Robert G. Moore Collection

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], Robert G. Moore Collection, 1910-1925, Ms2023-052, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box and 1 oversize folder
Creator:
Moore, Robert Garrett, 1897-1925
Abstract:
The Robert G. Moore Collection, 1910-1925, contains school notes and notebooks, correspondence, engineering drawings, memorabilia, newspaper articles, and his diploma from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). The collection was compiled by Moore (1897-1925), a 1922 VPI graduate.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Robert G. Moore Collection, 1910-1925, Ms2023-052, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Robert G. Moore Collection, 1910-1925, contains school notes and notebooks, correspondence, engineering drawings, memorabilia, newspaper articles, and his diploma from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Garrett Moore was born to John R. and Mary Elizabeth Ford Moore on August 15, 1897, in Washington, D.C., where his father worked for the U.S. Treasury Department. He moved to Roanoke, Virginia, with his mother following the death of his father, and there attended high school. Moore attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, graduating with honors in Civil Engineering in 1922 and becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Cadets. On June 18, 1925, Moore drowned at Fort Humphreys, Virginia, while working as a reserve officer in the U.S. Army.

External source:

U.S. Federal Census, 1900-1920

"Robert Garrett Moore", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14548325/robert-garrett-moore, accessed on June 13, 2023.

"Robert Garrett Moore" in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/336301:9278, accessed March 4, 2024.

Acquisition information:
The Robert G. Moore Collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in June 2015.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert G. Moore Collection was completed in June 2023.

Arrangement:

The material in this collection is arranged by material type.