Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 76
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
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.
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
Cadet Uniform,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-010
Scope and Content
Item: cadet uniform
Desc: cadet blouse and trousers
Date: ?
Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers
Material: blouse: wool blend with black satin (?), trousers: white cotton waist band and pockets
Manufacturer: Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Uniform Department
Donor:
Condition: good, three buttons missing from inside of collar, small mend on back of blouse; back left pocket stained inside and worn
Special Markings: Black stripe trim. Two stripes up back. Black plastic...
Dates:
n.d.
Cadet Uniform Hardware and Insignia
Collection
Identifier: Textile-2025-004
Abstract
The Cadet Uniform Hardware and Insignia collection consists of three separate donations of hardware and insignias. Five identicial gold V.A.M.C. buttons belonged to Frank H. Terry and are from 1877-1879. In the center of the buttons is the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College seal. Curving around the edges of the buttons is the text "VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE." Thirteen V.P.I. buttons from a Corp Cadet overcoat are from c.1926-1930 and...
Dates:
c.1877-1948
Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell
Record Group
Identifier: RG-11-01
Abstract
This collection contains records of Theodorick Pryor Campbell, the dean of the college at Virginia Tech from 1920-1924. This collection consists primarily of correspondence with faculty, educational organizations, parents, presidents Julian A. Burruss and J. D. Eggleston, students, and government entities. Subjects include advertising, budget, disciplinary matters, hazing, and land purchases. Some correspondence dates to 1917-1919 when Campbell was Dean of the Faculty.
Dates:
1917 - 1924
Filtered By
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Faculty and staff 26
- Students and alumni 17
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 13
- Record Group 2 6
- Blacksburg (Va.) 4
- Women -- History 4
- Football 3
- Montgomery County (Va.) 3
- Textiles (visual works) 3
- Architectural drawing -- 20th century 2
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 2
- Mathematics 2
- Memorabilia 2
- Photographs 2
- Science and Technology 2
- Account books 1
- African Americans -- History 1
- Agricultural extension work 1
- Agriculture 1
- Basketball 1
- Civil War 1
- Community theater 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Financial records 1
- Grayson County (Va.) 1
- Heraldry 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Medal of Honor 1
- Physics 1
- Posters 1
- Theater -- United States 1
- Theater programs 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -- Dances 1 + ∧ less
- Language
- English 73
- No linguistic content; Not applicable 3
- Names
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 40
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 28
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 8
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 8
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 8
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 4
- McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 3
- Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 2
- Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 2
- Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 2
- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 2
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
- Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
- Bailey, Ilena M. 1
- Barringer, Paul B. 1
- Beazley, W. R. 1
- Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
- Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947 1
- Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928 1
- Carnahan, Samuel Edwin, 1884-1970 1
- Christian, George L. 1
- Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972 1
- Coulter, John A., 1953- 1
- Counselman, J. S. (John Sanders) 1
- Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
- Edgemont Farm 1
- Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 1
- Farrier, Paul H. (Paul Henry), b.1894 1
- Farrier, Pence 1
- Gaujot family 1
- Gaujot, Antoine August Michel, 1878-1936 1
- Gaujot, Julian Edmond Victor, 1874-1938 1
- Gherman, Paul M. 1
- Guthrie, John Dennett 1
- Holtzworth, Bertram Arthur, 1904-1971 1
- Huffman, Stanley A., Jr. 1
- Hunter, Joseph Lonsdale 1
- Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950 1
- Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
- Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019) 1
- Lee Literary Society (1873-1928) 1
- Lee, Claudius, 1872-1962 1
- Maury Literary Society (1873-1928) 1
- McBryde family 1
- McBryde, Charles Neil, Dr., 1872-1962 1
- McBryde, Larry 1
- Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966 1
- Moore, Robert Garrett, 1897-1925 1
- Newman, J. Preston (James Preston), 1913-1982 1
- O'Shaughnessy, Louis 1
- Paul H. Farrier family 1
- Pence, Myrvin Lafe, 1898-1996 1
- Pitt, Sarah 1
- Quesenberry, Robert 1
- Radford College 1
- Radspinner, Martha C. Snidow, 1921-2013 1
- Radspinner, Robert S., 1919-2011 1
- Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 1
- Robeson, Frank Leigh, 1884-1974 1
- Rudolph, Gerald A. 1
- Shepherd, Harvey E. (Harvey Earl) 1
- Shirk, Frank 1
- Taylor, Vena Hunter, Mrs. 1
- Temple, Harry Downing 1
- Thornton, Vaiden A. 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Office of the Dean of the College (1919-1944) 1
- Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 1
- Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
- Virginia Military Institute 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
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Research Division 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Club (1925-) 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries. Special Collections Department 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 1
- Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association 1
- Virginia Tech Gobblers (Football team) 1
- Virginia Truck Experiment Station (1907-1967) 1
- Williams, John Edward, 1867-1943 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more