III. Mailers and Newsletters, 1978-2011, consists of mailings Boucher distributed to advise constituents of projects and events relating to infrastructure, energy, seniors, agriculture, economics, energy, and his general work in Virginia.","Series IV. Columns and Writings, 1983-1999, consists of Boucher's published writing on a variety of topics including health, education, economics, infrastructure, agriculture, seniors, veterans and the military, technology, energy, and crime. Most were composed for Boucher's weekly newspaper column.","Series V. Speeches, 1982-2016, consists of scripts and transcripts of speeches given by Boucher on a variety of topics in his role as a Representative of Virginia's 9th District and a member of several Congressional committees. Most are handwritten, while some are typed.","Series VI. Campaigns and Elections, 1982-2010, consists of voter attitude surveys, polls, campaign materials, and election results from Boucher's campaigns spanning from 1982-2010.","Series VII. News Clippings, 1975-2016, consists of phyiscal newsprint and printed articles relating to Boucher and his Congressional work on a variety of topics including education, technology, energy, the environment, agriculture, infrastructure, health, economics, his campaigns, and legislation.","Series VIII. Correspondence, [ca. 1960s-2010s] (bulk 1982-2010), consists of personal and professional letters and emails relating to Boucher's Congressional work.","Series IX. Grants, 1992-1999, consists of records of the grants Boucher was involved in during his time in Congress, mostly for infrastructure projects.","Series X. Audio/Visual Materials, 1982-2010, consist of photographs, VHS tapes, DVDs, video reels, and realia related to Boucher's congressional service.","Series XI. Congressional Work, 1970-2017, contains materials related to Boucher's Congressional service from 1983-2011. It spans a variety of topics including energy, district tours, congressional travel, economics, education, technology, copyright, infrastructure, the environment, town meetings, and agriculture.","Series XII. Artifacts, n. d., contains an engraved letter opener, an Electro-Tec pen, U.S. Representative Rick Boucher pens, a parliamentary rules of order slider, and other artifacts.","Series XIII: Awards and Plaques, 1979-2008, n.d., includes various awards, plaques, and certificates given to Boucher in relation to his work serving as a public official.","The copyright status of this collection is owned by Rick Boucher. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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The club's mission is to \"provide programs to enhance the cultural and social life of its members and maintain a suitable clubhouse.\"","The guide to the Records of the University Club 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 Records of the University Club was completed in April 2013.","Please note: Box 4-Folder 39 and Box 9-Folder 1 were moved to Oversize Folder 1.","The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.","Series I includes meeting minutes and history. The second series comprises contracts, certificates, and the club constitution. Administrative correspondence makes up the third series. Series IV is comprised of account books as well as credit and payment books. Budget material can be found in Series V. Financial records constitute the sixth series. Tax information is located in Series VII. Workbooks are included in the eighth series. Management records are organized in the ninth series. Series X stores operational records. Construction records are filed in Series XI. Series XII contains community and outreach records. Fundraising material is situated in Series XIII. Personal correspondence and images can be found in the fourteenth series. The fifteenth series includes guest books. Membership operations material is located in Series XVI. Series XVII contains registers. Series XVIII contains Residence and Use material. Social events records are filed in the nineteenth series, and Series XX is made up of Steinway Piano material.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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The Virginia Tech Foundation purchased the clubhouse in December 2017, and it was demolished the following year.","Since the founding, the membership has included Nobel Prize winners, University Presidents, corporate and civic leaders, and distinguished artists and professors. 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Fundraising material is situated in Series XIII. Personal correspondence and images can be found in the fourteenth series. The fifteenth series includes guest books. Membership operations material is located in Series XVI. Series XVII contains registers. Series XVIII contains Residence and Use material. Social events records are filed in the nineteenth series, and Series XX is made up of Steinway Piano material."],"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. \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\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. 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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_977699adc2659a7e5aa920f2d3c794de\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 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The series also includes such items as personal correspondence, personnel records, appointment calendars, legal and financial records, and certificates and awards. Arranged by material type.","Series II. Name and Subject Files, 1922-2006. Included in this series are files devoted to the various subjects in which Parker was interested, including many civic efforts in which he was personally involved, businesses for which he worked, and organizations in which he maintained a membership. Also included are name files for people he knew or with whom he exchanged correspondence. These files include  correspondence, printed materials, and ephemera. The series includes files devoted to Parker's immediate family, with the exception of Jackie Parker, whose papers may be found in a separate series. Also not included here are politicians or persons affiliated with the space program, files for whom may be found in other series. Also among the files are collections of postcards addressed to the families of George W. Dutcher of Wilmington, Delaware; and Holiday Hoopes, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Parker's relationship--if any--to these families is unknown. This series is arranged alphabetically by name or topic.","Series III. Writings and Speeches, 1952-2005. This series holds the writings of Dale Parker, including several self-published books, newspaper columns and letters to the editor, newsletters, and unpublished essays on a variety of topics. Also included are drafts of speeches as well as recordings of speeches and radio appearances. Arranged by type, then alphabetically.","Series IV. Jacquelyn S. Parker Papers, 1967-2006. This series contains materials relating to Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Contained in this series are biographical materials, personal correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbooks, including materials relating to the controversy surrounding her eventual retirement from military service. Arranged by material type.","Series V. Space Program, 1962-2006. This small series includes a handful of Project Gemini records generated during Parker's time at NASA. Also included is an oral history in which Parker discusses his time at NASA. The majority of the series consists of space program printed material, memorabilia, and ephemera. (Of particular interest among these, perhaps, is an autographed photo of astronaut Alan Bean.) The personal correspondence includes letters from Carl Sagan; astronaut Deke Slayton; and Martha Chaffee, widow of astronaut Roger Chaffee. The remainder of the series consists of materials relating to the Dale Parker Space Collection, now housed at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Arranged loosely by subject matter.","Series VI. Politics and Politicians, 1956-2006. This series contains both subject and name files relating to Parker's interest in politics. The majority of the series consists of files devoted to local, state, and federal elected officials. Many of these consist of nothing more than memorabilia, printed material, and form-printed letters, but a number of files--such as the Joe Biden folder--contain pieces of personal correspondence or other materials that establish a personal relationship between Parker and the subject. Some folders include correspondence from politicians' family members, advisors, and office staff; in other cases, these materials have been moved into separate folders under the individual names. (Personal correspondence of Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary of President Nixon, for example, is found within her own folder, not that of Nixon.) The collection also contains folders relating to Parker's Florida gubernatorial campaign and the Democratic and Republican parties. Completing the series is a small collection of political memorabilia. Names in this series are arranged alphabetically, followed by general political materials.","Series VII. Business Enterprises, 1945-2005. Parker's many attempts at entrepreneurship are chronicled in this series. Included are business plans, correspondence, and prototypes. Noteworthy within the series are the Amy Carter Peanut Doll, Pictorial Gravesite Creations, and the Space Exploration and Technology Trivia Game.","Series VIII. Pen Pals, 1993-2005. In 1993, Parker began correponding with a number of people living in former Soviet states. This series contains the letters written to Parker by his many pen pals. While some correspondents are represented by only a single letter, a few of the folders contain dozens of letters spanning several years. Many of the letters describe political, economic, and social conditions in the former Soviet states just after the Soviet Union's collapse. Predominant within the correspondence are letters from Belarus, though the series also contains letters from other countries. While most of the letters are written in English, some are written in Cyrrilic. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name.","Series IX. Artifacts and Mementos, 1943-2005. Included within this eclectic assortment are fragments from a mastodon tusk, the floor of the Acropolis, and the Berlin Wall. The series also includes such disparate items as a racetrack slide rule handicapper; gag calling cards; a book of devotionals distributed to military personnel during World War II; autographed photos of Kaye Grable, Edie Adams, and Bill O'Reilly; and a William \u0026 Mary letter sweater.","Series X. Photographs, 1910-1998. This series contains Parker's personal photos of himself and friends, both in snapshots and studio portraits. Included among the photos are a number that were taken the night before the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and include Amy Carter and Carter family staff and friends. The series is not arranged in any particular order. Loose photos have not been arranged in any particular order; photo albums have been disassembled but retain their original order and the albums arranged in chronological order.","Series XI. Scrapbooks, 1918-2004. An ardent scrapbooker, Parker documented his entire life in this medium, and in many ways the scrapbook series forms the crux of the collection. The scrapbooks chronicle all aspects of Parker's life through photographs, newspaper clippings and other printed material, correspondence, memorabilia, and ephemera. (A number of items in other series within the collection had obviously once been in scrapbooks that Parker seems to have later disassembled.) The series is arranged chronologically.","William Dale Parker, son of Otis and Eva Dempsey Parker, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 13, 1925. After graduating from Portsmouth's Churchland High School, Parker joined the U. S. Coast Guard, serving for 16 months before apparently receiving a  medical discharge in July, 1944. He entered the College of William \u0026 Mary the following spring; transcripts indicate that he failed out of the college. Parker later took a handful of courses at Goldey Beacom College, University of Delaware, and California Western University; following ten years of coursework, he graduated from the industrial engineering program of International Correspondence Schools in 1956. (His 1968 doctorate was an honorary degree, awarded by James Balmes University, Saltillo, Mexico.)","Parker married Frances Ross Jennings on February 2, 1946; the couple would have five daughters. The Parkers took up residence at the Naval Proving Grounds (Dahlgren, Virginia) where Dale Parker worked as a draftsman and later claimed to have designed the first rocket launcher used in the United States. During this time, Parker also taught courses in draftsmanship, started a base newspaper, and performed private drafting work.","From about 1950 to 1961, Parker worked at the Wilmington, Delaware, plant of General Motors, serving as a plant engineer and later as an assistant director of salaried personnel, in charge of public relations and counseling. During this time, he incorporated Multiple Services, a small business that, according to Parker, \"contracted to do anything legal.\" From 1961 to 1964, he was a management specialist for General Dynamics - Astronautics in San Diego. He also traveled as a lecturer, specializing in human relations.","In 1964, Parker was hired by NASA, an agency in which his brother Otis already worked as an aerospace engineer. Dale Parker worked as a management specialist for Project Gemini in Houston from 1964 to 1967, and at Cape Kennedy from 1967 to 1969, taking credit for bringing Project Gemini from nine months behind schedule to nine months ahead of schedule within nine months. He seems to have retired in 1969. The previous September, Parker had married Beulah Lee \"Boots\" Farthing, following the death of his first wife.","Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Parker engaged in a number of other activities: working as a pro bono marriage counselor, as an official with various beauty pageants, as vice-president of Multiple Services, and in various capacities with several other small, short-lived business enterprises. Parker also devoted a great deal of time to volunteering with various civic organizations and charities and maintaining memberships in a number of fraternal and masonic organizations.","Parker self-published several books, including The Philosophy of Genius (1971), Gutless America (1973), and Your Own Personal Angel (1997). He also shared his many opinions through newspaper columns, frequent letters to the editor, and speeches.","Remaining politically active throughout his life, Parker contributed to both political parties and frequently wrote to politicians, offering advice, asking favors, or sharing his opinions. Though he seems not to have wielded the influence that he frequently claimed--referring to himself as a \"presidential advisor\" and \"White House veteran\"--he was in fact acquainted with a number of prominent politicians and had a knack for gaining their attention. In 1977, Parker mounted  a short-lived independent gubernatorial campaign in Florida, and gained some media attention with his unconventional method of seeking a running mate through  newspaper advertisements.  In 1994, Parker self-published A Political Candidate's Guide, claiming that it was the first book to offer advice on how to run a political campaign in the United States. He also shared his many political opinions through various venues, including a short-lived political newsletter that he faxed to multiple media outlets and politicians.","An entrepreneur of sorts, Parker made several ill-fated attempts in the manufacturing and marketing of various products, none seeming to have advanced farther than the developmental stage. Among these were the Amy Carter peanut doll, the space exploration and technology trivia board game, sports medallions, and gravesite-mounted photographic memorials.","By 1982, the Parkers had moved to Boone, North Carolina, though Dale Parker retained his status as a Florida resident for the remainder of his life. He died in Boone on July 8, 2007; Boots Parker, on December 22, 2008. Both were buried in Portlock Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.","The guide to the W. Dale Parker 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 W. Dale Parker Papers commenced in June 2016 and was completed in May 2017.","See the Otis Jerome Parker Papers, Ms1987-065, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives. Otis was a NASA aerospace engineer and brother of W. Dale Parker.","This collection contains the papers of William Dale Parker (1925-2007),  management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini from 1964 to 1969; engineer with General Motors and General Dynamics; writer; businessman; and self-described political advisor, expert on human relations, and genius. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks.","Contained within the collection is very little about Parker's work on Gemini, the focus instead being largely on documenting Parker's personal life and his other interests: writing and lecturing, volunteer/humanitarian activities, politics, and business. Parker was meticulous about collecting the minutiae relating to all his personal life and chronicling all of his activities in photographs, memoirs, and scrapbooks.","The collection also includes a series of materials relating to the life and career of his youngest daugher, Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, holder of a number of firsts for women in aviation, including the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Also included is a series of correspondence from Parker's pen pals residing in former Soviet states soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.","The following items were removed from the collection to be cataloged for the rare book collection:\n\nBergaust, Erik. Wernher von Braun. Washington: National Space Institute, 1976. (autographed)\n\"The Beautiful Caverns of Luray.\" Luray, VA: Lauck, [1942?]\nBobby: The Robert F. Kennedy story--the man and his dream. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1968.\nCann, William N. Coast to coast with the air mail: impressions of the first aeroplane trip of William N. Cann. Wilmington, DE: Cann Brothers \u0026 Kindig, 1930. (autographed)\nCarter, Jimmy. Sharing Good Times.New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. (autographed)\nConrad, Nancy and Howard A. Klausner. Rocket man: astronaut Pete Conrad's incredible ride to the moon and beyond (autographed by Nancy Conrad and astronaut Alan Dean)\nDowns, Hugh. \"The Resources of space.\" Arlington, VA: National Space Institute, [1976?]\n\"'The Founders': a drama of Jamestown. Williamsburg, VA: The Jamestown Corporation, [1957].\nHansen, James R. First man: the life of Neil A. Armstrong. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 2005.\nMiller, Marvin, comp. The Breaking of a president: some facts and findings surrounding the Watergate blunders of Richard M. Nixon, et al. vol. 1. [S.l.]: Therapy Productions, 1974.\nNASA pocket statistics. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1992].\nOnyx, Narda. Water, world and Weissmuller: Johnny Weissmuller's biography. Los Angeles: VION, 1964. (autographed by Weissmuller)\nSzathmary, Louis. American gastronomy: an illustrated portfolio of recipes and culinary history. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1974.\nWorden, Alfred M. Hello Earth: greetings from Endeavour. Los Angeles: Nash, 1974. (autographed)","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 collection consists of the papers of William Dale Parker, management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini, General Motors plant engineer; General Dynamics management specialist; writer; businessman;  self-described political consultant, expert on human relations, and genius. It contains correspondence, memorabilia, photos, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to Parker's life, career and interests, as well as the life and career of his youngest daughter, Jacquelyn Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration","Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["W. Dale Parker Papers, 1914/2006"],"collection_ssim":["W. Dale Parker Papers, 1914/2006"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1989.093"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1989.093"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007"],"creator_ssim":["Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration"],"creators_ssim":["Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration"],"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 W. Dale Parker Papers were donated to Special Collections in numerous accessions, dated 1989 to 2006."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE)","Science and Technology","Aerospace engineers","Businesspeople","United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE)","Science and Technology","Aerospace engineers","Businesspeople","United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["21.8 Cubic Feet 15 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["21.8 Cubic Feet 15 boxes"],"date_range_isim":[1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research, with the exception of Box 4, Folder 20, which contains a sealed, revised draft of Parker's autobiography, not to be opened until 2030.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research, with the exception of Box 4, Folder 20, which contains a sealed, revised draft of Parker's autobiography, not to be opened until 2030."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe W. Dale Parker Papers are arranged in the following series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I. Biographical and Personal Papers, 1940-2006. This series contains materials documenting Parker's personal life. The series includes biographical source items, such as newspaper clippings, \u003ctitle\u003eWho's Who\u003c/title\u003e listings, and an oral history. The series also includes such items as personal correspondence, personnel records, appointment calendars, legal and financial records, and certificates and awards. Arranged by material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II. Name and Subject Files, 1922-2006. Included in this series are files devoted to the various subjects in which Parker was interested, including many civic efforts in which he was personally involved, businesses for which he worked, and organizations in which he maintained a membership. Also included are name files for people he knew or with whom he exchanged correspondence. These files include  correspondence, printed materials, and ephemera. The series includes files devoted to Parker's immediate family, with the exception of Jackie Parker, whose papers may be found in a separate series. Also not included here are politicians or persons affiliated with the space program, files for whom may be found in other series. Also among the files are collections of postcards addressed to the families of George W. Dutcher of Wilmington, Delaware; and Holiday Hoopes, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Parker's relationship--if any--to these families is unknown. This series is arranged alphabetically by name or topic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries III. Writings and Speeches, 1952-2005. This series holds the writings of Dale Parker, including several self-published books, newspaper columns and letters to the editor, newsletters, and unpublished essays on a variety of topics. Also included are drafts of speeches as well as recordings of speeches and radio appearances. Arranged by type, then alphabetically. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV. Jacquelyn S. Parker Papers, 1967-2006. This series contains materials relating to Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Contained in this series are biographical materials, personal correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbooks, including materials relating to the controversy surrounding her eventual retirement from military service. Arranged by material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V. Space Program, 1962-2006. This small series includes a handful of Project Gemini records generated during Parker's time at NASA. Also included is an oral history in which Parker discusses his time at NASA. The majority of the series consists of space program printed material, memorabilia, and ephemera. (Of particular interest among these, perhaps, is an autographed photo of astronaut Alan Bean.) The personal correspondence includes letters from Carl Sagan; astronaut Deke Slayton; and Martha Chaffee, widow of astronaut Roger Chaffee. The remainder of the series consists of materials relating to the Dale Parker Space Collection, now housed at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Arranged loosely by subject matter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI. Politics and Politicians, 1956-2006. This series contains both subject and name files relating to Parker's interest in politics. The majority of the series consists of files devoted to local, state, and federal elected officials. Many of these consist of nothing more than memorabilia, printed material, and form-printed letters, but a number of files--such as the Joe Biden folder--contain pieces of personal correspondence or other materials that establish a personal relationship between Parker and the subject. Some folders include correspondence from politicians' family members, advisors, and office staff; in other cases, these materials have been moved into separate folders under the individual names. (Personal correspondence of Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary of President Nixon, for example, is found within her own folder, not that of Nixon.) The collection also contains folders relating to Parker's Florida gubernatorial campaign and the Democratic and Republican parties. Completing the series is a small collection of political memorabilia. Names in this series are arranged alphabetically, followed by general political materials.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII. Business Enterprises, 1945-2005. Parker's many attempts at entrepreneurship are chronicled in this series. Included are business plans, correspondence, and prototypes. Noteworthy within the series are the Amy Carter Peanut Doll, Pictorial Gravesite Creations, and the Space Exploration and Technology Trivia Game. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII. Pen Pals, 1993-2005. In 1993, Parker began correponding with a number of people living in former Soviet states. This series contains the letters written to Parker by his many pen pals. While some correspondents are represented by only a single letter, a few of the folders contain dozens of letters spanning several years. Many of the letters describe political, economic, and social conditions in the former Soviet states just after the Soviet Union's collapse. Predominant within the correspondence are letters from Belarus, though the series also contains letters from other countries. While most of the letters are written in English, some are written in Cyrrilic. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX. Artifacts and Mementos, 1943-2005. Included within this eclectic assortment are fragments from a mastodon tusk, the floor of the Acropolis, and the Berlin Wall. The series also includes such disparate items as a racetrack slide rule handicapper; gag calling cards; a book of devotionals distributed to military personnel during World War II; autographed photos of Kaye Grable, Edie Adams, and Bill O'Reilly; and a William \u0026amp; Mary letter sweater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries X. Photographs, 1910-1998. This series contains Parker's personal photos of himself and friends, both in snapshots and studio portraits. Included among the photos are a number that were taken the night before the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and include Amy Carter and Carter family staff and friends. The series is not arranged in any particular order. Loose photos have not been arranged in any particular order; photo albums have been disassembled but retain their original order and the albums arranged in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI. Scrapbooks, 1918-2004. An ardent scrapbooker, Parker documented his entire life in this medium, and in many ways the scrapbook series forms the crux of the collection. The scrapbooks chronicle all aspects of Parker's life through photographs, newspaper clippings and other printed material, correspondence, memorabilia, and ephemera. (A number of items in other series within the collection had obviously once been in scrapbooks that Parker seems to have later disassembled.) The series is arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The W. Dale Parker Papers are arranged in the following series:","Series I. Biographical and Personal Papers, 1940-2006. This series contains materials documenting Parker's personal life. The series includes biographical source items, such as newspaper clippings, Who's Who listings, and an oral history. The series also includes such items as personal correspondence, personnel records, appointment calendars, legal and financial records, and certificates and awards. Arranged by material type.","Series II. Name and Subject Files, 1922-2006. Included in this series are files devoted to the various subjects in which Parker was interested, including many civic efforts in which he was personally involved, businesses for which he worked, and organizations in which he maintained a membership. Also included are name files for people he knew or with whom he exchanged correspondence. These files include  correspondence, printed materials, and ephemera. The series includes files devoted to Parker's immediate family, with the exception of Jackie Parker, whose papers may be found in a separate series. Also not included here are politicians or persons affiliated with the space program, files for whom may be found in other series. Also among the files are collections of postcards addressed to the families of George W. Dutcher of Wilmington, Delaware; and Holiday Hoopes, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Parker's relationship--if any--to these families is unknown. This series is arranged alphabetically by name or topic.","Series III. Writings and Speeches, 1952-2005. This series holds the writings of Dale Parker, including several self-published books, newspaper columns and letters to the editor, newsletters, and unpublished essays on a variety of topics. Also included are drafts of speeches as well as recordings of speeches and radio appearances. Arranged by type, then alphabetically.","Series IV. Jacquelyn S. Parker Papers, 1967-2006. This series contains materials relating to Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Contained in this series are biographical materials, personal correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbooks, including materials relating to the controversy surrounding her eventual retirement from military service. Arranged by material type.","Series V. Space Program, 1962-2006. This small series includes a handful of Project Gemini records generated during Parker's time at NASA. Also included is an oral history in which Parker discusses his time at NASA. The majority of the series consists of space program printed material, memorabilia, and ephemera. (Of particular interest among these, perhaps, is an autographed photo of astronaut Alan Bean.) The personal correspondence includes letters from Carl Sagan; astronaut Deke Slayton; and Martha Chaffee, widow of astronaut Roger Chaffee. The remainder of the series consists of materials relating to the Dale Parker Space Collection, now housed at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Arranged loosely by subject matter.","Series VI. Politics and Politicians, 1956-2006. This series contains both subject and name files relating to Parker's interest in politics. The majority of the series consists of files devoted to local, state, and federal elected officials. Many of these consist of nothing more than memorabilia, printed material, and form-printed letters, but a number of files--such as the Joe Biden folder--contain pieces of personal correspondence or other materials that establish a personal relationship between Parker and the subject. Some folders include correspondence from politicians' family members, advisors, and office staff; in other cases, these materials have been moved into separate folders under the individual names. (Personal correspondence of Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary of President Nixon, for example, is found within her own folder, not that of Nixon.) The collection also contains folders relating to Parker's Florida gubernatorial campaign and the Democratic and Republican parties. Completing the series is a small collection of political memorabilia. Names in this series are arranged alphabetically, followed by general political materials.","Series VII. Business Enterprises, 1945-2005. Parker's many attempts at entrepreneurship are chronicled in this series. Included are business plans, correspondence, and prototypes. Noteworthy within the series are the Amy Carter Peanut Doll, Pictorial Gravesite Creations, and the Space Exploration and Technology Trivia Game.","Series VIII. Pen Pals, 1993-2005. In 1993, Parker began correponding with a number of people living in former Soviet states. This series contains the letters written to Parker by his many pen pals. While some correspondents are represented by only a single letter, a few of the folders contain dozens of letters spanning several years. Many of the letters describe political, economic, and social conditions in the former Soviet states just after the Soviet Union's collapse. Predominant within the correspondence are letters from Belarus, though the series also contains letters from other countries. While most of the letters are written in English, some are written in Cyrrilic. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name.","Series IX. Artifacts and Mementos, 1943-2005. Included within this eclectic assortment are fragments from a mastodon tusk, the floor of the Acropolis, and the Berlin Wall. The series also includes such disparate items as a racetrack slide rule handicapper; gag calling cards; a book of devotionals distributed to military personnel during World War II; autographed photos of Kaye Grable, Edie Adams, and Bill O'Reilly; and a William \u0026 Mary letter sweater.","Series X. Photographs, 1910-1998. This series contains Parker's personal photos of himself and friends, both in snapshots and studio portraits. Included among the photos are a number that were taken the night before the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and include Amy Carter and Carter family staff and friends. The series is not arranged in any particular order. Loose photos have not been arranged in any particular order; photo albums have been disassembled but retain their original order and the albums arranged in chronological order.","Series XI. Scrapbooks, 1918-2004. An ardent scrapbooker, Parker documented his entire life in this medium, and in many ways the scrapbook series forms the crux of the collection. The scrapbooks chronicle all aspects of Parker's life through photographs, newspaper clippings and other printed material, correspondence, memorabilia, and ephemera. (A number of items in other series within the collection had obviously once been in scrapbooks that Parker seems to have later disassembled.) The series is arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWilliam Dale Parker, son of Otis and Eva Dempsey Parker, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 13, 1925. After graduating from Portsmouth's Churchland High School, Parker joined the U. S. Coast Guard, serving for 16 months before apparently receiving a  medical discharge in July, 1944. He entered the College of William \u0026amp; Mary the following spring; transcripts indicate that he failed out of the college. Parker later took a handful of courses at Goldey Beacom College, University of Delaware, and California Western University; following ten years of coursework, he graduated from the industrial engineering program of International Correspondence Schools in 1956. (His 1968 doctorate was an honorary degree, awarded by James Balmes University, Saltillo, Mexico.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParker married Frances Ross Jennings on February 2, 1946; the couple would have five daughters. The Parkers took up residence at the Naval Proving Grounds (Dahlgren, Virginia) where Dale Parker worked as a draftsman and later claimed to have designed the first rocket launcher used in the United States. During this time, Parker also taught courses in draftsmanship, started a base newspaper, and performed private drafting work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom about 1950 to 1961, Parker worked at the Wilmington, Delaware, plant of General Motors, serving as a plant engineer and later as an assistant director of salaried personnel, in charge of public relations and counseling. During this time, he incorporated Multiple Services, a small business that, according to Parker, \"contracted to do anything legal.\" From 1961 to 1964, he was a management specialist for General Dynamics - Astronautics in San Diego. He also traveled as a lecturer, specializing in human relations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, Parker was hired by NASA, an agency in which his brother Otis already worked as an aerospace engineer. Dale Parker worked as a management specialist for Project Gemini in Houston from 1964 to 1967, and at Cape Kennedy from 1967 to 1969, taking credit for bringing Project Gemini from nine months behind schedule to nine months ahead of schedule within nine months. He seems to have retired in 1969. The previous September, Parker had married Beulah Lee \"Boots\" Farthing, following the death of his first wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 1960s and 1970s, Parker engaged in a number of other activities: working as a pro bono marriage counselor, as an official with various beauty pageants, as vice-president of Multiple Services, and in various capacities with several other small, short-lived business enterprises. Parker also devoted a great deal of time to volunteering with various civic organizations and charities and maintaining memberships in a number of fraternal and masonic organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParker self-published several books, including \u003ctitle\u003eThe Philosophy of Genius\u003c/title\u003e (1971), \u003ctitle\u003eGutless America\u003c/title\u003e (1973), and \u003ctitle\u003eYour Own Personal Angel\u003c/title\u003e (1997). He also shared his many opinions through newspaper columns, frequent letters to the editor, and speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemaining politically active throughout his life, Parker contributed to both political parties and frequently wrote to politicians, offering advice, asking favors, or sharing his opinions. Though he seems not to have wielded the influence that he frequently claimed--referring to himself as a \"presidential advisor\" and \"White House veteran\"--he was in fact acquainted with a number of prominent politicians and had a knack for gaining their attention. In 1977, Parker mounted  a short-lived independent gubernatorial campaign in Florida, and gained some media attention with his unconventional method of seeking a running mate through  newspaper advertisements.  In 1994, Parker self-published \u003ctitle\u003eA Political Candidate's Guide\u003c/title\u003e, claiming that it was the first book to offer advice on how to run a political campaign in the United States. He also shared his many political opinions through various venues, including a short-lived political newsletter that he faxed to multiple media outlets and politicians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn entrepreneur of sorts, Parker made several ill-fated attempts in the manufacturing and marketing of various products, none seeming to have advanced farther than the developmental stage. Among these were the Amy Carter peanut doll, the space exploration and technology trivia board game, sports medallions, and gravesite-mounted photographic memorials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1982, the Parkers had moved to Boone, North Carolina, though Dale Parker retained his status as a Florida resident for the remainder of his life. He died in Boone on July 8, 2007; Boots Parker, on December 22, 2008. Both were buried in Portlock Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Dale Parker, son of Otis and Eva Dempsey Parker, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 13, 1925. After graduating from Portsmouth's Churchland High School, Parker joined the U. S. Coast Guard, serving for 16 months before apparently receiving a  medical discharge in July, 1944. He entered the College of William \u0026 Mary the following spring; transcripts indicate that he failed out of the college. Parker later took a handful of courses at Goldey Beacom College, University of Delaware, and California Western University; following ten years of coursework, he graduated from the industrial engineering program of International Correspondence Schools in 1956. (His 1968 doctorate was an honorary degree, awarded by James Balmes University, Saltillo, Mexico.)","Parker married Frances Ross Jennings on February 2, 1946; the couple would have five daughters. The Parkers took up residence at the Naval Proving Grounds (Dahlgren, Virginia) where Dale Parker worked as a draftsman and later claimed to have designed the first rocket launcher used in the United States. During this time, Parker also taught courses in draftsmanship, started a base newspaper, and performed private drafting work.","From about 1950 to 1961, Parker worked at the Wilmington, Delaware, plant of General Motors, serving as a plant engineer and later as an assistant director of salaried personnel, in charge of public relations and counseling. During this time, he incorporated Multiple Services, a small business that, according to Parker, \"contracted to do anything legal.\" From 1961 to 1964, he was a management specialist for General Dynamics - Astronautics in San Diego. He also traveled as a lecturer, specializing in human relations.","In 1964, Parker was hired by NASA, an agency in which his brother Otis already worked as an aerospace engineer. Dale Parker worked as a management specialist for Project Gemini in Houston from 1964 to 1967, and at Cape Kennedy from 1967 to 1969, taking credit for bringing Project Gemini from nine months behind schedule to nine months ahead of schedule within nine months. He seems to have retired in 1969. The previous September, Parker had married Beulah Lee \"Boots\" Farthing, following the death of his first wife.","Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Parker engaged in a number of other activities: working as a pro bono marriage counselor, as an official with various beauty pageants, as vice-president of Multiple Services, and in various capacities with several other small, short-lived business enterprises. Parker also devoted a great deal of time to volunteering with various civic organizations and charities and maintaining memberships in a number of fraternal and masonic organizations.","Parker self-published several books, including The Philosophy of Genius (1971), Gutless America (1973), and Your Own Personal Angel (1997). He also shared his many opinions through newspaper columns, frequent letters to the editor, and speeches.","Remaining politically active throughout his life, Parker contributed to both political parties and frequently wrote to politicians, offering advice, asking favors, or sharing his opinions. Though he seems not to have wielded the influence that he frequently claimed--referring to himself as a \"presidential advisor\" and \"White House veteran\"--he was in fact acquainted with a number of prominent politicians and had a knack for gaining their attention. In 1977, Parker mounted  a short-lived independent gubernatorial campaign in Florida, and gained some media attention with his unconventional method of seeking a running mate through  newspaper advertisements.  In 1994, Parker self-published A Political Candidate's Guide, claiming that it was the first book to offer advice on how to run a political campaign in the United States. He also shared his many political opinions through various venues, including a short-lived political newsletter that he faxed to multiple media outlets and politicians.","An entrepreneur of sorts, Parker made several ill-fated attempts in the manufacturing and marketing of various products, none seeming to have advanced farther than the developmental stage. Among these were the Amy Carter peanut doll, the space exploration and technology trivia board game, sports medallions, and gravesite-mounted photographic memorials.","By 1982, the Parkers had moved to Boone, North Carolina, though Dale Parker retained his status as a Florida resident for the remainder of his life. He died in Boone on July 8, 2007; Boots Parker, on December 22, 2008. Both were buried in Portlock Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the W. Dale Parker Papers 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 W. Dale Parker Papers 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], W. Dale Parker Papers, Ms1989-093, 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], W. Dale Parker Papers, Ms1989-093, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the W. Dale Parker Papers commenced in June 2016 and was completed in May 2017.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the W. Dale Parker Papers commenced in June 2016 and was completed in May 2017."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1507.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eOtis Jerome Parker Papers, Ms1987-065,\u003c/a\u003e also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives. Otis was a NASA aerospace engineer and brother of W. Dale Parker.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See the Otis Jerome Parker Papers, Ms1987-065, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives. Otis was a NASA aerospace engineer and brother of W. Dale Parker."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the papers of William Dale Parker (1925-2007),  management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini from 1964 to 1969; engineer with General Motors and General Dynamics; writer; businessman; and self-described political advisor, expert on human relations, and genius. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContained within the collection is very little about Parker's work on Gemini, the focus instead being largely on documenting Parker's personal life and his other interests: writing and lecturing, volunteer/humanitarian activities, politics, and business. Parker was meticulous about collecting the minutiae relating to all his personal life and chronicling all of his activities in photographs, memoirs, and scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes a series of materials relating to the life and career of his youngest daugher, Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, holder of a number of firsts for women in aviation, including the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Also included is a series of correspondence from Parker's pen pals residing in former Soviet states soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the papers of William Dale Parker (1925-2007),  management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini from 1964 to 1969; engineer with General Motors and General Dynamics; writer; businessman; and self-described political advisor, expert on human relations, and genius. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, memorabilia, printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks.","Contained within the collection is very little about Parker's work on Gemini, the focus instead being largely on documenting Parker's personal life and his other interests: writing and lecturing, volunteer/humanitarian activities, politics, and business. Parker was meticulous about collecting the minutiae relating to all his personal life and chronicling all of his activities in photographs, memoirs, and scrapbooks.","The collection also includes a series of materials relating to the life and career of his youngest daugher, Jacquelyn S. \"Jackie\" Parker, holder of a number of firsts for women in aviation, including the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Also included is a series of correspondence from Parker's pen pals residing in former Soviet states soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following items were removed from the collection to be cataloged for the rare book collection:\n\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eBergaust, Erik. \u003ctitle\u003eWernher von Braun\u003c/title\u003e. Washington: National Space Institute, 1976. (autographed)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\"The Beautiful Caverns of Luray.\" Luray, VA: Lauck, [1942?]\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBobby: The Robert F. Kennedy story--the man and his dream\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1968.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eCann, William N. \u003ctitle\u003eCoast to coast with the air mail: impressions of the first aeroplane trip of William N. Cann\u003c/title\u003e. Wilmington, DE: Cann Brothers \u0026amp; Kindig, 1930. (autographed)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eCarter, Jimmy. \u003ctitle\u003eSharing Good Times\u003c/title\u003e.New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. (autographed)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eConrad, Nancy and Howard A. Klausner. \u003ctitle\u003eRocket man: astronaut Pete Conrad's incredible ride to the moon and beyond\u003c/title\u003e (autographed by Nancy Conrad and astronaut Alan Dean)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eDowns, Hugh. \"The Resources of space.\" Arlington, VA: National Space Institute, [1976?]\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\"'The Founders': a drama of Jamestown. Williamsburg, VA: The Jamestown Corporation, [1957].\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eHansen, James R. \u003ctitle\u003eFirst man: the life of Neil A. Armstrong\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2005.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eMiller, Marvin, comp. \u003ctitle\u003eThe Breaking of a president: some facts and findings surrounding the Watergate blunders of Richard M. Nixon, et al\u003c/title\u003e. vol. 1. [S.l.]: Therapy Productions, 1974.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eNASA pocket statistics\u003c/title\u003e. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1992].\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eOnyx, Narda. \u003ctitle\u003eWater, world and Weissmuller: Johnny Weissmuller's biography\u003c/title\u003e. Los Angeles: VION, 1964. (autographed by Weissmuller)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eSzathmary, Louis. \u003ctitle\u003eAmerican gastronomy: an illustrated portfolio of recipes and culinary history\u003c/title\u003e. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1974.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eWorden, Alfred M. \u003ctitle\u003eHello Earth: greetings from Endeavour\u003c/title\u003e. Los Angeles: Nash, 1974. (autographed)\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following items were removed from the collection to be cataloged for the rare book collection:\n\nBergaust, Erik. Wernher von Braun. Washington: National Space Institute, 1976. (autographed)\n\"The Beautiful Caverns of Luray.\" Luray, VA: Lauck, [1942?]\nBobby: The Robert F. Kennedy story--the man and his dream. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1968.\nCann, William N. Coast to coast with the air mail: impressions of the first aeroplane trip of William N. Cann. Wilmington, DE: Cann Brothers \u0026 Kindig, 1930. (autographed)\nCarter, Jimmy. Sharing Good Times.New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. (autographed)\nConrad, Nancy and Howard A. Klausner. Rocket man: astronaut Pete Conrad's incredible ride to the moon and beyond (autographed by Nancy Conrad and astronaut Alan Dean)\nDowns, Hugh. \"The Resources of space.\" Arlington, VA: National Space Institute, [1976?]\n\"'The Founders': a drama of Jamestown. Williamsburg, VA: The Jamestown Corporation, [1957].\nHansen, James R. First man: the life of Neil A. Armstrong. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 2005.\nMiller, Marvin, comp. The Breaking of a president: some facts and findings surrounding the Watergate blunders of Richard M. Nixon, et al. vol. 1. [S.l.]: Therapy Productions, 1974.\nNASA pocket statistics. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1992].\nOnyx, Narda. Water, world and Weissmuller: Johnny Weissmuller's biography. Los Angeles: VION, 1964. (autographed by Weissmuller)\nSzathmary, Louis. American gastronomy: an illustrated portfolio of recipes and culinary history. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1974.\nWorden, Alfred M. Hello Earth: greetings from Endeavour. Los Angeles: Nash, 1974. (autographed)"],"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. \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. 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_0a9bda035c1ca50a9c29e011065dbe1c\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection consists of the papers of William Dale Parker, management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini, General Motors plant engineer; General Dynamics management specialist; writer; businessman;  self-described political consultant, expert on human relations, and genius. It contains correspondence, memorabilia, photos, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to Parker's life, career and interests, as well as the life and career of his youngest daughter, Jacquelyn Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection consists of the papers of William Dale Parker, management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini, General Motors plant engineer; General Dynamics management specialist; writer; businessman;  self-described political consultant, expert on human relations, and genius. It contains correspondence, memorabilia, photos, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to Parker's life, career and interests, as well as the life and career of his youngest daughter, Jacquelyn Parker, the first female graduate of the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration"],"names_coll_ssim":["United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration"],"persname_ssim":["Parker, W. 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Please consult a staff member for further information.","The collection is arranged into ten series: Series I: Personal; Series II: Rockmasters International Network Inc.; Series III: Songs; Series IV: Certificates; Series V: Contracts; Series VI: Royalties; Series VII: Court Cases; Series VIII: Audiovisual; Series IX: Memorabilia; and Series X: Artifacts and Equipment.","Frank Guida and his wife Carmela T. \"Millie\" Guida were prominent figures in the Norfolk arts and business communities in the latter half of the 20th century. Frank is most remembered for his work as a music composer and producer and for creating what he dubbed the \"Norfolk Sound,\" which characterized a number of hit records from the early 1960s featuring Jimmy Soul, Gary U.S. Bonds, and other artists.","Frank J. Guida was born in Palermo, Sicily on May 26, 1922. At age two, his family immigrated to the West Bronx neighborhood of New York City where he grew up.  Millie (born Carmela Teresa Addesso on Sept. 11, 1924) who also grew up in New York City and graduated from Evander Childs High School. While in school, she attracted the attention of her teachers for her extraordinary singing voice and was strongly encouraged to study voice at New York's Juilliard School of Music, but World War II and marriage put her on a different path. She and Frank were married in 1942 and soon after Frank enlisted in the US Army. He was stationed at Port of Spain, Trinidad, where became interested in calypso music and performed as the \"Calypso Kid\" in the USO. After the war, he returned to NYC and continued his singing career performing at calypso clubs in New York's Harlem neighborhood. The Guidas moved to Norfolk in 1953 and opened Frankie's Birdland, a popular record store featuring jazz, R\u0026B and pop music records. Beyond that Frank was active in the local music scene promoting and managing musical acts and ultimately opening a series of recording studios. He had a Friday Night radio show on local station WLOW and hosted Frankie's Jazz Workshop on WTOV-TV Channel 27. He owned several record labels including Legrand and S.P.Q.R. He was an advocate for the local and national Italian American community, a business leader, and at times an outspoken commentator of Norfolk's City Council. For his work in promoting cultural and business ties between the United States and Italy, he was awarded the title of \"Cavaliere\" by the Italian Republic. After raising a family and living a fulfilling career in Norfolk Frank passed away on May 19, 2007. Millie passed the following year on March 20, 2008.","Frank Guida's career as a hit-maker began in 1959 when he co-wrote the song \"High School U.S.A.\" with Joe Royster and recorded it with Tommy Facenda on vocals. The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 later that year. But it was the following year that Guida rose to greater notoriety as a producer with the release of \"New Orleans\" featuring Gary U.S. Bonds and which introduced Guida's characteristic overmodulated sound to the world. \"New Orleans\" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1960, and in 1961 Guida had his first #1 hit with \"Quarter to Three\" (Gary U.S. Bonds). Guida and Bonds had several more Billboard hits in 1961-1962. Guida again had a #1 hit in 1963 with \"If You Wanna Be Happy\" co-written by Joe Royster and Millie Guida and featuring Jimmy Soul on vocals. Frank's achievements in the arts, business, and cross-cultural endeavors made him a true Renaissance man, a description that would have pleased him given his life-long admiration of Leonardo DaVinci.","Note written by Madeline Dietrich","Collection was processed by Mona Farrow, Kathleen Smith, and Madeline Dietrich from July 2016 through May 2019.","This collection contains both the personal papers of Frank and Carmela Guida, as well as the records of Frank's music business, including Rockmasters International Network Inc. The bulk of the collection consists of the records related to Rockmasters International Network, Inc. and includes correspondence, administrative records, photographs of artists and Guida's record stores, audiovisual material produced by Guida, and recording equipment used by Guida while recording the music he produced. The rest of the collection consists of the personal papers of the Guidas including corresponence, their involvement in the Italian-American Community, and plays and other writings authored by Frank Guida.","The collection contains administrative documents, publications, articles, research materials, technical manuals, photographs, audio-visual items, and recording equipment in regard to Frank J. Guida, his community service, creative endeavors and his work in creating the \"Norfolk Sound.\" Most of the material dates from the 1960s to the 1980s.","ODU Community Collections","Rockmasters International Network Inc.","Guida, Frank (1922-2007)","Guida, Carmela T. (1924-2008)","English\n      Italian"],"collection_title_tesim":["Frank and Carmela Guida/Rockmasters International Network, Inc. Collection, 1940/2008, bulk 1960/1985"],"collection_ssim":["Frank and Carmela Guida/Rockmasters International Network, Inc. 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Frank is most remembered for his work as a music composer and producer and for creating what he dubbed the \"Norfolk Sound,\" which characterized a number of hit records from the early 1960s featuring Jimmy Soul, Gary U.S. Bonds, and other artists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Guida was born in Palermo, Sicily on May 26, 1922. At age two, his family immigrated to the West Bronx neighborhood of New York City where he grew up.  Millie (born Carmela Teresa Addesso on Sept. 11, 1924) who also grew up in New York City and graduated from Evander Childs High School. While in school, she attracted the attention of her teachers for her extraordinary singing voice and was strongly encouraged to study voice at New York's Juilliard School of Music, but World War II and marriage put her on a different path. She and Frank were married in 1942 and soon after Frank enlisted in the US Army. He was stationed at Port of Spain, Trinidad, where became interested in calypso music and performed as the \"Calypso Kid\" in the USO. After the war, he returned to NYC and continued his singing career performing at calypso clubs in New York's Harlem neighborhood. The Guidas moved to Norfolk in 1953 and opened Frankie's Birdland, a popular record store featuring jazz, R\u0026amp;B and pop music records. Beyond that Frank was active in the local music scene promoting and managing musical acts and ultimately opening a series of recording studios. He had a Friday Night radio show on local station WLOW and hosted Frankie's Jazz Workshop on WTOV-TV Channel 27. He owned several record labels including Legrand and S.P.Q.R. He was an advocate for the local and national Italian American community, a business leader, and at times an outspoken commentator of Norfolk's City Council. For his work in promoting cultural and business ties between the United States and Italy, he was awarded the title of \"Cavaliere\" by the Italian Republic. After raising a family and living a fulfilling career in Norfolk Frank passed away on May 19, 2007. Millie passed the following year on March 20, 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Guida's career as a hit-maker began in 1959 when he co-wrote the song \"High School U.S.A.\" with Joe Royster and recorded it with Tommy Facenda on vocals. The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 later that year. But it was the following year that Guida rose to greater notoriety as a producer with the release of \"New Orleans\" featuring Gary U.S. Bonds and which introduced Guida's characteristic overmodulated sound to the world. \"New Orleans\" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1960, and in 1961 Guida had his first #1 hit with \"Quarter to Three\" (Gary U.S. Bonds). Guida and Bonds had several more Billboard hits in 1961-1962. Guida again had a #1 hit in 1963 with \"If You Wanna Be Happy\" co-written by Joe Royster and Millie Guida and featuring Jimmy Soul on vocals. Frank's achievements in the arts, business, and cross-cultural endeavors made him a true Renaissance man, a description that would have pleased him given his life-long admiration of Leonardo DaVinci.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote written by Madeline Dietrich\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical or Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Frank Guida and his wife Carmela T. \"Millie\" Guida were prominent figures in the Norfolk arts and business communities in the latter half of the 20th century. Frank is most remembered for his work as a music composer and producer and for creating what he dubbed the \"Norfolk Sound,\" which characterized a number of hit records from the early 1960s featuring Jimmy Soul, Gary U.S. Bonds, and other artists.","Frank J. Guida was born in Palermo, Sicily on May 26, 1922. At age two, his family immigrated to the West Bronx neighborhood of New York City where he grew up.  Millie (born Carmela Teresa Addesso on Sept. 11, 1924) who also grew up in New York City and graduated from Evander Childs High School. While in school, she attracted the attention of her teachers for her extraordinary singing voice and was strongly encouraged to study voice at New York's Juilliard School of Music, but World War II and marriage put her on a different path. She and Frank were married in 1942 and soon after Frank enlisted in the US Army. He was stationed at Port of Spain, Trinidad, where became interested in calypso music and performed as the \"Calypso Kid\" in the USO. After the war, he returned to NYC and continued his singing career performing at calypso clubs in New York's Harlem neighborhood. The Guidas moved to Norfolk in 1953 and opened Frankie's Birdland, a popular record store featuring jazz, R\u0026B and pop music records. Beyond that Frank was active in the local music scene promoting and managing musical acts and ultimately opening a series of recording studios. He had a Friday Night radio show on local station WLOW and hosted Frankie's Jazz Workshop on WTOV-TV Channel 27. He owned several record labels including Legrand and S.P.Q.R. He was an advocate for the local and national Italian American community, a business leader, and at times an outspoken commentator of Norfolk's City Council. For his work in promoting cultural and business ties between the United States and Italy, he was awarded the title of \"Cavaliere\" by the Italian Republic. After raising a family and living a fulfilling career in Norfolk Frank passed away on May 19, 2007. Millie passed the following year on March 20, 2008.","Frank Guida's career as a hit-maker began in 1959 when he co-wrote the song \"High School U.S.A.\" with Joe Royster and recorded it with Tommy Facenda on vocals. The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 later that year. But it was the following year that Guida rose to greater notoriety as a producer with the release of \"New Orleans\" featuring Gary U.S. Bonds and which introduced Guida's characteristic overmodulated sound to the world. \"New Orleans\" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1960, and in 1961 Guida had his first #1 hit with \"Quarter to Three\" (Gary U.S. Bonds). Guida and Bonds had several more Billboard hits in 1961-1962. Guida again had a #1 hit in 1963 with \"If You Wanna Be Happy\" co-written by Joe Royster and Millie Guida and featuring Jimmy Soul on vocals. Frank's achievements in the arts, business, and cross-cultural endeavors made him a true Renaissance man, a description that would have pleased him given his life-long admiration of Leonardo DaVinci.","Note written by Madeline Dietrich"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Frank and Carmela Guida/Rockmasters International, Inc. Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Frank and Carmela Guida/Rockmasters International, Inc. 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The rest of the collection consists of the personal papers of the Guidas including corresponence, their involvement in the Italian-American Community, and plays and other writings authored by Frank Guida."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_117ebc98b796fc1ba94521c1db2cd862\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains administrative documents, publications, articles, research materials, technical manuals, photographs, audio-visual items, and recording equipment in regard to Frank J. Guida, his community service, creative endeavors and his work in creating the \"Norfolk Sound.\" Most of the material dates from the 1960s to the 1980s.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains administrative documents, publications, articles, research materials, technical manuals, photographs, audio-visual items, and recording equipment in regard to Frank J. 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