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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: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Robert Edward Minshall Papers, Ms2019-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Robert Edward Minshall Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in August 1959.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert Edward Minshall Papers was completed in December 2019. Additional materials were added in November 2023.

Biographical Note

Robert Edward Minshall (1889-1958) of Piedmont, West Virginia, graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1913. He earned his master's from Penn State, where he worked as a civil engineering profesor until his retirement in 1953. He served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps during World War I. Minshall married Nina Virginia Shuey, and the couple had three children.

Scope and Content

The Robert Edward Minshall Papers contain VPI photographs and programs from 1909 to 1943. There are about 30 photographs and postcards, which depict campus, Castle Rock, the Corps of Cadets, Price Hall, Cascades, the 1943 campus flood, VPI walkway, Academic Building no. 1, "Uncle Bill" Witt, and pictures from the 1909 football team. The following football players are identified: Coach Bocock, V.B. Hodgson, A.N. Hodgson, [H.E.] Billups, [W.B.] Davis, [T.P.] Hicks, [J.L.] Hughes, H.G. Jones, [E.R.] Norris, [J.T.] Luttrell, and [A.G.] Gibbs. Additionally, there are two programs from the Class of 1913 Annual Sophmore Banquet and VPI 1913 Commencement.

Separated Material

Some postcards were separated to the Historical Photograph Collection .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Football
• Photographs
• Postcards
• Programs (documents)
• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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