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Orrin Rankin Magill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-010
Abstract The collection contains the papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill’s community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning...
Dates: 1945 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972

Dorothy McCombs Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-006
Abstract

The collection contains personal research notes, subject files, and writings; materials relating to the Virginia Tech University Libraries; course notes; dissertation research; work on textiles and arts & crafts history; genealogy notes; brochures on historic sites around Virginia; and maps collected by Dorothy McCombs. Materials date from about 1970-1989.

Dates: 1970 - 1989

Rudolph Dixon Michael Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Virginia Tech alumnus and agricultural information editor, Rudolph Dixon Michael. It contains correspondence and notes relating to the histories Blacksburg, the Preston family, and Smithfield Plantation (including maps of the grounds and the cemetery). It also contains a few campus photographs and printed materials related to Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1925 - 1984

John Murray Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-036
Abstract

The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1883 - 1999

Named/Individual Photograph Collections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-002
Abstract

The Named/Individual Photograph Collections include images from alumni and former faculty and staff, or individuals with ties to campus and the New River Valley. Collections (c.1890-present) depict campus life and events, railroad history, agricultural extension research, Blacksburg and surrounding areas, and some local families.

Dates: 1890s-present

Oral History of the Principalship Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-040
Abstract The Oral History of the Principalship Records are from a Virginia Tech project, started in 1989 by Virginia Tech professor Dr. Patrick W. Carlton, designed to interview retired elementary, middle, and high school principals for their views, reminiscences, and accumulated wisdom. Most of the interviewees are from the Southeast (mainly Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia), with representative materials from Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin....
Dates: 1987 - 1995

Thomas David Perry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-006
Abstract

The Thomas David Perry Collection includes the papers relating to the history of Patrick County, Virginia, and native son James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, a Confederate General during the American Civil War, particularly Stuart's genealogy and birthplace, Laurel Hill.

Dates: ca.1979-2007

George Green Shackelford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-008
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, research files, project files, and manuscripts of George Green Shackelford, professor of history at Virginia Tech from 1954-1986.

Dates: 1899 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1989

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-043
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.

Dates: 1912 - 1990; Majority of material found within ( 1974-1990)

Smithfield Property,

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0095
Abstract

Collection consists of two items that show numbered sections of the Smithfield property adjacent to Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: October 1966

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Adriance, Thomas 1
American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
Appalachian Student Organizing Committee. Virginia Tech Chapter 1
Blecher, Freda 1
Blecher, Marvin 1
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 1
Chamber music series (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Cox, Harold C. 1
Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996 1
Dietrich, Richard Vincent, 1924- 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Fine, Elizabeth 1
Foster, A. G. 1
Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
Haskell-Speer, Jean 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950 1
Kroontje, Wybe 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Magill, Orrin R. (Orrin Rankin), 1887-1976 1
Mays, R. L., Jr. 1
McCombs, Dorothy F., 1923-1990 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Murray, John, 1909-2002 1
Oral History of the Principalship (Project) 1
Perry, Thomas David 1
Phi Kappa Phi 1
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 1
Roemer, Christina 1
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 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
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 1
Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 1
Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program 1
Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Philosophy and Religion 1
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Office of Planning and Engineering 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 1
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 1
Virginia Tech Union 1
Warm Hearth Village (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
West, Lindsay Butte, 1934-2018 1
Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 1
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