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William MacFarland Patton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1954-001
Abstract

This collection contains papers of William MacFarland Patton, civil engineer and professor at Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech). It includes a partial draft of Patton's book, A Practical Treatise on Foundations and draft of an unpublished textbook on civil engineering, together with patent documentation for two inventions.

Dates: 1893, 1896, n.d.

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

James Robbins Randolph Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1971-001
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of engineer, mathematician and physicist James Robbins Randolph, including notes, calculations, correspondence and writings.

Dates: 1922 - 1969

Lingan S. Randolph Papers

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Identifier: Ms-1979-007
Abstract

The Lingan S. Randolph Papers includes papers with specifications for the details of labor and materials for the installation of a steam heating system at Sweet Briar Institute, Amherst, Virginia.

Dates: undated

Harry W. Sanders Papers

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Identifier: Ms-1975-002
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Harry W. Sanders, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1916); professor of agricultural education and vocational education (1925-1963) and professor emeritus of vocational education (1963-1985) at Virginia Tech; vocational teacher-trainer in Puerto Rico (1932-1933); co-founder of Future Farmers of Virginia (basis of Future Farmers of America). It includes correspondence, articles, printed materials, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs...
Dates: 1913 - 1981

Felix Sebba Papers

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Identifier: Ms-1990-008
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of materials concerning Felix Sebba's research into the uses of aphrons and other foams from 1979 to 1989. Materials include correspondence, notes on research, and both published and unpublished papers.

Dates: 1979 - 1989

Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-098
Abstract

The Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. collection contains papers including his correspondence with professional and amateur scientists, collectors, dealers and suppliers around the world concerning entomology and zoology, his publications, and field journals from his entomological work.

Dates: 1859 - 1927

Arthur M. Squires Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-006
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of extensive correspondence, unpublished research reports, lectures, trip reports, reprints, trip diaries (1968-82), photographs (1979) from his trip to China, daily work books (1959-81), and subject files spanning entire career. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1888 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1986

Richard B. Talbot Papers

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Identifier: Ms-1995-024
Abstract The collection consists primarily of speeches, speech resource and research materials, administrative notes, administrative reports, departmental program planning and budgeting materials. This collection contains several reports from the United States Department of Agriculture. The collection also contains multiple reports about the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and several about the need for a Veterinary Medicine College in New England and New Jersey. The collection also...
Dates: 1967 - 1994

William Logan Threlkeld Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of William Logan Threlkeld, professor of zoology and biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1929-1958), including biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, research files, and printed materials.

Dates: 1919 - 1974

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Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946 1
American Brake Shoe Company 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
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Avery, Howard S. (Howard Shaeffer), 1906-1996 1
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Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Bozovaisky, Luben Spasoff, 1912-1990 1
Brooke, Henry 1
Burke, J. A., Jr. (Jerry Allen) 1
Butterworth, J. M. (Joseph Millard), 1893-1942 1
Cahill, Edward H. 1
Carnochan, John 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Collins, George 1
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 1
Drake, Charles Roy, 1918- 1
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
Elliot, Alma P. 1
Fenne, Sanford Bernell, 1903-1978 1
Fox, Joseph A., 1934- 1
Foy, Chester L., 1928- 1
Good, Irving John, 1924-2009 1
Grigg, George C. 1
Gruenhagen, Richard H. 1
Hatzios, Kriton K., 1949-2003 1
Henderson, Robert Gordon, 1903-1989 1
Hickey, Kenneth D. 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Hussey, Robert E. (Robert Elliot), 1888-1985 1
International Conference on High Energy Physics 1
Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
Jenkins, Wilbert Armande, 1905-1956 1
Johnson, William Martin, 1904-1991 1
Kelley, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1926-1988 1
Kelly, Ethel C. (Ethel Cross), 1917-2012 1
Kelly, Hugh P., Jr. (Hugh Powell), 1916-1989 1
King, Kendall W., 1926-1990 1
Komm, Dean A. 1
Krieger, Carl George, 1905-1979 1
LaParde, John Lovelace, 1906-1991 1
Lambe, Robert C., 1927- 1
Landis, John W. (John William), 1917-2013 1
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 1
Lee, Claudius, 1872-1962 1
Lee, John A. N. 1
Litton, George W., 1910-1989 1
Lucas, James Burleigh, 1888-1955 1
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1973-) 1
Maher, Frank J. (Francis Joseph), 1915- 1
Manned Spacecraft Center (1961-1973) (U.S.) 1
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992 1
McClintock, James Albertine 1
McWhorter, Frank Paden, 1896- 1
Miller, Lawrence Ingram, 1914-1996 1
Moore, Laurence D., 1937- 1
Morris, Henry M., 1918-2006 1
Mullins, Nicholas C. 1
Mullins, Robert Spencer, 1912- 1
Norris, Earle B. (Earle Bertram), 1882-1966 1
Pardue, Louis Arthur, 1900-1963 1
Parris, G. Keith 1
Patton, William MacFarland 1
Pinckard, Joseph Alexander, 1906- 1
Plank, Elizabeth Bartram Temple, 1903-1982 1
Pletta, Dan H. (Dan Henry), 1903-1996 1
Polhamus, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1923-2001 1
Priode, Carl Neel, 1898-1985 1
Pristou, Robert 1
Project Apollo (U.S.) 1
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Randolph, James Robbins, 1891-1969 1
Randolph, Lingan S., Sr., 1859-1922 1
Reilly, John J. 1
Roane, Curtis W., 1921- 1
Roane, Martha Ann Kotila, 1921-1996 1
Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Schneiderhan, John Felix, 1891-1974 1
Sebba, Felix, 1912-1989 1
Sipes, Roland Jay, 1936- 1
Skelly, John M., 1940- 1
Smart, Grover Cleveland, Jr., 1929- 1
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