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Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Sterling Bryant, Student Assistant
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The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook, 1950-1981, Ms2023-089, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in January 1991.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook was completed in August 2023.
Velma Hartsock Alderman, was the mother of retired Virginia Tech employee, Nancy Orange. Nancy Orange served on staff at Virginia Tech for 20 years and retired in 1997.
External sources:
"Nancy ORANGE Obituary (2013)", legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/nancy-orange-obituary?id=24161045 , accessed on August 25, 2023.
"Nancy Alderman Orange", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137030922/nancy-orange , accessed on August 25, 2023.
This collection contains a scrapbook and newspaper clippings created by Velma H. Alderman, mother of former Virginia Tech professor Nancy Orange. Most news clippings are from the 1950s and pertain to Radford, Virginia. Topics included in these clippings are murders, suicides, Korean War articles, and disasters like fires. There is also a postcard with a drawing of George Washington on horseback.
The materials in this collection are arranged by material type.
The guide to the Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).