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Dan H. Pletta Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-006
Abstract

The Dan H. Pletta Papers includes treatises, transcripts of talks and correspondence dealing with all aspects of the field of engineering, but especially with the role of education in producing a professional engineer, qualifications for practice, the public purpose of engineering, ethics, and whistleblowing. Pletta (1903-1996) was professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech (1932-1972) and department head from 1958-1970.

Dates: 1942 - 1996

Record Group Vertical Files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: VerticalFile-005
Abstract

In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area.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 Virginia Tech and its history. Topics may include, but are not limited to, colleges and departments, student organizations, administrative offices, centers and other campus units, and athletics.

Dates: ca. 1870s-present; Majority of material found in ( 1960s-present)

Henry B. "Puss" Redd Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-017
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Henry B. "Puss" Redd. The collection contains photographs, clippings, and VPI alumni material as well as a large amount of material related to Redd's position as a faculty member and a coach for the VPI football team.

Dates: 1930 - 1984

James I. Robertson Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-021
Abstract

This collection includes research notes, manuscripts, typescript drafts, working copies and galley proofs for books and articles written by Virginia Tech's Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson Jr., 1982-2001. Large collection of notes, papers, and correspondence relateing to Virginia Civil War counties and units. Also contains a small set of general materials which includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Dates: 1849 - 2011

C. Eugene Rowe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-035
Abstract

The C. Eugene Rowe Papers include materials created and collected by Rowe relating to Virginia Tech during his tenure on the Board of Visitors (1968-1976). There is also a small group of papers from Rowe's involvement in the Presbyterian church.

Dates: 1949 - 1987

Wilson E. Schmidt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-010
Abstract

Professional correspondence, subject files, and writings of Wilson E. Schmidt, professor of economics at Virginia Tech (1966-1981), together with articles and reports, both published and unpublished, by other economists.

Dates: 1934 - 1981

Charles Sears Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-027
Abstract

Audiocassette tape contains an oral history interview with Virginia Tech Professor Charles Sears, conducted by John Straw, University Archivist. Sears discusses the history of the Virginia Tech Geology Department (today the Department of Geosciences), where he served as a professor and founded the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.

Dates: 1988

George Green Shackelford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-008
Abstract The collection contains materials relating George Green Shackelford, a professor of history at Virginia Tech and includes clippings, correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA); the National Trust; the New River Historical Association; the Virginia Landmark Commission the Democratic Committee of Montgomery County (Virginia); the Visiting Scholar Committee of the College of Arts and...
Dates: 1899 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1989

George Myron Shear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-006
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers--including correspondence and published writings--of Virginia Tech plant pathologist and physiologist George Myron Shear. It includes correspondence with the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.

Dates: 1927 - 1986

Arthur M. Squires Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-006
Scope and Contents

The Arthur M. Squires Papers, 1888-1987 (bulk 1940-1987), consist of extensive correspondence, unpublished research reports, lectures, trip reports, reprints, trip diaries (1968-1982), photographs (1979) from his trip to China, daily work books (1959-1981), and subject files spanning entire career. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1888 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987

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Adriance, Thomas 1
Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 1
Burchard, Charles, 1913-1990 1
Carter, Elaine D. 1
Collins, George 1
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 1
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Darnton, Donald C. 1
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Gherman, Paul M. 1
Good, Irving John, 1924-2009 1
Gowens, Cynthia 1
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 1
Grover, Norman 1
Hahn, T. Marshall, Jr. (Thomas Marshall), 1926-2016 1
Hertzler, Ann A., 1935-2014 1
Higgins, LaVerna (Fredi) Hairston 1
Holmes, Michele 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Hoyle, Linda Paulette Adams 1
Huffman, Stanley A., Jr. 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950 1
Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 1
Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
Jones, J. Christopher (John Christopher), 1927- 1
Kelley, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1926-1988 1
Kennedy, Charles A. 1
Kennelly, Tamara 1
King, Kendall W., 1926-1990 1
King, Loretta 1
Kohler, Dayton M., 1906-1972 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Lavery, William Edward 1
MacDonald, Cheryl Butler 1
Maher, Frank J. (Francis Joseph), 1915- 1
Malpass, Leslie F. 1
Marshall, J. Paxton, 1922-2000 1
McBryde family 1
McBryde, Charles Neil, Dr., 1872-1962 1
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 1
McBryde, Larry 1
McCombs, Dorothy F., 1923-1990 1
McKeefery, William James, 1918- 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Murray, John, 1909-2002 1
New Yorker (New York, N.Y.: 1925) 1
Newman, Carol M., Jr. (Carol Montgomery), 1910-1997 1
Oliver, Marcus L. 1
Pack, Cora McDamel 1
Payne, Alfred Cook, Reverend, 1916-2003 1
Phillips, Jean 1
Pletta, Dan H. (Dan Henry), 1903-1996 1
Radford College 1
Redd, Henry B. "Puss", 1895-1960 1
Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 1
Robertson, James I., Jr. 1
Rogers, Rhonda Miller 1
Rowe, C. Eugene, d.1987 1
Roy, Lucinda 1
Rudolph, Gerald A. 1
Schmidt, Wilson E., 1927-1981 1
Scott, Marguerite Harper 1
Sears, Charles, d. 1998 1
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 1
Shear, George Myron 1
Shirk, Frank 1
Squires, Arthur M., 1916-2012 1
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia 1
Straw, John B. 1
Strother, Warren, d.2006 1
Sturm, Albert L. 1
Swink, Earl T., 1907-1996 1
Talbot, Richard B. (Richard Burritt), d. 1994 1
Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
Turner, Linda Edmonds 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Board of Visitors 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering (1964-) 1
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