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John T. Cowan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1969-005
Abstract

The collection consists of pages from an account book, bills, notes, and correspondence relating to John T. Cowan's personal and business affairs. 

Dates: 1887 - 1917

Harold C. Cox Memorabilia Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-014
Abstract

The collection contains items, which belonged to or were collected by Harold C. Cox during his time as a student at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute from 1922-1926, and his continued experiences with the university as alumnus, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1923 - 1984

Development Plans for VPI

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0348
Abstract

Map shows plans for VPI campus developments.

Dates: October 1934

David S. Doggett Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-004
Abstract

The collection contains David S. Doggett's letters to his father in Richmond, Virginia, from 1912-1915, while he was a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1912-1915, n.d.

Dormitory No. 4, Va. Polytechnic Inst. (Heating Plans)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0354
Abstract

Document shows the heating plans for dormitory 4 at VPI in Blacksburg, Virginia. It contains some hand-written annotations.

Dates: Sept 30, 1902

Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr. Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-019
Abstract

Daily 1947 diary of Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr., assistant director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1946-1948 (and previous director, 1916-1946), mentioning people and events associated with the experiment station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1947

William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-007
Abstract

The William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection, 1909-1991, includes Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) publications, school papers (including notes and notebooks), ephemera, engineering publications and reports, correspondences, and photographs of Drumeller, a student and cadet at VPI from 1942-1943 and 1946-1949. Materials describe the railway and coal industries in West Virginia in the mid- to late twentieth century.

Dates: 1909 - 1991

Edgemont Farm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-022
Abstract

The collection consists of Edgemont Farm record books, papers, and correspondence relating to the history, operations, and sale of Edgemont Farm in Halifax County, Virginia, and to the Barksdale and Hutcheson families, former owners of the farm. The collection includes correspondence between John R. Hutcheson and T. B. Hutcheson, Jr., as well as other correspondence of Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr.; maps, correspondence, and Deed of Trust with David Barksdale regarding the sale of the farm.

Dates: 1925 - 1998

Records of the Office of the President, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-07
Scope and Content The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence (1913-1919) including letters to and from state and national political figures; correspondence signed by Eggleston as Acting Director of the Extension Division (1913-1916); correspondence between Eggleston and principals, board members and others of various agricultural high schools relating to financial requests, personnel, etc. (1916-1919); correspondence with county agents and state and national personnel connected with agricultural...
Dates: 1900 - 1948; Majority of material found within ( 1913-1919)

Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-011
Abstract

This collection contains the scrapbooks of Emmett Russell Price, professor of Agricultural Journalism at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from 1910-1944. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about Blacksburg and VPI.

Dates: 1910 - 1943

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 30
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 14
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 10
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 6
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 3
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 2
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 2
Randolph, Lingan S., Sr., 1859-1922 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 2
Walker, J. H. 2
Aaron family 1
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
Bailey, Ilena M. 1
Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
Boyd, S. M., Jr. 1
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 1
Caldwell, William Addison 1
Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 1
Charles E. Vawter family 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Cowan, John T. 1
Cox, Harold C. 1
Doggett, David S., 1895-1972 1
Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 1
Frazer, George Preston 1
Garnett, William E. (William Edward), 1885-1970 1
Guthrie, John Dennett 1
Harris, William Gideon 1
Henley, Bernard J. 1
Hicks, James Morris, abt.1878-? 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Holtzworth, Bertram Arthur, 1904-1971 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950 1
Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
Johnson, William Martin, 1904-1991 1
Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019) 1
Knick, S. H., b.1887 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 1
McBryde, James Bolton, 1866-1925 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Murray, John, 1909-2002 1
Phi Kappa Phi 1
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 1
Price family 1
Price, Emmett Russell, 1874-1944 1
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 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
Slusser family 1
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Smyth, Ellison A. (Ellison Adger), 1863-1941 1
Society of the Sigma Xi 1
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 1
Taylor, Robert Creede, 1866-1915 1
Thornton, Vaiden A. 1
Underhill, Grover W. (Grover William), 1888-1970 1
Vawter, C. E. (Charles Erastus), 1841-1905 1
Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Research Division 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 1
Virginia Truck Experiment Station (1907-1967) 1
Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 1
Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 1
Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1
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