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Solitude Photographs and Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-024
Scope and Contents

Historic home of Blacksburg, Virginia, built by the Preston family in the early 1800s. Purchased by the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in 1872, and remains the oldest building on campus. Photographs consist of thirty-four mounted photographs from Eleanor Stover McEver's collection of various views and details of Solitude, with identifying labels. Also includes other papers, such as newspaper clippings and postcards, with information about Solitude.

Dates: 1960s-1980s

Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-039
Abstract

The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and publications on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. Materials date from about 1872 to 2004.

Dates: 1872 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2001

Herbert J. Thomas Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2000-089
Scope and Contents

Born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to South Charleston, West Virginia in 1925. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1937-1941. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during World War II. Collection includes photographs, clippings, citations, and papers collected by Lt. Col. John Coulter for his book on the six Medal of Honor winners who were students from Virginia Tech. 

Dates: 1937 - 1943

William Logan Threlkeld Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of William Logan Threlkeld, professor of zoology and biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1929-1958), including biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, research files, and printed materials.

Dates: 1919 - 1972

Uniform/Trousers and Jacket [may not be a match],

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-012
Scope and Content Item: Uniform/ trousers and jacket (may not be a match) Date: ? Color: blue gray Material: wool, off white cotton lining around waist and for interior pockets of trousers, blue cotton lining on underside of pocket flaps on the jacket and has the number 261 written underneath Donor: Condition and Special Markings: special markings for trousers: wide black strip down the side, black plastic buttons instead of a zipper; special markings on jacket: gray buttons exposed down the center...
Dates: n.d.

Records of the University Club

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-29-04
Abstract

The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1925 - 2000

Virginia Congress on Hunger 1988 Report Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-050
Abstract

This collection contains the final and draft versions of a 1988 report from the Virginia Congress on Hunger detailing the extent of hunger and poverty in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a news release about the report, and the 1985 report about hunger and poverty.

Dates: 1985 - 1988

Records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-26
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, including correspondence, reports, financial documents, slides, videos, and the records of Bob Swain. The collection also documents the VCE's role in Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Virginia Association of Extension Secretaries, and their work within rural communities.

Dates: 1862 - 1997

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 Polytechnic Institute and State University Postal Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-025
Abstract

This collection includes eighty postcards. Dated cards range from 1906 through 1995, but many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Some of the postcards are postmarked and addressed to recipients, while some are blank.

Dates: 1906-1995, undated

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University History 96
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 53
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 8
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 6
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Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 4
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
Coulter, John A., 1953- 2
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 2
Hatcher, T. W. (Thomas Watkins), 1900- 2
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 2
Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966 2
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Babcock & Wilcox Company 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
Belz, Robert Armstrong 1
Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 1
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 1
Duerr, William A., 1911-2002 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 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
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
Gregory, Earl D., 1897-1972 1
Hampden-Sydney College 1
Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr. 1
Henley, Bernard J. 1
Hill, Henry H. (Henry Harris Bunker) 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Hornbarger, Earl H. (Earl Hampton), 1898-1967 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Huffman, Stanley A., Jr. 1
Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), d.1950 1
Johnson, William Martin 1
Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 1
Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
Kohler, Dayton M., 1907-1972 1
Krieger, Carl George, 1905-1979 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Landis, John W. (John William), 1917-2013 1
Lee, Claudius, 1872-1962 1
Litton, George W., 1910-1989 1
Massey, A. B. (Arthur Ballard) 1
McBryde family 1
McBryde, Charles Neil, Dr., 1872-1962 1
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 1
McBryde, Larry 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Monteith, Jimmie W., Jr., 1919-1944 1
Monteith, Robert P. 1
Morris, Henry M., 1918-2006 1
Moss, Jack Wellford, 1904-1987 1
Murray, John, 1909-2002 1
New Yorker (New York, N.Y.: 1925) 1
Newman, Carol M. (Carol Montgomery), 1879-1941 1
Newman, Carol M., Jr., 1910-1997 1
Newman, J. Preston (James Preston), 1913-1982 1
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 1
Norris, Earle B. (Earle Bertram), 1882-1966 1
Paul H. Farrier family 1
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 1
Preston, Samuel Davis, 1892-1975 1
Price family 1
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 1
Redd, Henry B. "Puss", 1895-1960 1
Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 1
Robeson, Frank Leigh, 1884-1974 1
Rudolph, Gerald A. 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Sawyer, John P. 1
Shear, George Myron 1
Shirk, Frank 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
Simmons, Jane Farinhold 1
Temple, Harry Downing 1
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