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For years I have walked by a framed diploma in one of our archives offices and never knew its significance. Today, however, I was looking through some old Tartan newspapers (December 10, 1987) and saw a brief article titled “Diploma donated for RU collections”, which caught my eye. The article […] In 1988, while camping on his family’s abandoned farm on the Little River, and reflecting on his studies at he Harvard Graduate School of Education, it occured John Hargrove Bowles that this land might be put to better use somehow. Through his studies with “street youth” and runaways, Mr. Bowles knew the […] The May Day celebration, was an annual event that took place in “The Sunken Garden”, which was the field in front of Russell Hall. A very nice description of this yearly event can be found in M’Ledge Moffett’s History of the State Teacher’s College (page 354-5): “MAY FESTIVALS Miss Ninde, director […] The Home Management House (or “Cottage”) provided Home Economics majors at Radford to live together in a house situation and actively practice skills such as home budget planning, cleaning, cooking, meal planning, housekeeping, and other tasks. Living in the Home Management Cottage carried credit, and was listed as “Home Economics 46: Home Management […] Letter writing is something that I find truly fascinating. Honestly, I should probably say letter reading is something I find truly fascinating because I often don’t find much fascination in actually writing them. Letter reading then. In letters people give details about current events, tiny details about people related to them, opinions, ideas, and […]
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 Radford University held the Inauguration Ceremony for our seventh president, Dr. Brian O. Hemphill. He came to us most recently from serving as the tenth president of West Virginia State University in Charleston, WV. We welcome Dr. Hemphill! Here are a few photos from the ceremony- […]
I find it fascinating to look through old issues of the Grapurchat- our original school newspaper from January 27, 1921 until May 18, 1978. I know what you are thinking- “What is the deal with that name?” Turns out, I know the answer to that one- while trying to come up with […] This week we are featuring the school’s Alma Mater, written by Florence C. Baird in 1914. Below you will see the sheet music that was distributed to students of the Radford State Teachers College. This particular document also contains the words to the official songs of both the Ingles and Pocahontas Literary Societies, and the […] by Tyler Hall Who is Arthur Goldberg? Many have probably never heard of the man. He was however, a very influential figure in Twentieth Century American politics. Arthur Joseph Goldberg was born on August 8, 1908 in Chicago to Jewish Russian immigrants. When his father died, his elder siblings went to […] by Tyler Hall In 2000 the Goldberg family donated the personal book collection, as well as papers and pamphlets of Justice Arthur J. Goldberg to Radford University’s McConnell Library. The collection is over a thousand titles, and has a wide variety of topics, from world affairs to Dickens. The collection reveals […] |
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