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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1944 - 1970

Found in 281 Collections and/or Records:

William H. Sutherland Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-040
Abstract

The collection contains a small group of Sutherland's correspondence, as well as VPI publications, newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to VPI and Sutherland's military service.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Earl T. Swink Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-036
Abstract

Papers of Earl Thomas Swink, Sr. (1907-1996), professor of agricultural engineering (1935-1970) at Virginia Tech, incuding presentation texts, printed materials, a biographical sketch, and a paper by Chas. E. Seitz entitled "Agricultural Engineering at V.P.I."

Dates: 1949 - 1972

T. W. Hatcher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-040
Abstract

The collection contains notes from T. W. Hatcher's tenure as a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), as well as VPI ephemera from the 1950s. The collecton contains photographs from campus and other locations, taken in the 1920s. Later materials consist of reports from the National Bank of Blacksburg.

Dates: 1919 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1930

Richard B. Talbot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-024
Abstract The collection consists primarily of speeches, speech resource and research materials, administrative notes, administrative reports, departmental program planning and budgeting materials. This collection contains several reports from the United States Department of Agriculture. The collection also contains multiple reports about the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and several about the need for a Veterinary Medicine College in New England and New Jersey. The collection also...
Dates: 1967 - 1994

Leland B. Tate Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-004
Abstract

The collection contains newspaper clippings relating to industrial and economic development in the New River Valley, with an emphasis on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, together with studies titled "Facts About the Blacksburg Community" and "Some Facts About Virginia's People."

Dates: 1940-[1955?], n.d.

Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-039
Abstract

The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and publications on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. Materials date from about 1872 to 2004.

Dates: 1872 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2001

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Proposed State Reservation and Circuit Drive to Include Smithfield and Preston Cemetery

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0340
Abstract

Map shows proposals for roads and reservation on the VPI campus. The reverse contains some hand-written notes. Accompanied by a photostatic copy.

Dates: 1925

Herbert J. Thomas Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-2000-089
Scope and Contents

Born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to South Charleston, West Virginia in 1925. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1937-1941. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during World War II. Collection includes photographs, clippings, citations, and papers collected by Lt. Col. John Coulter for his book on the six Medal of Honor winners who were students from Virginia Tech. 

Dates: 1937 - 1943

William Logan Threlkeld Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of William Logan Threlkeld, professor of zoology and biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1929-1958), including biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, research files, and printed materials.

Dates: 1919 - 1974

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