Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Dates
- Usage: 1896 - 1944
Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:
Frank L. Robeson Papers
The collection includes papers from Frank L. Robeson's tenure as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, as well as subject and research files from his nearly 50 years as an instructor and professor at VPI, dating from 1899 to 1954.
Harry W. Sanders Papers
John P. Sawyer Letters
The collection consists of letters to Ralph M. Brown, librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from John P. Sawyer, who graduated from VPI in 1940.
Werner J. Scholz Collection
The Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911-1915, contains a VPI program, note, artificial flower, and portraits collected by Werner J. Scholz and related to Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill. Werner Joseph Scholz attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in Applied Chemistry in 1913. Scholz died from pneumonia at his parents' home in Roanoke, Virginia, in June 1915. He was engaged to Patti Bramlet at the time of his death.
George Myron Shear Papers
This collection consists of the papers--including correspondence and published writings--of Virginia Tech plant pathologist and physiologist George Myron Shear. It includes correspondence with the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.
Harvey E. Shepherd Collection
The collection consists of a scrapbook prepared by Harvey E. Shepherd, class of 1932, as a Cadet and graduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Also included are loose materials and a white belt with no buckle marked H.E. Shepherd Co. B, which were in the scrapbook.
Arthur Sibold Collection
The Arthur Sibold Collection includes VPI reunion materials. There is a VPI statistical data book, four postcards to Sibold, a 1914 class roster, a reunion news bulletin, and a letter directed to the alumni.
Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers
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.
Leon Dalmain Simmons Memorabilia
Member of the Engineering Class of 1934. Collection includes plaques and certificates awarded to Simmons, including a plaque from the Century Club and the Alumni Association.
Slusser Family Papers
This collection contains loose ledger sheets for the household expenditures of Dr. John B. Slusser, an advertisement from the Pressed Steel Car Company, a reciept from the Virginia Tech dining hall, a United States patent application for a nut-lock invented by Murray C. and William J. Slusser, and pages from a personal account book.