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Appalachian Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-025
Abstract

This collection contains oral history interview cassette tapes and tape logs for 23 interviews conducted by students with 25 interviewees in the local community. Most interviews were collected as part of a 1991 Appalachian Community Studies class of Professor Jean Speer of the Department of Humanities at Virginia Tech. Unless noted, interviews have not been transcribed. For some interviewees, there is a student paper based on the interview.

Dates: 1986 - 1991

Records of the Appalachian Student Organizing Committee

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-31-14-10
Abstract The Appalachian Student Organizing Committee (or Appalachian Student Committee) was an approved student organization at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the early 1970s. The collection consists primarily of the papers of David Tice and Allan Cox, student organizers of the Appalachian Student Organizing Committee. Materials include correspondence, clippings files, small-press and local publications on Appalachian issues, petitions, and notes and drafts. The...
Dates: 1964 - 1975; Majority of material found within ( 1971-1974)

Basketball short and jersey; NIT t-shirt,

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1995-001

Henry H. Bauer Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1999-005
Abstract

The Henry H. Bauer Papers contains correspondence, grant reports, newspaper clippings, memoirs, class notes, chemistry files, evaluations, appointment books, lectures, talks, and conference materials - particularly those pertaining to the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE). Much of the material relates to Bauer's work as academic professor and administrator, as well as his interest in the study of anomalies, especially the Loch Ness Monster.

Dates: 1950 - 2010

"Be committed. Be well." Face Masks

 Collection
Identifier: Textile-2021-003
Abstract

The "Be committed. Be well." Face Masks include two blue face masks with printed "Be committed." in orange on a white background and "Be well." in blue on a white background. The "Be committed. Be well." campaign conceived by the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, and it was taken over by the New River Valley Public Health Task Force, which formed in March 2020, to unite various different health campaigns in the NRV during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dates: 2020

W. R. Beazley Notebooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2005-023

Biographical Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-004
Scope and Content

In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to individuals and families connected to the local area (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and Southwest Virginia) and/or to Virginia Tech. Each individual/family below has at least one folder and many include cross references.

Dates: 1960s-present

Black History Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-011
Scope and Contents

This collection includes oral history accounts from various African Americans with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area between the 1950s and the early 2000s.

Dates: n.d.

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 Virginia Tech University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, background and biographical information, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black female students and employees at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the...
Dates: ca. 1967-2000; Majority of material found within ( 1994-2000)

Blacksburg Chamber Music Series Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-051
Abstract

The collection contains programs, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to the Blacksburg Chamber Music Series and the Virginia Tech Union Chamber Music Series from 1967-1982 in Blacksburg, Virginia, collected by its chairman David A. West.

Dates: 1967 - 1982

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 115
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 51
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 10
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 8
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Arts and Sciences (1970-2003) 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 4
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 4
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 4
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 3
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Philosophy and Religion 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 3
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 3
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 2
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 2
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 2
Frazer, George Preston 2
Gray, Davis 2
Hahn, T. Marshall, Jr. (Thomas Marshall), 1926-2016 2
Holmes, Michele 2
Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 2
Krebs, Alfred H. 2
Lavery, William Edward 2
Oliver, Marcus L. 2
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 2
Rowe, C. Eugene, d.1987 2
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 2
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Board of Visitors 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Education (1971-1996) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Religion and Culture 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Office of the Provost 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Outreach and International Affairs 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Virginia Tech Union 2
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (1980-present) 2
Adriance, Thomas 1
Albert, John Joseph, 1935-1978 1
Alexander, Samuel Adam, 1941- 1
Alonso, Carmen Espegel 1
Alonso, Martha 1
American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
American Work Horse Museum (Lexington, VA) 1
Appalachian Student Organizing Committee. Virginia Tech Chapter 1
Babineau, David E. 1
Baldwin, Robert E. 1
Bauer, Henry H. 1
Bauer, Isabel 1
Beazley, W. R. 1
Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
Ben-Joseph, Eran 1
Ben-Joseph, Holly D. 1
Bevilacqua, Sonia 1
Birmingham, Elizabeth J. 1
Black Organizations Council 1
Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler 1
Blecher, Freda 1
Blecher, Marvin 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Bonney, Claire 1
Bowmaster, Patrick A. 1
Bozovaisky, Luben Spasoff, 1912-1990 1
Brandariz, Graciela 1
Brown, Lori 1
Burchard, Charles, 1913-1990 1
Cahill, Edward 1
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 1
Carnochan, John 1
Carter, Elaine D. 1
Cassell, Stuart K., 1910-1976 1
Chamber music series (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Cochran, Edward 1
Collins, George 1
Cox, Harold C. 1
Culnan, Kenneth S. 1
Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996 1
Darnton, Donald C. 1
Davis, Marva Lajeune Felder Carter 1
Dean, James W., 1920- 1
Dekker, Henry J. 1
Dietrich, Richard Vincent, 1924- 1
Dixon, James 1
Dodge, Anne C. 1
Drake, Charles Roy, 1918- 1
Duerr, William A. (William Allen), 1911-2002 1
Eastman, Ann Heidbreder 1
Edgemont Farm 1
Elarth, Herschel Anderson, 1907-1988 1
Elarth, Wilhelmina Van Ingen, 1905-1969 1
Elliot, Alma P. 1
Elliott, Jean 1
Erkarslam, Ozlem 1
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