Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection, 1938/1940

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Suggested Note:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection, 1938-1940, UA2025-078, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Cubic Feet
Language:
English
Abstract:
The Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection consists of photographic prints from around 1938-1940 taken by Guy D. Aydlett, a former student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech).
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection, 1938-1940, UA2025-078, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection consists of photographic prints from around 1938-1940 taken by Guy D. Aydlett, a former student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech). This collection includes photographs of airplanes, VPI Airport, campus views, the Corps of Cadets, Cotillion Club dances, women students, and other student activities.

Biographical / historical:

Guy Donahue Aydlett was born on January 4, 1915, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A., to father, Quinton Trotman Aydlett, and mother, Sarah Elizabeth Thompson. He had two brothers: Charles Earl Aydlett (1903-1972) and Lt. Col. Fred Wilton Adylett Sr. (1906-1980), who fought in World War II and the Korean War. Guy attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute from 1938 to 1940, before joining the war efforts. He married Violet Louise Hayes on 15 August 1940, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. He worked as an Engineer and lived in Kempsville District, Princess Anne, Virginia by 1940 and Greece, Monroe, New York by 1950. He died on September 4, 1996, in Earlysville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81.

Resources: Family Search, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/about/LFVP-2FS

Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64400705/quinton_trotman-aydlett

Bugles, 1939 and 1940

Acquisition information:
The Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection was gifted to Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives on July 17th, 2025.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection was completed in September 2025.

Arrangement:

The Guy D. Aydlett Photograph Collection is arranged chronologically and by subject.