Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Usage: 1970-present

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1987-058

Abstract

This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.

Dates: 1966 - 1978

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook

Garland D. Kite Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1987-038

Abstract

This collection contains letters from Garland D. Kite to Ralph Brown. The letters detail Kite's experiences as a soldier in Europe during the last two years of World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1945

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Garland D. Kite Correspondence

Orrin Rankin Magill Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1975-010

Abstract The collection contains the papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill’s community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning...

Dates: 1945 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Orrin Rankin Magill Papers

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1990-043

Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.

Dates: 1912 - 1990; Majority of material found within ( 1974-1990)

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers