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Mary Fessler Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-012
Abstract
Mary McClintock Ryland Fessler (1912-2000) was active in Montgomery County Democratic Party, local government, and civic organizations from the late 1960s through the 1990s. The Mary Fessler Papers span the years ca. 1940-2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1968-1984. The collection includes personal papers and materials related to the Montgomery County League of Women Voters, Montgomery County Democratic Committee, Ninth-District Democratic Committee, Montgomery County Board of...
Dates:
c.1940-2001
Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-058
Abstract
This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.
Dates:
1966 - 1978
G. Preston Frazer Artwork
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-055
Abstract
This collection contains eighteen scketches and drawings created by George Preston Frazer. This collection also contains a sketchbook belonging to Frazer.
Dates:
1940-1953, n. d.
William E. Garnett Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-011
Abstract
The William E. Garnett Papers consist of field notes, surveys, reports, class notes, letters to the editors of Montgomery County, Virginia, newspapers, and reprints of publications.
Dates:
1936-1969, n.d.
Geology of the Blacksburg Quadrangle, Virginia
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0756
Dates:
1979
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
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