Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers

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
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Restrictions:

The collection is open for 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], Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers, c. 1940-1955, Ms2023-057, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Cubic Feet 1 box, 2 oversized folders
Creator:
Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019)
Abstract:
This collection contains architecural drawings, papers, publications, thesis, correspondence, and a sketchbook from Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr. (1921-2019), a student and faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's College of Architecture in the 1940s and 1950s.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers, c. 1940-1955, Ms2023-057, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains architecural drawings, papers, publications, thesis, correspondence, and a sketchbook from Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., a student and faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's College of Architecture.

Biographical / historical:

Bertram York "Bert" Kinzey, Jr., was born to Bertram Y., Sr., and Gertrude Sampson Kinzey on September 25, 1921, in Holden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1942. He also completed his Masters in Architectural Engineering at VPI in 1943. He worked as a naval architect at the Norfolk Navy Yard for the rest of World War II. From 1947 to 1959, Kinzey was a progressor of architecture and architectural engineering at VPI. He then moved to Gainseville, Florida, to teach at the University of Florida, where he would eventually retire. In 2017, he received the Charles Paul Boner Medal from the National Council of Acoustical Consultants for his work in architectural acoustics.

Kinzey married Ellen Virginia Smith on November 24, 1944, and they had two sons, Bertram York, III, and Douglas W. In 2006, Kinzey returned to Blacksburg, Virginia, where he died on September 9, 2019.

External sources:

"Bertram York 'Bert' Kinzey, Jr.", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203047899/bertram-york-kinzey, accessed on June 14, 2023.

"Bertram Kinzey Obituary", Gainesville Sun, Sept. 15-16, 2019, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gainesville/name/bertram-kinzey-obituary?id=9261773, accessed March 7, 2024.

Acquisition information:
The Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in October 2014.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers was completed in June 2023.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically.