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Frank L. Robeson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-014
Abstract

The collection includes papers from Frank L. Robeson's tenure as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, as well as subject and research files from his nearly 50 years as an instructor and professor at VPI, dating from 1899 to 1954.

Dates: 1899-1954, undated

Harry W. Sanders Papers,

 Collection
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

John P. Sawyer Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-047
Abstract

The collection consists of letters to Ralph M. Brown, librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from John P. Sawyer, who graduated from VPI in 1940.

Dates: 1943 - 1945

George Myron Shear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-006
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers--including correspondence and published writings--of Virginia Tech plant pathologist and physiologist George Myron Shear. It includes correspondence with the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.

Dates: 1927 - 1986

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)

Leon Dalmain Simmons Memorabilia

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-030
Scope and Contents

Member of the Engineering Class of 1934. Collection includes plaques and certificates awarded to Simmons, including a plaque from the Century Club and the Alumni Association.

Dates: 1933 - 1987

Solitude Photographs and Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-024
Scope and Contents

Historic home of Blacksburg, Virginia, built by the Preston family in the early 1800s. Purchased by the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in 1872, and remains the oldest building on campus. Photographs consist of thirty-four mounted photographs from Eleanor Stover McEver's collection of various views and details of Solitude, with identifying labels. Also includes other papers, such as newspaper clippings and postcards, with information about Solitude.

Dates: 1960s-1980s

Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-039
Abstract

The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and publications on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. Materials date from about 1872 to 2004.

Dates: 1872 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2001

Herbert J. Thomas Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2000-089
Scope and Contents

Born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to South Charleston, West Virginia in 1925. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1937-1941. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during World War II. Collection includes photographs, clippings, citations, and papers collected by Lt. Col. John Coulter for his book on the six Medal of Honor winners who were students from Virginia Tech. 

Dates: 1937 - 1943

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 - 1972

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 48
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 8
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Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 3
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
Coulter, John A., 1953- 2
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 2
Hatcher, T. W. (Thomas Watkins), 1900- 2
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 2
Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966 2
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Babcock & Wilcox Company 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Jr., 1923-1978 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Sr., 1896-1971 1
Beazley, W. R. 1
Begg, R. B. H. (Robert Burns Haldane), 1880-1965 1
Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 1
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 1
Duerr, William A., 1911-2002 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Farrier, Paul H. (Paul Henry), b.1894 1
Farrier, Pence 1
Femoyer, Robert E., 1921-1944 1
Fenne, Sanford Bernell, 1903-1978 1
Frazer, George Preston 1
Garnett, William E. (William Edward), 1885-1970 1
Gaujot family 1
Gaujot, Antoine August Michel, 1878-1936 1
Gaujot, Julian Edmond Victor, 1874-1938 1
Gregory, Earl D., 1897-1972 1
Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr. 1
Henley, Bernard J. 1
Hill, Henry H. (Henry Harris Bunker) 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Hornbarger, Earl H. (Earl Hampton), 1898-1967 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Huffman, Stanley A., Jr. 1
Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), d.1950 1
Johnson, William Martin 1
Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 1
Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
Kohler, Dayton M., 1907-1972 1
Krieger, Carl George, 1905-1979 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Landis, John W. (John William), 1917-2013 1
Lee, Claudius, 1872-1962 1
Litton, George W., 1910-1989 1
Massey, A. B. (Arthur Ballard) 1
McBryde family 1
McBryde, Charles Neil, Dr., 1872-1962 1
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 1
McBryde, Larry 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Monteith, Jimmie W., Jr., 1919-1944 1
Monteith, Robert P. 1
Morris, Henry M., 1918-2006 1
Moss, Jack Wellford, 1904-1987 1
New Yorker (New York, N.Y.: 1925) 1
Newman, Carol M. (Carol Montgomery), 1879-1941 1
Newman, Carol M., Jr., 1910-1997 1
Newman, J. Preston (James Preston), 1913-1982 1
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 1
Norris, Earle B. (Earle Bertram), 1882-1966 1
Paul H. Farrier family 1
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 1
Preston, Samuel Davis, 1892-1975 1
Price family 1
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 1
Redd, Henry B. "Puss", 1895-1960 1
Robeson, Frank Leigh, 1884-1974 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Sawyer, John P. 1
Shear, George Myron 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
Simmons, Jane Farinhold 1
Temple, Harry Downing 1
Thomas, Herbert J. 1
Threlkeld, William Logan, 1893-1988 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 1
Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Distance Learning 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Extension Division 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Learning Resources Center 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Office of the President 1
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