Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1896 - 1944
Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:
Virginia Tech Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-079
Abstract
The collection contains a single scrapbook of photographs of VPI and the area surrounding Blacksburg, Virginia, from about 1912 to 1916.
Dates:
1912 - 1916
Records of the Virginia Tech University Libraries
Record Group
Identifier: RG-23
Abstract
This collection includes minutes, correspondence, meeting notes, and more from departments, committees, and individuals in the Virginia Tech University Libraries.
Dates:
1925 - 2006
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-014
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: 10-23-14
Color: navy blue with red lining
Material: wool felt (?) lining - wool
Manufacturer: Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, J.H. Kelsey, Supt., Uniform Department
Donor:
Condition: fair, stains and holes in lining as well as exterior, [frog] on right side is missing
Special Markings: label reads: Mr. Byrne Capt. (?), measure 49-38-15, date 10-23-14 (William Hale Byrne, class of 1915, East Falls Church, Fairfax), inside piece of cloth that buttons...
Dates:
1914 - 1914
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-017
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ? first capes in 1897
Color: navy blue with raspberry liner
Material: [wool felt] lining [wool]
Manufacturer:
Condition: a few small holes and stains appear in the liner
Special Markings: black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket, only after looking closer do you realize the “pockets” are holes to the inside of the cape. Inside on the bottom right-hand corner of the liner was what appears...
Dates:
n.d. (not before 1897)
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-001
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ? (older, manufacturer tag different)
Color: navy blue with red wine colored liner
Material: [wool felt]/lining [wool]
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, VB Kelsey Supt.
Donor:
Condition: poor condition, holes in lining and exterior material, some have been sewn up, lining deteriorating in places
Special Markings: Black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket,...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-002
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? Color: dark blue/almost black exterior, red lining, black collar Material: collar and lining velvet, [cotton] exterior Manufacturer: ? Donor: Condition: good Special Markings: single blue metal clasp at the collar, black cord [frog] just below the collar, bottom of exterior and lining hemmed under, label (?)
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-003
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ?
Color: navy blue with dull red lining
Material: [wool felt]/[wool] lining
Manufacturer: ?
Donor:
Condition: [frog] discolored, hem coming unsewn where it had been doubled up, right button missing under collar, label missing, stains on lining
Special Markings: single hook clasp at the collar, just below hook is a black cord loop, above hook and under collar is a separate piece of material which can fasten to buttons on the underside of the right and or left...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Coat with Attached Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-013
Scope and Content
Item: coat with attached cape (VPI)
Date: 1938 (?)
Color: Navy blue with black lining in coat and red lining under the cape
Material: wool felt (?) for exterior of coat and lining under cape, the lining in the coat is cotton (?) except in sleeves. (?)
Manufacturer: Label located inside of interior pocket has a picture of an eagle on a shield and reads: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, Uniform Department
Donor:
Condition: fair, no hem on the bottom (may never have been one)...
Dates:
1938?
VPI Corps of Cadets on the steps of the Festival Hall at the World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri,
Collection
Identifier: Art-325