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Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-003
Abstract
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend (1930-2015) was the first women to earn an engineering degree at George Washington University, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. After eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory, she moved to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, where she worked until 1980. Townsend was project manager for three Small Astronomy Satellites (SAS, 1966-1975) and for Applications Explorer Missions...
Dates:
1960-1994, n.d.
Clarence Trent Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Abstract
The collection comprises the papers of Clarence E. Trent, having to do with his involvement in American Society of Mechanical Enginners, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), and his engineering education.
Dates:
1958 - 1991
"Twenty-Five Years of FORTRAN" (Exhibit, 1957-1982) International Business Machines Corporation Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-003
Abstract
Pioneer Day was celebrated on June 9, 1982, at the National Computer Conference in honor of the 25th anniversary of the delivery of the first FORTRAN compiler. As part of the celebration IBM created and displayed this exhibit. Materials include photographs of FORTRAN pioneers, facsimiles of documents, textual analysis, flow charts, memorabilia, FORTRAN manuals and other publications, and a twelve-minute videotape on the history of FORTRAN.
Dates:
1982
Grover W. Underhill Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-014
Abstract
The collection consists of a text from radio talk titled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork," given by entomologist Grover W. Underhill in 1935.
Dates:
1935
Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-037
Abstract
Photograph album contains 202 images from the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company factory in Berlin, Germany, showing factory interior and exterior views, a cable car, and various company products, including meters and generators.
Dates:
n.d.
Ventilating Rocking Churn Patent,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-044
Abstract
The collection contains a handwritten copy of 1848 patent for a ventilating rocking butter churn.
Dates:
1848
Vine and Ashmead Patent
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-014
Abstract
This collection contains a patent awarded to William Vine and James H. Ashmead for "machines beating gold".
Dates:
1850
Virginia Academy of Science Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-096
Abstract
The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) Records includes VAS publications dating from 1939-2004 and also includes manuscript and published versions of various Academy histories. The Academy Archives also includes correspondence, report, and minutes of section and of ad hoc and standing committees, annual financial statements, photographs and clippings, by-laws, and constitutions, records of special projects such as the visiting scientists program (supported by National Science Foundation...
Dates:
1920 - 2005
Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Record Group
Identifier: RG-25-01
Abstract
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) was established in 1886 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the federal Hatch Act of 1887 for the purpose of providing practical and useful information on agricultural and scientific subjects. The collection includes 114 surveys books for ten counties in Virginia from 1931 through 1940, as well as files dated 1903-1947 of weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of...
Dates:
1903 - 1947
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-094
Abstract
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records contain correspondence (including some correspondence predating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and subject files.
Dates:
1931 - 1997
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- Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 3
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- American Brake Shoe Company 2
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 2
- 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
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- Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences 2
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- Albert, John Joseph, 1935-1978 1
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- Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 1
- Bertha Mineral Company 1
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- Blasingame, B. P. (Benjamin Paul), 1919- 1
- Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
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- 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., 1885-1974 1
- Carnochan, John 1
- Christopher, George William, 1908-2002 1
- Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company 1
- Clark, Evert B., 1925-1988 1
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- Claytor, Robert B. (Robert Buckner), 1922-1993 1
- Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
- Collins, George 1
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- Corson, Blake W., Jr. (Blake Wilson), 1908-1991 1
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- Drake, Charles Roy, 1918- 1
- Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark), 1901-1987 1
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- Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-2002 1
- Duce, G. Grahame (Gordon Grahame), 1916-1952 1
- Eisen, Joel (lawyer) 1
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- Foy, Chester L., 1928- 1
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- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 1
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- Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 1
- Goldschmidt, Bertrand, 1912-2002 1
- Good, Irving John, 1924-2009 1
- Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994 1
- Greenwood, Ron, Nichols Research Corporation 1
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- Gross, Al, d.2000 1
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