Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma

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 to 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], Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma, Ms1988-066, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize folder
Creator:
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Abstract:
Samuel Edwin Carnahan (1884-1970) graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. The collection contains his 1907 VPI diploma, signed by VPI president John McBryde and the Board of Visitors.
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], Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma, Ms1988-066, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma contains Carnahan's 1907 diploma for a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI), signed by VPI president John McBryde and the Board of Visitors.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Edwin Carnahan was born to John A. and Fannie May Carnahan on November 3 or 8, 1884, in Pulaski, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Carnahan married Sarah Penelope Moulton (1888-1974) in Rhode Island on September 15, 1917, and they had several children. They later moved to Connecticut before settling in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Over the years, Carnahan worked as an engineer in an ammunition factory, radio store, and most frequently automotive factories.

Carnahan died on July 7, 1970, in Cleveland, and is buried alongside his wife in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski, Virginia.

External Sources:

U.S. Federal Censuses, 1900-1950

"Samuel Edwin Carnahan" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36664486/samuel-edwin-carnahan, accessed March 29, 2021.

"Saml. Edwin Carnahan" in the Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/751558:62153, accessed October 9, 2023.

"Samuel E Carnahan" in the Rhode Island, U.S., Marriage Index, 1851-1920, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/167676:4263, accessed October 9, 2023.

"Samuel E Carnahan" in the Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/324068:5763, accessed October 9, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The collection was purchased to Special Collections and University Archives in November 1988.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and basic description of the Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma was completed prior to 2011 with additional description completed in 2021.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard