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Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1990-069

Abstract Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research,...

Dates: 1915 - 1989

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

James H. Lane Research Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1996-011

Abstract The James H. Lane Research Collection is a collection of research revolving around James H. Lane. The collection includes copies of letters, newspaper clippings, and book excerpts, along with photographs, focusing on Lane's time in the Confederate Army, as well as his time as a professor at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The collection also includes two reels of microfilm, with their creation dated...

Dates: 1865 - 1991

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2022-046

Abstract

This collection contains 45 items, mostly letters from Percy Hotspur Lash II while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1920s written to friends in Gladys and Lynchburg, Virginia. Other items include banquet programs, blank postcards, and photographs.

Dates: 1925 - 1938

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Orrin Rankin Magill Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1975-010

Abstract The collection contains the papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill’s community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning...

Dates: 1945 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

McBryde House Specification Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1999-010

Abstract

John McLauren McBryde (1841-1923) was the fifth president of Virginia Tech from 1891 thru 1907. This collection contains Specification No. 1755 of the labor and materials required in the erection and completion of a two-story, brick dwelling house to be erected for Dr. J. M. McBryde in Blacksburg Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1900

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

J. Bolton McBryde Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1992-059

Abstract The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass plate negatives depicting Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI), Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and the New River area. Images are labeled with original labels, but undated. Where images were not labeled, a brief description is included in brackets on the envelope. The collection also includes eight painted views of campus photographed by J. Bolton McBryde (1866-1925), the son of fifth VPI...

Dates: c. early 1900s

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

John M. and Cora Bolton McBryde Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2023-069

Abstract

This collection contains copies of photographs, genealogy materials, lectures, and newspaper clippings related to the family of John McLaren McBryde (1841-1923) and Cora Bolton McBryde (1839-1920), the fifth president and first lady of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1862 - 2018

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Dorothy McCombs Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1995-006

Abstract

The collection contains personal research notes, subject files, and writings; materials relating to the Virginia Tech University Libraries; course notes; dissertation research; work on textiles and arts & crafts history; genealogy notes; brochures on historic sites around Virginia; and maps collected by Dorothy McCombs. Materials date from about 1970-1989.

Dates: 1970 - 1989

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Rudolph Dixon Michael Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1960-005

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Virginia Tech alumnus and agricultural information editor, Rudolph Dixon Michael. It contains correspondence and notes relating to the histories Blacksburg, the Preston family, and Smithfield Plantation (including maps of the grounds and the cemetery). It also contains a few campus photographs and printed materials related to Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1925 - 1984

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Midhurst, J. M. McBryde Estate, Blacksburg, Va. (reproduction)

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0689

Abstract

Blueprint copy of Map 0276, showing the Midhurst estate of J. M. McBryde, near Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1932. John McLauren McBryde (1841-1923) was the fifth president of Virginia Tech from 1891 thru 1907.

Dates: n.d.

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

James H. Lane Research Collection

Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence

Orrin Rankin Magill Papers

McBryde House Specification Records

J. Bolton McBryde Collection

John M. and Cora Bolton McBryde Family Papers

Dorothy McCombs Collection,

Rudolph Dixon Michael Papers

Midhurst, J. M. McBryde Estate, Blacksburg, Va. (reproduction)

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