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A Guide to the Virginia Tech Campus

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0333
Abstract

Map is part of a campus guide for Virginia Tech. It contains campus information and an index for locations of interest.

Dates: ca. 1959

Thomas Adriance Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-003
Abstract

The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.

Dates: 1957, 1971-1995

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

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vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area.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.

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

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.

Blacksburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0270
Abstract

Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index to streets and to primary buildings on the VPI campus.

Dates: 1959

Block Plan of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., Showing the Proposed Layout of the Evans-Almirall Hot Water Heating Mains

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0358
Abstract

Map shows the plan for heating mains at VPI in 1909.

Dates: Sept. 14, 1909

Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Ralph Minthorne Brown, Virginia Tech head librarian (1926-1947), amateur historian, and naturalist. It includes materials on Virginia Tech and local history, including typed transcripts of sources gathered for an intended history of Virginia Tech. Also included are Brown's Blacksburg ornithological and weather observations, a bibliography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and other writings.

Dates: 1872 - 1947

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 66
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 18
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 3
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 2
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Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 2
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 2
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 2
Adriance, Thomas 1
Alfred Hopkins & Associates 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
Association for the Advancement of Engineering 1
Blacksburg (Va.). Town Council 1
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 1
Chamber music series (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996 1
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
Evans, Almirall and Co 1
Foster, A. G. 1
Frazer, George Preston 1
Garnett, William E. (William Edward), 1885-1970 1
Gehrken, G. A. 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Hutcheson, Eleanor Parrott 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
John R. Hutcheson family 1
Kite, Garland D. 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Livesay, E. A. 1
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 1
McCombs, Dorothy F., 1923-1990 1
McGauhey, P. H. (Percy Harold) 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Pierce, Tom J. (Realtor) 1
Powell, J. Dalrymple 1
Price family 1
Price, William Conway 1
Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.) 1
Robinson, Russell Moore 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 1
Sibold, Carrie T. (Carrie Taylor), 1904-1990 1
Sibold, Chloe M., 1899-1976 1
Sibold, Nannie V. (Nannie Virginia), 1897-1957 1
Sibold, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1909-1930 1
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 1
Tate, Leland B., 1905-1999 1
Trenor, H. M. 1
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Campus Planning, Space and Real Estate. Office of the University Architect 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 1
Virginia Tech Union 1
Wiss, Henry H. 1
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 1
Yates, Anne Hayden Price, 1939- 1
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