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Ayre Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1963-003
Abstract
This collection contains college memorabilia of father and son Henry D. and Clayton E. Ayre, both of whom attended Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) during the late 19th century. It includes cadet caps, lecture notes, a certificate, and photograph.
Dates:
1871-[1899]
Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-137
Abstract
The Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs were taken on the campus of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) during the 1920s. The photographs depict Bair, the campus, and the VPI Corps of Cadets. Bair (1902-1988) graduated from VPI in 1924.
Dates:
ca. 1920s
Janet Barnhill Collection on Cora Bolton McBryde
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-019
Abstract
This collection consists of a handwritten recipe book belonging to Cora Bolton McBryde, as well as three peraonal artifacts: an anniversary plate, a Tiffany & Co. silver spoon, and a metal mold. Most of the materials are undated, other than the plate (1913), but they likely date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Cora Bolton McBryde was the wife of John McLaren McBryde, president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College before and during the transition to Virginia...
Dates:
c. 1860s-1910s
Records of the Office of the President, Paul B. Barringer
Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-06
Scope and Content
This collection contains mainly incoming and outgoing correspondence (1907-1913) concerning college activities and issues of Barringer's administration. Topics include academic standards; hazing; Hog Cholera outbreak (1908); fires; prohibition; water/sewage system; refrigeration plant; and advantages and dangers of football. A few letters from Barringer are to United States presidents: Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; and Woodrow Wilson. Also included with the collection are the...
Dates:
1900 - 1914
Beattie Family University Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-025
Abstract
This collection contains Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia from Claibourne Walton Beattie, Sr. (1896-1971), class of 1919, and his son Claibourne Walton Beattie, Jr. (1923-1978), class of 1951. The collection contains a 1924 graduation invitation and a 1951 commencent program. The collection also includes several programs and bulletins related to events on campus. There are several pieces of a cadet uniform, such as a hat, rat belt, and cords. Attached inside the hat is an event...
Dates:
1875, 1915-1959
Robert Burns Haldane Begg Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1963-005
Abstract
The collection contains a VPI honor list for 1897-1898, a 1948 Chi Epsilon dinner program, a 1962 list of living alumni who attended VAMC prior to 1900, a 1926 silver tray, and a 1933 trophy.
Dates:
1898, 1926, 1933, 1948, 1962
Karl Jacob Belser Illustrations
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-003
Abstract
The collection contains art pieces by VPI professor Karl Jacob Belser (1902-1972), including 19 intaglio prints and one page with a pencil signature.
Dates:
1931-1932, 1938, n.d.
Robert A. Belz Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-105
Abstract
The collection contains the personal and academic papers of Robert A. Belz, a 1939 Virginia Tech alumni who graduated with a bachelors degree in industrial engineering. Materials range from 1869-1962, however, a majority of the works are from the 1930s-1940s or undated. Several oversized folders accompany the collection and hold technical drawings, newspapers, coupon bonds, posters, and his diploma. In addition to school work for math, business, humanities, and science courses, the...
Dates:
1869, 1911-1962, n.d.
Biographical Vertical Files
Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-004
Scope and Content
In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to individuals and families connected to the local area (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and Southwest Virginia) and/or to Virginia Tech. Each individual/family below has at least one folder and many include cross references.
Dates:
1960s-present
Filtered By
- Names: Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) X
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- University History 234
- Students and alumni 104
- University Archives 97
- Faculty and staff 82
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 72
- Montgomery County (Va.) 40
- Blacksburg (Va.) 38
- Science and Technology 29
- Memorabilia 14
- Photographs 14
- Women -- History 12
- Maps (documents) 9
- Virginia -- Maps 9
- Football 6
- Record Group 2 - Office of the President 6
- Agricultural extension work 5
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- Agriculture 4
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- World War, 1939-1945 4
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- Education, Higher 3
- History of Food and Drink 3
- Railroad 3
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- Architectural drawing -- 20th century 2
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- Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 2
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 119
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 66
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 28
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 22
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 12
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 7
- Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 4
- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 4
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 4
- Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 3
- McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 3
- Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966 3
- Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
- Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 2
- Coulter, John A., 1953- 2
- Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 2
- Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 2
- Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 2
- Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 2
- Hatcher, T. W. (Thomas Watkins), 1900- 2
- Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 2
- Moore, Robert Garrett, 1897-1925 2
- O'Shaughnessy, Louis 2
- Randolph, Lingan S., Sr., 1859-1922 2
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 2
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 2
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 2
- Virginia Tech Gobblers (Football team) 2
- Walker, J. H. 2
- Williams, John Edward, 1867-1943 2
- Aaron family 1
- Agnew, Ella G., 1871-1958 1
- Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
- Allison, Homer, fl. 1955-1959 1
- Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946 1
- American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 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
- Babcock & Wilcox Company 1
- Bailey, Ilena M. 1
- Bair, Adolph Samuel, 1902-1988 1
- Barringer, Paul B. 1
- Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Jr., 1923-1978 1
- Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Sr., 1896-1971 1
- Beazley, W. R. 1
- Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
- Begg, R. B. H. (Robert Burns Haldane), 1880-1965 1
- Belser, Karl J., 1902-1972 1
- Belz, Robert Armstrong 1
- Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
- Boyd, S. M., Jr. 1
- Brauer, Rudolph C. 1
- Brooke, Henry 1
- Brown Morrison Co 1
- Brown, Albert M. 1
- Burke, J. A., Jr. (Jerry Allen) 1
- Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947 1
- Butler, Patrick H., Jr., 1908-1992 1
- Cahill, Edward H., 1885-1974 1
- Caldwell, William Addison 1
- Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928 1
- Carnahan, Samuel Edwin, 1884-1970 1
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 1
- Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 1
- Charles E. Vawter family 1
- Christian, George L. 1
- Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
- Copenhaver, John K., b. abt.1898 1
- Counselman, J. S. (John Sanders) 1
- Cowan, John T. 1
- Cox, Harold C. 1
- Damewood, Walter 1
- Dent, Joseph B. 1
- Doggett, David S., 1895-1972 1
- Dudley, James Frederick 1
- Edgemont Farm 1
- Farrier, Paul H. (Paul Henry), b.1894 1
- Farrier, Pence 1
- Femoyer, Robert E., 1921-1944 1
- Fenne, Sanford Bernell, 1903-1978 1
- Frazer, George Preston 1
- Fugate, Thyrza 1
- Garnett, William E. (William Edward), 1885-1970 1
- Gaujot family 1
- Gaujot, Antoine August Michel, 1878-1936 1
- Gaujot, Julian Edmond Victor, 1874-1938 1
- Gherman, Paul M. 1
- Gibboney, Lucie Ligon, 1917-2007 1
- Gillette, Mrs. 1
- Gills, Joseph Allen 1
- Gitt, W. W. (William "Uncle Bill" W.), c.1860-? 1
- Gregory, Earle D., 1897-1972 1
- Guthrie, John Dennett 1 + ∧ less
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