Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911/1915

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Werner J. Scholz Collection, Ms1968-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Scholtz, Werner J., 1894-1915 and Hill, Patti Bramlet
Abstract:
The Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911-1915, contains a VPI program, note, artificial flower, and portraits collected by Werner J. Scholz and related to Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill. Werner Joseph Scholz attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in Applied Chemistry in 1913. Scholz died from pneumonia at his parents' home in Roanoke, Virginia, in June 1915. He was engaged to Patti Bramlet at the time of his death.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Werner J. Scholz Collection, Ms1968-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911-1915, contains a VPI program, note, artificial flower, and portraits collected by Werner J. Scholz and related to Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill. The collection includes a program from the 1911 Commencement ceremonies at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Inside the pages of the program, Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill describes her relationship with Werner Scholz. Also included is a note written by Mrs. Hill mentioning some of her personal history as well as some details about the baccalaureate speaker from the 1911 ceremonies. The remaining items include a white artificial flower and a portrait of Patti Bramlet from 1915 and a portrait of Werner Scholz from c. 1912.

Biographical / historical:

Werner Joseph Scholz was born March 7, 1894 in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Chemistry in 1913. Following graduation, Scholz traveled to Germany to visit family; he was still in Germany when World War I began. He returned home in November 1914. After returning home, Scholz took a job as a salesman for the Heins Cigar Company. Werner Scholz died of pneumonia at his parents' Roanoke home in June of 1915. Scholz was engaged to marry Patti Bramlet in December 1915.

Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill may be Patti Bramlett Hill (1894-1894), who married Otis McBride Hill (1895-1983) in the 1910s. The Hills are buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, South Carolina.

Sources:

"Patti Bramlett Hill" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63967646/patti-g-hill, accessed Nov. 28, 2022.

U.S. Census records from 1910 and 1920.

Acquisition information:
The Werner J. Scholz Collection was donated to Special Collections prior to 1968.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement and description of the Werner J. Scholz Collection was completed in July 2009. Some preliminary processing took place in 1968.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard