James Oscar Willard Collection
Scope and Content
The James Oscar Willard Collection includes receipts, notebooks, timebooks, correspondence, photographs, World War II ration coupons, a daybook, and other miscellaneous papers. These materials are from 1918 to 1965 when James Oscar Willard was employed by both Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s Agriculture Experiment Station and Mountain View Farm.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Suggested Note:
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Biographical / Historical
James Oscar Willard was born on November 3, 1893, in Carroll County, Virginia. He worked at the Agriculture Experiment Station at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) and at Mountain View Farm around 1918 to 1965. Willard lived and worked around Montgomery County for most of his life. James Oscar Willard passed away at age 86 in Blacksburg, Virginia, on June 10, 1980.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74335960/james_oscar-willard
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The James Oscar Willard Collection consists of receipts, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and other papers during Willard’s employment at Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s (now Virginia Tech) Agriculture Experiment Station and Mountain View Farm between 1918 and 1965.
Arrangement
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Source of Acquisition
The James Oscar Willard Collection was gifted to Special Collections and Univeristy Archives at Virginia Tech in August 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 James Oscar Willard Collection was completed in December 2025.
- 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