Robert Barnes Ware Collection
Scope and Content
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.
Dates
- 1935, 1946
Creator
- Ware, Robert Barnes, 1914-1944 (Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Biographical/Historical
Captain Robert Barnes Ware was born to Reuben Barnes and Birdie Drummond Ware on December 30, 1914, in Amherst County, Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1937 and earned an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia (now the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center) in 1940. He married Martha Frances Wood on July 29th, 1938, in Lynchburg and their children include Robert.
Ware interned at the Lynchburg General Hospital before volunteering for the National Guard in July 1940. Upon U.S. entry into World War II, Ware was assigned to the 104th Medical Battalion, which was attached to the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. He was appointed Battalion Surgeon to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Ware was killed in action on D-Day at the Normandy landings on June 6th, 1944, and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery at St. Laurent, France.
External Sources:
"CAPT Robert Barnes Ware", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76891976/robert_barnes-ware, accessed April 11, 2024.
"Robert Barnes Ware", in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/11531850:9279, accessed April 11, 2024.
Robert Barnes Ware Collection (AFC/2001/001/41351), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, featured in the digital exhibit "Serving: Our Voices", https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.41351/, accessed April 19, 2024.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware (1914-1944) to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.
Source of Acquisition
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in September 2005.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Robert Barnes Ware Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert Barnes Ware Collection was completed in April 2024.
- Title
- Robert Barnes Ware Collection, 1935, 1945
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Miles Abernethy, Graduate Assistant, and Ella Winterling, Student Assistant
- Date
- 2024 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu