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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1896 - 1944

Found in 228 Collections and/or Records:

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.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Cape,

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.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Cape,

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.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Cape,

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
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Cape,

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?
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Coat with Attached Cape,

VPI Corps of Cadets on the steps of the Festival Hall at the World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri,

 Collection
Identifier: Art-325
Dates: 1904-06
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Corps of Cadets on the steps of the Festival Hall at the World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri,

VPI Poster

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Art-351
Dates: 1942
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / VPI Poster

Joseph F. Ware Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-022
Abstract

The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1920
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Joseph F. Ware Collection

James R. Werth Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1957-003
Abstract

This collection contains two letters to James R. Werth from friends in 1902 and 1903.

Dates: 1902 - 1903
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / James R. Werth Correspondence

E. C. Wiley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-006
Abstract

The collection includes a letter to E.C. Wiley regarding a job offer (1904), a letter and receipt to Mrs. Wiley regarding the return of a fox fur (1907), and two pieces of letterhead from Wiley's business used as scratch paper.

Dates: 1904, 1907, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / E. C. Wiley Papers

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