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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.2022.001
Title
Roger L. Griffith Papers 1952-2008
Quantity
7 Cubic Feet, 4 boxes
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
Roger L. Griffith (1934-2018) received his bachelors degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech. He worked for several
small engineering firms, fifteen years for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and his own engineering firm in Alabama. The collection
documents Griffith's career containing blueprints, academic papers, experiment results and data, documents from his work with
different engineering firms, governmental reports, and documents relating to his work in foreign countries. The collection
also contains a USB drive that has Roger Griffith's autobiography on it.
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Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], Roger L. Griffith
Papers, 1952-2008, Ms2022-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Roger L. Griffith Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in December 2019.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roger L. Griffith Papers commenced and completed in January 2022.
Roger L. Griffith (1934-2018) received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1957.
Griffith was an engineer with experience in construction supervision, lisensing, market development, production supervision,
process engineering, research and development, and sales. He worked fifteen years for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and
later in his carrer, Grifith owned a small engineering firm. Over the course of his career, Griffith also accumulated a considerable
amount of overseas work experience, starting in the 1970s when he made multiple trips to the Soviet Union and Romania.
The Roger L. Griffith Papers, 1952-2008, document the career of Griffith as an engineer. The collection contains blueprints,
academic papers, experiment results and data, documents from his work with different engineering firms, governmental reports,
and documents relating to his work in foreign countries. Also contained within this collection is a USB drive that conatins
Roger Griffith's autobiography [Box 4, Folder 38]. The collection also contains photographs that were taken of Roger Griffith
when he was working overseas.
VT Special Collections and University Archives has two publications by Roger L. Griffith in the Rare Books Collection, Installation and operation of a packed analytical column (VPI B.S. thesis, 1957), which can be requested online via the library catalog , and Journey of a chemical engineer (2021), which can be requested online via the library catalog .
The guide to the Roger L. Griffith Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under
a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
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