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O'Shaughnessy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-052
Abstract

This collection consists of papers--including correspondence, schoolwork, diplomas, diaries, photographs, and printed materials--of Louis O'Shaughnessy, professor of mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI); his wife Ida Surface O'Shaughnessy; their daughter, VPI mathematics instructor Betty O'Shaughnessy Bock; and the Surface family (parents and siblings of Ida Surface O'Shaughnessy).

Dates: 1857 - 1965

Bernard L. Parsons Papers and Photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-053
Scope and Contents

Collection includes pamphlets, books and reports relating to soil erosion, land drainage, and other agricultural issues.

Dates: 1918 - 1942

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 It includes a partial draft of Patton's book, A Practical Treatise on Foundations and draft of an unpublished textbook on civil engineering, together with patent documentation for two inventions.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.

Myrvin Lafe Pence Scrapbook and Class Photograph,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-087
Abstract

The Myrvin Lafe Pence Scrapbook and Class Photograph contains photographs, newspaper clippings, tickets, and other memorabilia from Pence's time as a student at Virginia Tech from 1918 to 1922.

Dates: 1918 - 1922

Carter Perkins, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-004
Abstract THe collection contains the papers of Carter Perkins, Jr., a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in the 1890s and resident of Newport News, Virginia. The collection also contains university catalog of 1894-1895, school annuals (The Bugle) of 1895 and 1898, photographs, and fundraising literature for the construction of War Memorial Hall. The collection also includes two business account books, probably used by Perkins...
Dates: 1893 - 1926

Sarah Pitt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-018
Abstract

The collection contains papers relating to the Sarah Pitt and includes newsletters, newspaper articles, radio broadcasts, pageant script, and notebooks.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Herbert Reed Pollard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-028
Abstract

This collection contains three items collected by Herbert Reed Pollard, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and related to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Corps of Cadets, including a 1933 ROTC dinner program, a photograph of the 1934 officers of the Corps' Company E, and a photocopied newspaper clipping of the Corps marching in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1933 - 1934

Samuel Davis Preston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-003
Abstract

The collection contains personal memorabilia, consisting largely of honors and awards, of Samuel Davis Preston, a graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1923) and member of the university's board of visitors (1952-1960).

Dates: 1917 - 1972

Harvey Lee Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-001
Abstract

The Harvey Lee Price Papers contain handwritten notes and genealogies of various Montgomery County families which Price used to write his four volume series Outlines of Montgomery County Families. Also included are Price's subject files on the county and Virginia and his diplomas from VPI.

Dates: 1853, 1898, 1900, 1927-1949, n.d.

Lawrence Priddy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-009
Abstract Lawrence Priddy graduated with the Class of 1897. This collection includes photographs from Priddy's time as a student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). The majority of the collection is composed of newspaper clippings and speeches relating to Priddy's activities as an alumnus. Priddy campaigned heavily for the construction of the YMCA building on campus as well as raising funds for the construction of War Memorial Hall. The speech Priddy...
Dates: 1894 - 1936

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 110
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Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 4
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 4
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McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 3
Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966 3
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 2
Coulter, John A., 1953- 2
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 2
Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 2
Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 2
Hatcher, T. W. (Thomas Watkins), 1900- 2
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 2
Moore, Robert Garrett, 1897-1925 2
O'Shaughnessy, Louis 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 2
Virginia Tech Gobblers (Football team) 2
Williams, John Edward, 1867-1943 2
Aaron family 1
Agnew, Ella G., 1871-1958 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
Allison, Homer, fl. 1955-1959 1
Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946 1
American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
American Brake Shoe Company 1
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) 1
Avery, Howard S. (Howard Shaeffer), 1906-1996 1
Ayre, Clayton E., 1880-1967 1
Ayre, Henry D., 1856-1939 1
Babcock & Wilcox Company 1
Bailey, Ilena M. 1
Bair, Adolph Samuel, 1902-1988 1
Barringer, Paul B. 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Jr., 1923-1978 1
Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Sr., 1896-1971 1
Beazley, W. R. 1
Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
Begg, R. B. H. (Robert Burns Haldane), 1880-1965 1
Belser, Karl J., 1902-1972 1
Belz, Robert Armstrong 1
Brauer, Rudolph C. 1
Brooke, Henry 1
Burke, J. A., Jr. (Jerry Allen) 1
Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947 1
Butler, Patrick H., Jr., 1908-1992 1
Cahill, Edward H., 1885-1974 1
Caldwell, William Addison 1
Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928 1
Carnahan, Samuel Edwin, 1884-1970 1
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 1
Charles E. Vawter family 1
Christian, George L. 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Copenhaver, John K., b. abt.1898 1
Counselman, J. S. (John Sanders) 1
Cowan, John T. 1
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 1
Damewood, Walter 1
Dent, Joseph B. 1
Doggett, David S., 1895-1972 1
Dudley, James Frederick 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 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
Fugate, Thyrza 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
Gherman, Paul M. 1
Gibboney, Lucie Ligon, 1917-2007 1
Gillette, Mrs. 1
Gills, Joseph Allen 1
Gitt, W. W. (William "Uncle Bill" W.), c.1860-? 1
Gregory, Earle D., 1897-1972 1
Guthrie, John Dennett 1
Hamilton, Percy Clayton 1
Hardin, Walter Reade, Jr. 1
Hardwick family (VPI Students) 1
Harrelson, Herbert Fletcher 1
Hartwick, M. Josephine (Mary Josephine) 1
Henley, Bernard J. 1
Henry Wysor family 1
Hicks, James Morris, abt.1878-? 1