Robert Barnes Ware 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:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Barnes Ware Collection, 1935, 1946, Ms2024-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Ware, Robert Barnes, 1914-1944
Abstract:
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware (1914-1944) to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Robert Barnes Ware Collection, 1935, 1946, Ms2024-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.

Biographical / historical:

Captain Robert Barnes Ware was born to Reuben Barnes and Birdie Drummond Ware on December 30, 1914, in Amherst County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1937 and earned an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia (now the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center) in 1940. He married Martha Frances Wood on July 29th, 1938, in Lynchburg and their children include Robert.

Ware interned at the Lynchburg General Hospital before volunteering for the National Guard in July 1940. Upon U.S. entry into World War II, Ware was assigned to the 104th Medical Battalion, which was attached to the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. He was appointed Battalion Surgeon to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Ware was killed in action on D-Day at the Normandy landings on June 6th, 1944, and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery at St. Laurent, France.

External Sources:

"CAPT Robert Barnes Ware", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76891976/robert_barnes-ware, accessed April 11, 2024.

"Robert Barnes Ware", in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/11531850:9279, accessed April 11, 2024.

Robert Barnes Ware Collection (AFC/2001/001/41351), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, featured in the digital exhibit "Serving: Our Voices", https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.41351/, accessed April 19, 2024.

Acquisition information:
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in September 2005.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert Barnes Ware Collection was completed in April 2024.