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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Werner J. Scholz Collection, Ms1968-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Werner J. Scholz Collection was donated to Special Collections prior to 1968.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Werner J. Scholz Collection was completed in July 2009. Some preliminary processing took place in 1968.

Biographical Note

Werner Joseph Scholz was born March 7, 1894 in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Chemistry in 1913. Following graduation, Scholz traveled to Germany to visit family; he was still in Germany when World War I began. He returned home in November 1914. After returning home, Scholz took a job as a salesman for the Heins Cigar Company. Werner Scholz died of pneumonia at his parents' Roanoke home in June of 1915. Scholz was engaged to marry Patti Bramlet in December 1915.

Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill may be Patti Bramlett Hill (1894-1894), who married Otis McBride Hill (1895-1983) in the 1910s. The Hills are buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, South Carolina.

Sources:

"Patti Bramlett Hill" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63967646/patti-g-hill , accessed Nov. 28, 2022.

U.S. Census records from 1910 and 1920.

Scope and Contents

The Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911-1915, contains a VPI program, note, artificial flower, and portraits collected by Werner J. Scholz and related to Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill. The collection includes a program from the 1911 Commencement ceremonies at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Inside the pages of the program, Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill describes her relationship with Werner Scholz. Also included is a note written by Mrs. Hill mentioning some of her personal history as well as some details about the baccalaureate speaker from the 1911 ceremonies. The remaining items include a white artificial flower and a portrait of Patti Bramlet from 1915 and a portrait of Werner Scholz from c. 1912.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Werner J. Scholz Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).