Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Usage: 1944 - 1970

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edgemont Farm Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2003-022

Abstract

The collection consists of Edgemont Farm record books, papers, and correspondence relating to the history, operations, and sale of Edgemont Farm in Halifax County, Virginia, and to the Barksdale and Hutcheson families, former owners of the farm. The collection includes correspondence between John R. Hutcheson and T. B. Hutcheson, Jr., as well as other correspondence of Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr.; maps, correspondence, and Deed of Trust with David Barksdale regarding the sale of the farm.

Dates: 1925 - 1998

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Edgemont Farm Papers

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2015-001

Abstract Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...

Dates: 1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / John R. Hutcheson Family Collection

John Murray Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2008-036

Abstract

The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1883 - 1999

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / John Murray Papers

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

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station