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William Townes Letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-009
Scope and Contents

Thirteen letters with their envelopes from VAMC student William Townes to family members L. W. Wimbish and Mrs. L. W. Wimbish in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia over the period March 15, 1875 to November 2, 1875. Letters concern his expenses and need for funds and his wish for news of home. Also mentioned are boarding in town, opinions of Blacksburg, a masque ball, constant drilling, fellow cadets, and farm matters.

Dates: 1875

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

Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Farm Family Study (Grayson County, Virginia)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-023
Abstract

The collection contains data from a cooperative study of Grayson County, Virginia, conducted by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics. The study includes raw and tabulated data on family members, education, health, income and expenditures, employment, housing, food, clothing, and household furnishings and supplies.

Dates: 1931

Otis Waldrop Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-029
Abstract

The collection contains photographs of Post Offices and other Government buildings collected by Otis Waldrop (1901-1990), who graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and served as chief of design and construction for the U. S. General Services Administration region 3.

Dates: ca. 1930s-1950s

William C. Wampler Congressional Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-003
Abstract

William C. Wampler, Sr. (1926-2012) was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia's 9th District in the 1950s through 1980s. His papers primarily document his tenure in the House of Representatives during the 1970s and 1980s, including correspondence with constituents, committees, and government departments, legislative files, public relations and campaign materials, and photographs.

Dates: 1953 - 1990; Majority of material found within ( 1967-1982)

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

Erwin Hoge Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-004
Abstract

The collection consists of materials regarding the professional, civic, and personal activities of Erwin Hoge Will.

Dates: 1918 - 1973

Scott Worner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-015
Abstract

The Scott Worner Papers consist of architectural floorplans, photographs, building democraphic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995, collected by Worner for his dissertation.

Dates: 1995

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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 19
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Aaron family 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Bailey, Ilena M. 1
Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991 1
Burnette, Phyllis 1
Caldwell, William Addison 1
Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 1
Gaskins, Ray 1
Harris, William Gideon 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Hite, William R., Jr. 1
Holtzworth, Bertram Arthur, 1904-1971 1
Hutcheson, Eleanor Parrott 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
John R. Hutcheson family 1
Johnson, William Martin, 1904-1991 1
Jones, Samuel D., 1856-1930 1
Keyes, Olin P. 1
Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019) 1
Knick, S. H., b.1887 1
Lash, Percy Hotspur, II 1
Magill, Orrin R. (Orrin Rankin), 1887-1976 1
O'Shaughnessy, Ida L. Surface 1
O'Shaughnessy, Louis 1
Oakes, Jane Elizabeth 1
Perry, Thomas David 1
Robert W. Hicks family (Campbell County, Va.) 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 1
Sibold, Carrie T. (Carrie Taylor), 1904-1990 1
Sibold, Chloe M., 1899-1976 1
Sibold, Nannie V. (Nannie Virginia), 1897-1957 1
Sibold, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1909-1930 1
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 1
Snavely, Robert 1
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 1
Taylor, Robert Creede, 1866-1915 1
Townes, William 1
Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
United States. Congress. House 1
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering (1964-) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of History 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 1
Virginia Tech Hokies (Football team) 1
Waldrop, Otis Ashton, 1901-1990 1
Wampler, William C. (William Creed), 1926-2012 1
Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 1
Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 1
Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1
Worner, Scott 1
Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 1
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