Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence, 1925/1938

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], Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence, 1925-1938, Ms2022-046, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Lash, Percy Hotspur, II, Burnette, Phyllis, and Oakes, Jane Elizabeth
Abstract:
This collection contains 45 items, mostly letters from Percy Hotspur Lash II while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1920s written to friends in Gladys and Lynchburg, Virginia. Other items include banquet programs, blank postcards, and photographs.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence, 1925-1938, Ms2022-046, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 45 items, mostly letters from Percy Hotspur Lash II while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1920s written to Jane Elizabeth Oakes of Gladys, Virginia. Lash's letters discuss his relationship with Oakes and his life as a VPI student. Other items include banquet programs, blank postcards, photographs, and letters to Phyllis Burnette of Lynchburg, Virginia, discussing Burnette's life and friends.

Biographical / historical:

Percy Hotspur Lash, II, was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1907. After graduating from John Marshall High School in 1925, he enrolled in Virginia Tech. During his time as a student, he was a member of Company C of the Corps of Cadets, as well as the Richmond Club and Episcopal Club. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in New York in 1931. He retired at the rank of colonel and died in 1995 in Brevard, Florida.

Sources:

Bugle yearbooks

"COL Percy Hotspur Lash Jr." entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170027262/percy-hotspur-lash, accessed September 28, 2022.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2022.
Appraisal information:

Duplicates of the blank postcards were recycled during processing.

Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence was completed in September 2022.

Arrangement:

The contents of this collection are arranged by author.