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Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-026
Abstract
The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project was a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes cassette tapes, DAT tapes, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black women students at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within...
Dates:
1994 - 2000
Blacksburg Sewage Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-012
Abstract
This collection contains documents and letters relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg, Virginia. The letters in this collection are all about the sewage system in Blacksburg and most were sent to Dr. Walter Newman, President of Virginia Tech, and John Barringer, Mayor of Blacksburg. The other documents in this collection include committee reports, information on sewage projects, a water ordinance, and other documents relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg. Also, a petition made to...
Dates:
1946-1948, n.d.
Marvin Blecher Audiocassette Tape
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-017
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, about their involvement in the Jewish community in the town and the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech. Dr. Marvin Blecher served as faculty advisor for Hillel from 1973 to 1983. Also includes information about the Blacksburg Jewish Community Center and other Jewish communities in the region.
Dates:
1998
Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1991-025
Abstract
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
Dates:
1946 - 2010
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,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-018
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in the military department. Received 25 September 1975, note attached says Trapp 1960.BLUE BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Holes in collar where gold pins had been, stitching left in the inside back of the collar where button had been. Holes in the back of lower sleeve underneath black...
Dates:
1960s
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-019
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse/trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in military department, received in spec 25 September 1975BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/ black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] black lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Snags on the collar where pins had been. Seams and stitching slightly unraveling around collar. Holes under the black strip on both sleeves where [bottom] [chord holder] had been.
Special...
Dates:
1960s
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
Board of Visitors Protest T-Shirt
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-2014-001
Scope and Contents
Blue short sleeve t-shirt with black silk screened letters: "Virginia Tech Welcome to the 1950s" T-shirt was created by Laury Ward. In March 2003, the Board of Visitors eliminated Virginia Tech's affirmative action hiring practices for hiring and admissions, removed sexual orientation from Virginia Tech's non-discrimination policy, and passed a resolution barring anyone who had "participated in illegal acts of domestic violence and/or terrorism" from holding a meeting on campus unless he or...
Dates:
2003
Books That Made the Difference Project Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-003
Abstract
The Books That Made the Difference Project Collection consists of subject files, clippings, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and audio-visual materials. The project was conceived in l980 by Ann Heidbreder Eastman, formerly of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and executed by Gordon A. Sabine, formerly a professor at this university, and his wife Patricia, who interviewed people across the country, asking what book made the greatest difference in their lives, and what was...
Dates:
1980 - 1986
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