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Processed by: Betsy Reed, Graduate Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, Special Collections
Collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from Louis O'Shaughnessy letters must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Louis O'Shaughnessy letters, Ms1993-010, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection was donated to Special Collections in 1993.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Louis O'Shaughnessy letters was completed in September 2013.
Louis O'Shaughnessy was student at Virginia Tech and graduated in 1903. He taught at Virginia Tech from 1918 to 1954. He also served as the first head of applied mechanics, acting dean of engineering, and director of graduate studies. O'Shaughnessy Residence Hall on Virginia Tech's campus is named in his honor.
Sources: Kinnear, Duncan Lyle, The First 100 Years: A History of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , (Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1972).
This collection contains letters from Louis O'Shaughnessy, who later became a professor at Virginia Tech, to his future wife, Ida L. Surface, and one letter from O'Shaughnessy to G. L. Surface. The letters to Ida Surface primarily chronicle their courtship and engagement from 1903 to 1905. The letter to G. L. Surface is an acceptance of an invitation from G. T. Surface in June 1903.
The letters are arranged in chronological order.
Ms1987-052, Louis O'Shaughnessy Papers. 12.6 cu. ft. Unprocessed.