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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Alexandra Dowrey, Graduate Assistant, and Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist
Permission to publish material from the Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection, Ms2013-084, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection was donated to Special Collections in 2011.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Marching Virginians' April 16 Condolence Collection was completed in October 2013.
Historical Note
Formed in 1974, the Marching Virginians are one of Virginia Tech's two university marching bands. On April 16, 2007, the Marching Virginians lost one of their baritone players and band leaders, Ryan "Stack" Clark, in an attack on the Virginia Tech campus that took the lives of 27 students and five members of the faculty and staff. In the following days and months, the Marching Virginians received an outpouring of condolence letters and items from Marching Virginian alumni and bands from various institutions expressing their sympathy and solidarity.
Biographical NoteRyan "Stack" Christopher Clark (1984-2007) was born in Landstuhl, West Germany. He attended Virginia Tech, majoring in Psychology, Biology, and English. Clark was a member of the Marching Virginians, Virginia Tech's university band, where he played the baritone. He was also a student leader on campus and served as resident advisor in West Ambler Johnston Hall.
For more biographical information refer to the following: http://www.weremember.vt.edu/biographies/clark.html
The collection contains the condolence materials received by the Marching Virginians after April 16, 2007. Much of the material pertains to Ryan "Stack" Christopher Clark, baritone and student leader in the Marching Virginians. This collection incorporates a variety of materials and artifacts, including correspondence, posters, banners, an American flag flown on the USS Constitution , scrapbooks, and a band uniform. Many of the materials were sent to the Marching Virginians from other bands and are signed by band members from these various institutions.
Virginia Tech April 16, 2007 Archives of the University Libraries, 2007-2010. Ms2008-020. Finding aid available online.
April 16, 2007, Condolence Archives. Collection of digital images available online.