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Beulah O. Allen Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-002
Abstract
The Beulah O. Allen Collection contains a variety of materials from Allen's life. Her papers contain correspondence with a variety of friends and associates, primarily Lucy Lee Lancaster, the first female graduate from Virginia Tech. In addition, the collection also contains Virginia Tech Commencement programs, Cotillion Club Dance programs, resources related to the Virginia Tech Library, newspaper clippings about the construction of the new Newman Library, and a large collection of...
Dates:
1905 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-017
Abstract
The Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, Ms 2019-017, contains items from former VPI President McBryde. Before becoming the fifth president of the university, McBryde attended South Carolina College, the University of Virginia, and served in the confederate army. McBryde recieved medals from South Carolina College and UVA as well as gifts during his presidency which are included in this collection.
Dates:
1911-1913
Records of the Office of the President, Paul B. Barringer
Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-06
Scope and Content
This collection contains mainly incoming and outgoing correspondence (1907-1913) concerning college activities and issues of Barringer's administration. Topics include academic standards; hazing; Hog Cholera outbreak (1908); fires; prohibition; water/sewage system; refrigeration plant; and advantages and dangers of football. A few letters from Barringer are to United States presidents: Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; and Woodrow Wilson. Also included with the collection are the...
Dates:
1900 - 1914
Robert A. Belz Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-105
Abstract
The collection contains the personal and academic papers of Robert A. Belz, a 1939 Virginia Tech alumni who graduated with a bachelors degree in industrial engineering. Materials range from 1869-1962, however, a majority of the works are from the 1930s-1940s or undated. Several oversized folders accompany the collection and hold technical drawings, newspapers, coupon bonds, posters, and his diploma. In addition to school work for math, business, humanities, and science courses, the...
Dates:
1869, 1911-1962, n.d.
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-011
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: ?
Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers
Material: wool blend/ black satin (?) lining blouse/ trousers have off white cotton (?) lining around waist and for pockets
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, Blacksburg VA
Donor:
Condition: fair, stitching in blouse liner is undone in a few places, three buttons on inside of collar missing (center one replaced with a white plastic button), looks as if a metal was ripped off...
Dates:
n.d.
Blue Blouse and Trousers (2 pair),
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-015
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse, trousers (2 pair)
Date: 1920BLUE BLOUSE
Color: navy blue with black lining
Material: wool blend, satin lining (?)
Manufacturer: Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: stitching and lining worn in collar, worn patch on the front right side as well as a small spot on right sleeve (could be a moth hole)
Special Markings: black outline down the center, around the collar, along the bottom, around the sleeve at the bottom and...
Dates:
1920 - 1920
Albert M. Brown Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-122
Abstract
Albert Brown graduated from Virginia Tech in 1938 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. the collection consists of Virginia Tech memorabilia and class assignments from Brown's time at Virginia Tech. Materials date from 1930 through 1938.
Dates:
1930 - 1938
Records of the Office of the President, Julian A. Burruss
Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-08
Abstract
The bulk of the collection contains correspondence concerning Julian Ashby Burruss' tenure as president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as well as lecture notes, reports to the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, and Experiment Station reports.
Dates:
1906 - 1946
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