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James J. Pandapas Audiotape and Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1997-011
Scope and Contents Resident of Blacksburg, Virginia, born in Peabody, Massachusetts. Played a large role in the development of business and residential housing in Blacksburg by establishing Blacksburg's first industry, Electro-Tec, in 1947, and Poly-Scientific Corporation, in 1953, both manufacturers of electroplated slip-rings for radar antennae. Also developed various neighborhoods in Blacksburg, including Airport Acres (established in 1942) and Highland Park (1945). In 1948 Pandapas purchased a 500 acre...
Dates: 1966-1988, 1997

Records of the Office of the Vice-President, Louis A. Pardue

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-03
Abstract This collection consists primarily of correspondence relating to Dr. Louis A. Pardue's duties both as Vice-President and Director of Graduate Studies. Materials consist of general correspondence, general reports, financial reports, enrollment statistics, commencement and inaugural reports, minutes, and departmental information collected by Pardue from 1950 through 1963. There are extensive correspondence and other material of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Science (ORINS), of which VPI...
Dates: 1950 - 1963

Otis Jerome Parker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-065
Abstract

This collection includes the technical publications and internal communications from NASA's Langley Research Center, largely relating to Parker's work on "jet shoes" and other devices designed for extravehicular activity propulsion and maneuverability during the Apollo and Skylab projects.

Dates: 1963 - 1975

W. Dale Parker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-093
Abstract This collection consists of the papers of William Dale Parker, management specialist on NASA's Project Gemini, General Motors plant engineer; General Dynamics management specialist; writer; businessman; self-described political consultant, expert on human relations, and genius. It contains correspondence, memorabilia, photos, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to Parker's life, career and interests, as well as the life and career of his youngest daughter, Jacquelyn Parker, the first female...
Dates: 1914 - 2006

John T. Parsons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-016
Abstract

John T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials.

Dates: 1910 - 2000

Passenger Pigeon Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-082
Abstract

The collection consists of Virginia Tech librarian Ralph Brown's 1945 compilation of correspondence on passenger pigeons.

Dates: 1945

J. V. Paterson Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-119
Abstract

The J. V. Paterson Notebook contains a manuscript copy of "Specifications of a Steel Paddle Wheel Saloon River Steamer," with information on how to construct bulwarks, promenade decks, galleys, and a captain's bridge.

Dates: [1891?]

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.

William Hewitt Phillips Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-019
Abstract

The collection includes the papers of William Hewitt Phillips, NACA and NASA Langley Research Center aerospace engineer (and chief of Flight Dynamics and Control Division from 1970 to 1979), including lecture notes, reports and memoranda tracing the development of Phillips' theories while at Langley, spanning from his work on World War II-era aircraft to the early U.S. space program and beyond, as well as his interest in model aircraft.

Dates: 1918 - 2008

Phycological Society of America Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1990-038
Abstract

The Phycological Society of America was established in 1946 by and for phycologists, or those who study algae. The records consist of presidents' files and correspondence, financial ledgers, membership lists, conference programs, meeting minutes, videotapes, and a complete run (1965-1990) of the Journal of Phycology. The collection includes notebooks (1874-1883) with sketches of algae by botanist Francis Wolle (1817-1893).

Dates: 1874-1883, 1946-1995

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Avery, Howard S. (Howard Shaeffer), 1906-1996 2
Becker, John V. (John Vernon), 1913-2020 2
Collins, Michael, 1930-2021 2
Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-2000 2
Lee, John A. N. 2
Massey, A. B. (Arthur Ballard) 2
Polhamus, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1923-2001 2
Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Aiken), 1904-1988 2
Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Arts and Sciences (1970-2003) 2
Albert, John Joseph, 1935-1978 1
Alexander, Samuel Adam, 1941- 1
Alford, William J., Jr., 1924-2010 1
Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited) 1
Avitabile, James J. 1
Babcock & Wilcox Company 1
Babineau, David E. 1
Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962 1
Baily, Joseph T. 1
Baldwin, Robert E. 1
Barnett, John W. 1
Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 1
Bertha Mineral Company 1
Bierman, David 1
Blacksburg Electronic Village 1
Blasingame, B. P. (Benjamin Paul), 1919- 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Bozovaisky, Luben Spasoff, 1912-1990 1
Brooke, Henry 1
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 1
Burke, J. A., Jr. (Jerry Allen) 1
Butterworth, J. M. (Joseph Millard), 1893-1942 1
Cahill, Edward H. 1
Carnochan, John 1
Christopher, George William, 1908-2002 1
Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company 1
Clark, Evert, 1925-1988 1
Clark, Jeanette (Drury) 1
Clark, John A. 1
Clark, John D., 1907-1988 1
Claytor, Robert B. (Robert Buckner), 1922-1993 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Collins, George 1
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 1
Corson, Blake W. 1
Cresson, John H. 1
D'Invilliers, Edward 1
Dean, James D. 1
Drake, Charles Roy, 1918- 1
Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark), 1901-1987 1
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
Duce, G. Grahame 1
Elliot, Alma P. 1
Faraday, Richard 1
Fenne, Sanford Bernell, 1903-1978 1
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892 1
Fishburn, Junius Blair 1
Food and Agricultural Education Information System (Texas A & M University) 1
Fox, Joseph A., 1934- 1
Foy, Chester L., 1928- 1
Franklin, Willis E. 1
French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston) 1
Fricke, Hermann, 1876-1949 1
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 1
Good, Irving John, 1924-2009 1
Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994 1
Grigg, George C. 1
Gross, Al, d.2000 1
Gruenhagen, Richard H. 1
Hagans, Harrison, 1796-1867 1
Harper, Robert Almer, 1862-1946 1
Hatzios, Kriton K., 1949-2003 1
Henderson, Robert Gordon, 1903-1989 1
Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974 1
Hickey, Kenneth D. 1
Hill, Paul R., 1909-1990 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Hsieh, Alice Langley, 1922-1979 1
Hussey, Robert E. (Robert Elliot), 1888-1985 1
International Business Machines Corporation 1
International Conference on High Energy Physics 1
Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
Jenkins, Wilbert Armande, 1905-1956 1
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