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Marvin Blecher Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-017
Abstract
Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, regarding Blacksburg's Jewish community, the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech, and other Jewish communities in the region.
Dates:
1998
Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1991-025
Abstract
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
Dates:
1946 - 2010
Block Plan of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., Showing the Proposed Layout of the Evans-Almirall Hot Water Heating Mains
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0358
Abstract
Map shows the plan for heating mains at VPI in 1909.
Dates:
Sept. 14, 1909
Mildred Blokker Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-042
Abstract
The collection contains eighteen photographs of exhibits and events around Virginia collected by Mildred Blokker (1919-1993) from about 1912-1919. The collection also includes photos of Cadets involved with the athletics department at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Blokker graduated from and worked at VPI.
Dates:
c. 1912-1919
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-011
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: ?
Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers
Material: wool blend/ black satin (?) lining blouse/ trousers have off white cotton (?) lining around waist and for pockets
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, Blacksburg VA
Donor:
Condition: fair, stitching in blouse liner is undone in a few places, three buttons on inside of collar missing (center one replaced with a white plastic button), looks as if a metal was ripped off...
Dates:
n.d.
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-018
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in the military department. Received 25 September 1975, note attached says Trapp 1960.BLUE BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Holes in collar where gold pins had been, stitching left in the inside back of the collar where button had been. Holes in the back of lower sleeve underneath black...
Dates:
1960s
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-019
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse/trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in military department, received in spec 25 September 1975BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/ black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] black lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Snags on the collar where pins had been. Seams and stitching slightly unraveling around collar. Holes under the black strip on both sleeves where [bottom] [chord holder] had been.
Special...
Dates:
1960s
Blue Ridge Discovery Center Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-004
Abstract
Educational/informational materials published by the Blue Ridge Discovery Center.
Dates:
2011
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-009
Abstract
The collection includes records from an oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service created between 1978 and 1979.
Dates:
1978 - 1979
Blue Ridge Springs Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-089
Abstract
The Blue Ridge Springs Correspondence contains two letters, a small note, and seven postcards. The seven postcards dated 1910-1942 are addressed to Elizabeth "Bettie" Gross (1875-1964) of Bedford County and her husband William "Bill" Gross (1865-1946), a merchant from Bedford County. The letters and the note are from Lucy M. Thomas (1865-1933), of Bedford County, Virginia, to Joseph Ferries (1865-1955), a farmer in Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia. Thomas and Ferries later...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895 - 1942
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