Beverly Carper Collection
Scope and Content
The Beverly Carper Sewing Project Materials Collection consists of 13 folders of sewing patterns, instructional pamphlets, and newsletter cut-outs. This collection also includes a 'Spartan Notebook' binder of written essays, typed documents, notes, and various textile samples with descriptions. These materials were created by Beverly Carper, a Home Economics student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) from 1934-1938.
Dates
- Creation: 1934 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Suggested Note:
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Biographical / Historical
Beverly Carper was born on October 5, 1916, in Roanoke, Virginia. She was one of the first female students at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) from 1934-1938. Beverly Carper studied Home Economics at VPI and is an alumna of the Class of 1938. Following the 1938 VPI graduation, she married George Reinhold Powley on July 20, 1940 in Wake, North Carolina. Beverly Carper is also the mother of Rosemary Poweley Cole (Virginia Tech, Class of 1964). Beverly Carper passed away on July 26, 1988, in Blacksburg, Virginia at the age of 71.
Family Search: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G4NZ-237/beverly-blair-carper-1916-1988
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Beverly Carper Sewing Project Materials Collection consists of 13 folders of sewing patterns. instructional pamphlets, and newsletters along with a binder of written essays, notes, and various textile samples from 1934-1938 during Beverly Carper's time as a Home Economics student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech).
Arrangement
The Beverly Carper Collection is arranged chronologically.
Source of Acquisition
The Beverly Carper Sewing Project Materials Collection was gifted to Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives on June 7th, 2025.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the [collection name] 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 Beverly Carper Sewing Project Materials Collection was completed in September 2025.
Source
- Cole, Rosemary Powley (Person)
- Author
- Lilyana Ruiz, Archives Intern
- Date
- 2025 (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