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Geology of the Blacksburg Quadrangle, Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0756

Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-039
Abstract The Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook contains dance cards, football programs, correspondence, dried flowers, ticket stubs, menus, photographs and other ephemera. Much of the materials relate to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Gibboney (1917-2007) probably collected these materials while visiting her future husband, James M. Graham, Jr. (1916-1976), a 1938 graduate of VPI, to document memories from their time...
Dates: 1934 - 1937

Gary Ann Giovanni Culinary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2006-011
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of Gary Ann Giovanni, a chef, caterer, and cooking teacher active in Blacksburg, Virginia. The collection contains records, menus, and recipes from her catering jobs and from the cooking classes she taught for the local YMCA Open University. Materials also relate to the various community organizations for which Gary worked or volunteered, and some materials are associated with her sister, poet Nikki Giovanni.

Dates: 1997 - 2004

Ruth G. Hale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-037
Abstract

Photocopy of Montgomery County, Virginia cemetery readings compiled by Ruth G. Hale, a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia.

Dates: ca.1984-1987

Hard Times Blues Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-038
Abstract The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes"...
Dates: 1966, 2001, 2003, 2019

William Gideon Harris Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-005
Abstract

William Gideon Harris's album contains photographs of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) campus and surrounding areas, c. 1908-1912, as well as several newsclippings and pieces of poetry. .

Dates: c. 1908-1912

Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-036
Abstract

The Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings contains architectural drawings from five projects designed by the partners between 1955 and 1961 (plus one undated alteration). These include three private residences in Blacksburg, Virginia, and two businesses in Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1955-1961, undated

Hickman Family Newsletters and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-007
Abstract

Six issues of "Hickman Family History Newsletter," published by H. William Gabriel, focusing on descendants of the Roger Hickman family of Back Creek (Bath County), Virginia, together with photos and brief biographical information on various Hickman family members, and a typescript draft of Gabriel's article, "William P. Hickman in the New River Valley, 1852-1864."

Dates: 1995 - 1998

Henry H. Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-003
Abstract

The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1893-1963, n.d.

Meta Tutwiler Hill Family History

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-001
Abstract

This collection contains a transcription of a family history recounted by Meta "Mimi" Tutwiler Hill Boynton.

Dates: undated

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 67
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 52
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 38
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Murrill, A. 7
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 7
Wall, W. F. 5
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Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 4
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 3
Blacksburg (Va.). Town Council 3
Kent family 3
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 3
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 3
Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823 3
Preston, William, 1729-1783 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 3
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 3
Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association 2
Blacksburg Engineering Dept 2
Blacksburg Woman’s Club (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931-2008 2
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 2
Broyles, H. C. 2
Christiansburg Industrial Institute 2
Clements & Draper 2
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 2
Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Dickinson, W. 2
Elarth, Herschel Anderson, 1907-1988 2
Foster, A. G. 2
Gray, Davis 2
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 2
Hill, Olivia Tutwiler, 1889-1974 2
Kentland Farm 2
McGauhey, P. H. (Percy Harold) 2
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 2
National Bank of Blacksburg (1922-) (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Noonkester Real Estate 2
Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.) 2
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Preston family (Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 2
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 2
Southern Anthracite Coal Company 2
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 2
Walker, J. H. 2
Wiley & Wilson, Inc 2
A. W. Luster 1
Ackler, Bryan 1
Adams, Elizabeth Kent 1
Adriance, Thomas 1
Alexander, Henrie H., d.1916 1
Alfred Hopkins & Associates 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
American Association of Retired Persons. Blacksburg Chapter 1
Amiss, Edwin 1
Anderson, George 1
Anderson, Sarah 1
Appalachian Student Organizing Committee. Virginia Tech Chapter 1
Appalachian Trail Conference (1993-2005) 1
Apperson family 1
Apperson, Alex 1
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 1
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Association for the Advancement of Engineering 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009) 1
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Bank of Blacksburg (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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Black family 1
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Black, L. K. 1
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Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905 1
Blacksburg (Va.). Townscape Committee 1
Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Baptist Church (Blacksburg, Va) 1
Blacksburg Community Concert Association (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Community Federation (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Electronic Village 1
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Blacksburg Study Group (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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Blecher, Freda 1
Blecher, Marvin 1
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 1
Boyd, S. M., Jr. 1
Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991 1
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