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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], Herbert Reed Pollard Collection, Ms1991-028, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Herbert Reed Pollard Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1991.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Herbert Reed Pollard Collection commenced and was completed in October, 2022.

Biographical Note

Herbert Reed Pollard, Jr., son of Herbert R. and Ava Rawls Holland Pollard, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on May 15, 1913. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) with a degree in business administration in 1934. He married Mary Allen Everett (1915-2000) in Portsmouth on October 18, 1947; at the time, Pollard was employed as an office manager for Clinton E. Boyce. A 1951 Portsmouth city directory lists Pollard as a salesman for Boyce's. Herbert R. Pollard, Jr., died in Portsmouth on October 3, 2002, and was buried in Portsmouth's Olive Branch Cemetery.

Scope and Content

This collection contains three items collected by Herbert Reed Pollard, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1934, business administration), all relating to the university's Corps of Cadets during the 1930s. Included are a 1933 menu and camp roster from ROTC Week at Fort Humphreys, Virginia; a photograph of the officers of the Corps' Company E (H. C. Broyles, J. A. Lindsey, C. H. Shelhorse, L. L. Snedden, F. M. Wilder, H. R. Pollard, and H. H. Cox); and an undated newspaper clipping that includes a photograph of the Corps marching from City Hall Avenue toward Bain Field, Norfolk, Virginia, for the VPI vs. Maryland football game.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Memorabilia
• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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