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Robert Creede Taylor Family Reference Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2006-024
Abstract

The collection consists of a timeline and copies of documentation about Robert Creede Taylor, a former student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and his family during the years 1866 to 1915 gathered by R. C. Taylor's great-grandson.

Dates: 2003 - 2006

W. L. Taylor, Jr., Practice Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-030
Abstract

The collection contains a "Lessons in Lettering" practice book that belonged to W. L. Taylor, Jr. The exercises are completed and graded.

Dates: 1929

Earl A. Thornton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-026
Abstract

The collection includes research files, personal notes, audio recordings, videocassettes, photographs, and publications collected by engineer and professor Earl A. Thornton on the fields of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace.

Dates: 1885 - 2000

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

Nancy Byrd Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-009
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, newsclippings, poems, and notes assembled by Beverly Carper Powley for a biographical article on Nancy Byrd Turner, a Virginia poet.

Dates: 1930 - 1988

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

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dance Cards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-023
Scope and Contents

Collection includes dance cards for various dances, including ring dances and dances sponsored by the German Club, Cotillion Club, and sectional clubs.

Dates: 1909 - 2002

Virginia Tech Alumni Association Alumni Cards

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-29e
Abstract

The Virginia Tech Alumni Associaiton Cards, RG 29e, contains cards and rosters about Virginia Tech alumni from 1875 thru 1970. Items include a variety of biographical data, such as names, graduation years, degree program, addresses, names of spouses and children, military service, and more. Series are based on format and arrangement, and individuals may be identified in one or more series.

Dates: 1875 - 1970

V.P.I. Alumni Association World War II Alumni Cards

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-29d
Abstract

These cards include information the Alumni Association kept on students from Virginia Tech who served in World War II. The cards list personal information about the soldiers organized by class year, from 1892 through 1949. The collection also includes liberated, wounded, and citation records.

Dates: 1939 - 1959

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University History 140
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Women -- History 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
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Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 5
Civil War 4
Education, Higher 4
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
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Authors, American -- 20th century 2
Chemical engineering 2
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Korean War, 1950-1953 2
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Roanoke (Va.) 2
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American Literature -- Virginia 1
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Craig County (Va.) 1
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Grayson County (Va.) 1
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International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 1
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 89
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 59
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 27
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 21
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 8
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 5
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 3
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 3
Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 2
Moore, Robert Garrett, 1897-1925 2
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering (1964-) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of History 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 2
Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 2
Aaron family 1
Adams, T. Tunstall, Jr. 1
American Brake Shoe Company 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) 1
Avery, Howard S. (Howard Shaeffer), 1906-1996 1
Ayre, Clayton E., 1880-1967 1
Ayre, Henry D., 1856-1939 1
Bailey, Ilena M. 1
Bair, Adolph Samuel, 1902-1988 1
Bakhshi, Narendra Nath, ca. 1928- 1
Beal, Walter H., Sr. 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Jr., 1923-1978 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Sr., 1896-1971 1
Begg, R. B. H. (Robert Burns Haldane), 1880-1965 1
Belz, Robert Armstrong 1
Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler 1
Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Bowmaster, Patrick A. 1
Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991 1
Brauer, Rudolph C. 1
Brown, Albert M. 1
Burke, J. A., Jr. (Jerry Allen) 1
Burnette, Phyllis 1
Butterworth, J. M. (Joseph Millard), 1893-1942 1
Cahill, Edward 1
Cahill, Edward H. 1
Caldwell, William Addison 1
Carnahan, Samuel Edwin, 1884-1970 1
Carpenter, C. Hunter (Caius Hunter), 1883-1953 1
Carter, Elaine D. 1
Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 1
Christian, George L. 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Cochran, Edward 1
Copenhaver, John K., b. abt.1898 1
Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 1
Coulter, John A., 1953- 1
Crewdson, Robert H., Rev. Dr. (Robert Henry), 1933-2022 1
Cruise, Kathleen 1
Dashiell, Thomas E., 1876-1970 1
Davis, Marva Lajeune Felder Carter 1
Dean, James W., 1920- 1
Dent, Joseph B. 1
Dillon, Edward, Sr., 1871-? 1
Dixon, James 1
Drumheller, Warren D. 1
Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
Dudley, James Frederick 1
Fabian, G. Craig 1
Feldenheimer, Melvin 1
Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 1
Forbes, Charles M. 1
Franklin, William E. 1
Frazer, George Preston 1
French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston) 1
Fugate, Thyrza 1
Fulcher, Victoria 1
Gaskins, Ray 1
German Club (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Alumni Foundation 1
Gibboney, Lucie Ligon, 1917-2007 1
Giles, Anne H. 1
Gills, Joseph Allen 1
Gitt, W. W. (William "Uncle Bill" W.), c.1860-? 1
Godsey, John D. 1
Gordon, Charles O. 1
Gowens, Cynthia 1
Gregory, Earle D., 1897-1972 1
Gustin, Harry 1
Hahn, T. Marshall, Jr. (Thomas Marshall), 1926-2016 1
Hamilton, Percy Clayton 1
Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr. 1
Hardwick family (VPI Students) 1
Harris, William Gideon 1
Hawkins, Herman Bruce, 1889-1981 1
Hawse, Jasper, 1835-1905 1
Heard, Jesse Thomas 1
Higgins, LaVerna (Fredi) Hairston 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Hill, Patti Bramlet 1
Hite, William R., Jr. 1
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