Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection

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 for research.

Terms of access:

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.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection, Ms2003-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr.
Abstract:
The Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection includes materials collected by a Virginia Tech cadet and band member during his college years. It includes mementos, photographs and newspaper clippings.
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], Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection, Ms2003-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials collected by Virginia Tech student and band member Walter Reade Hardin, Jr. Apparently removed from a scrapbook, the collection contains a number of mementos associated with Virginia Tech social affairs (including dances and concerts); various photos of cadet and band groups, classmates, and events surrounding the 1938 homecoming football game with the University of Virginia; and a small assortment of newspaper clippings.

Biographical / historical:

Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Virginia Tech graduate and U. S. Army veteran, was born on February 20, 1917. The son of Walter Reade and Mattie Young Hardin, he attended Virginia Tech as a cadet majoring in business administration. A member of the band, as well as the Bachelor, Cotillion and Roanoke clubs, Hardin graduated in 1941. During World War II, he served as a captain in the U. S. Army. In 1952, he married Mary McIntosh Holland. Hardin died on July 17, 1985 and is buried in the Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Eastville, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection was donated to the Special Collections in 1985. Donated together with the papers of Fields M. Young--Hardin's grandfather--these materials were separated during the processing of the Fields M. Young Papers, Ms1985-018, and assigned a separate manuscript number.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement and description of the Walter Reade Hardin, Jr., Collection commenced and was completed in December 2003.

Arrangement:

Arranged by document type, then chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard