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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edward H. Cahill Papers, Ms1988-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Edward H. Cahill Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1976. Additional materials were donated in 1978.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Edward H. Cahill Collection commenced and was completed in 1988. Additional description was completed in June 2009.

Biographical Notes

Edward H. Cahill (ca. 1888-1974) graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1909 with an engineering degree. He went on to develop and patent a process of aerial mapping and photography. He worked for Lebanon Steel Company, then later for Brock and Weymouth, a Philadelphia engineering firm. Cahill also served in both World Wars with the Army Ordinance Corps. He died in Pennsylvania in 1974.

Scope and Content

The Edward H. Cahill Papers contains a copy of a map of part of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus drawn by Cahill in 1909, materials from his professional life, and a memorial address in which he is cited, "The Brock Brothers and the Brock Process," by Harry Tubis. There is a photograph of Cahill standing in front of the camera he invented and patented and a speech he gave in 1939 on "The Colorado River Aqueduct and California District It Serves." It also includes three obituaries.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE)
• Businesspeople
• Cahill, Edward H.
• Inventors
• Science and Technology
• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Edward H. Cahill Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).