Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1944 - 1970
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Byron Nelson Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-004
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence; writings; research records; administrative, instructional, and consulting files; and photographs of Byron Nelson Cooper, professor of geology and head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Department of Geological Sciences from 1946 to 1971.
Dates:
1925 - 1971
Roy Jay Holden Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-014
Abstract
The Roy Jay Holden Papers contain field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia.
Dates:
1904 - 1945
Harry W. Sanders Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-002
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Harry W. Sanders, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1916); professor of agricultural education and vocational education (1925-1963) and professor emeritus of vocational education (1963-1985) at Virginia Tech; vocational teacher-trainer in Puerto Rico (1932-1933); co-founder of Future Farmers of Virginia (basis of Future Farmers of America). It includes correspondence, articles, printed materials, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs...
Dates:
1913 - 1981
Clarence Trent Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Abstract
The collection comprises the papers of Clarence E. Trent, having to do with his involvement in American Society of Mechanical Enginners, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), and his engineering education.
Dates:
1958 - 1991
Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Record Group
Identifier: RG-25-01
Abstract
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) was established in 1886 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the federal Hatch Act of 1887 for the purpose of providing practical and useful information on agricultural and scientific subjects. The collection includes 114 surveys books for ten counties in Virginia from 1931 through 1940, as well as files dated 1903-1947 of weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of...
Dates:
1903 - 1947