A Guide to the Charles E. Vawter Family Collection, 1882-1913
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms2012-057
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Special Collections, Virginia Tech
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Newman Library, Virginia Tech
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USA
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Processed by: Erica Meade, Graduate Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Charles E. Vawter Family Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Charles E. Vawter Family Collection, Ms2012-057, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The collection was purchased by Special Collections in September 2011.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Charles E. Vawter Family Collection was completed in September 2012.
Biographical Note
Charles Erastus Vawter was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, June 9, 1841. He was the son of John H. Vawter, who was, for twenty-four years, a member or the Virginia legislature. Charles Vawter's education at Emory and Henry College was interrupted in his junior year, when he joined the Confederate army, serving in the Stonewall Brigade, in which he became a captain. He was captured and became a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. He was graduated from Emory and Henry in 1866, and, in that year, married Virginia Longley. For twelve years, he was professor of mathematics at his alma mater. He served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, and was recognised as an authority on manual training in the south. He died in 1905.
Source: Virginia Tech Administration Profiles
Scope and Content
The collection contains three types of items: a Ledger Book from 1882-83, two VPI yearbooks from 1900 and 1913, a CDV photo album, and two early daguerreotypes. The ledger book is most likely from C. E. Vawter's time overseeing the Miller School. The two VPI yearbooks were dedicated to C. E. Vawter and C. E. Vawter Jr. respectively. Though the photos in the CDV album are unmarked, they were taken by A. H. Plecker in Salem and Davis in Richmond, VA. The two daguerreotypes are early and feature a woman and man, presumably a married couple.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Index Terms
- Vawter, Charles E., (Charles Erastus), 1841-1905
- Charles E. Vawter family
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute