In the summer of 2014, the Archives and Special Collections department of McConnell Library teamed up with the Glencoe Museum to work on a project they had accepted from the Radford Heritage Foundation. According to Glencoe Museum Director, Scott Gardner, the City of Radford approached the Radford Heritage Foundation about creating a project to record […]
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Radford President Donald Dedmon, Virginia Senatorial candidate John Warner, and actress Elizabeth Taylor on the campus of Radford University, May 1977, accompanied by faculty, staff, and students. Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died on March 23 at age 79, was married to John Warner from 1976 until 1982. Taylor accompanied Warner […] “Three Questions” were asked in this State Teachers College Bulletin from 1931. This was part of a series of recruitment pamphlets produced during the Great Depression and mailed to students in Southwest Virginia. Some highlights from this 1931 pamphlet: Radford College trained “16 per cent of all the Virginia teachers […] Happy Holidays from Archives and Special Collections! Here’s a few seasonal images from our collection: Christmas card from M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Students, 1955.
Christmas card from State Teachers' College, date unknown Radford students playing folk music at Christmas, 1965 […] Stories of haunted buildings and ghostly sightings have been part of Radford University’s folklore for decades. In 1995, Dean of Students Bonnie Hurlburt described “a tradition, so to speak, to initiate and expose new co-eds to stories of ghosts.” Orientation, it seems, just might involve more than meets the eye. From the October […] Completed in 1970, Muse Hall stands in the corner of campus that was once home to Founders Hall. The change from the stately columns and dome of Founders Hall to the modern high-rise profile of Muse dramatically changed the landscape of Radford’s campus. These photos document the building of Muse Hall in 1968-1970, as well […] Welcome to the new blog for McConnell Library’s Archives and Special Collections. We’ll use this blog to post historical photographs and highlight events from Radford’s history, especially as we celebrate Radford’s Centennial in 2010. We’ll also use the blog to post exhibits and memorabilia from our Special Collections. Since we’re posting our first blog entry […] |
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