Grover W. Underhill Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Grover W. Underhill Papers, Ms1987-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Underhill, Grover W. (Grover William), 1888-1970
Abstract:
The collection consists of a text from radio talk titled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork," given by entomologist Grover W. Underhill in 1935.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Grover W. Underhill Papers, Ms1987-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a text from radio talk titled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork," given by entomologist Grover W. Underhill in 1935.

Biographical / historical:

Grover William Underhill was born was on September 15, 1888, in Wake County, North Carolina, to John W. Underhell and Octavia Strickland. He a Professor of Entomology from 1918 to 1954 in the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He married Clara M. Swoope on November 6, 1937, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Underhill died March 24, 1970, and is buried alongside his wife in the Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.

Sources:

"Grover William Underhill" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42137554/grover-william-underhill, accessed Dec. 8, 2022.

"Grover W Underhill" entry, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101167466. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9279&h=11129359&tid=&pid=&queryId=2d9dd703658a60403bd5cb64dde465dd, accessed Dec. 8, 2022.

Acquisition information:
The Grover W. Underhill Papers collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 1987.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Grover W. Underhill Papers was completed in 1987. Additional information was completed in April 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard