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Aaron Family Collection
This collection contains college memorabilia, including photographs, printed material, and banners collected by John H., Jacob C., and Harry B. Aaron, three Bristol, Virginia brothers who attended Virginia Tech during the early 20th century.
Beulah O. Allen Collection,
Records of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Virginia Tech Chapter
This collection consists of official records and periodicals from the AAUW, Virginia Tech Chapter and the National AAUW including minutes, administrative records, state and national convention programs, awards and scholarships, publications, and other materials concerning community outreach from 1926-2008.
Biographical Vertical Files
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vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area.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.
Mildred Blokker Photograph Collection
The collection contains eighteen photographs of exhibits and events around Virginia collected by Mildred Blokker (1919-1993) from about 1912-1919. The collection also includes photos of Cadets involved with the athletics department at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Blokker graduated from and worked at VPI.
Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers
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.
William Addison Caldwell Collection
Papers associated with William Addison "Add" Caldwell (1856-1910) of Craig County, Virginia, first student enrolled at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC, later Virginia Tech). Includes a letter written by Caldwell in 1910; his 1875 VAMC report card; a Caldwell family photo portrait; Caldwell's obituary; and a Bible given to Caldwell by Mrs. William C. McKemey.
Carneal and Johnston Architectural Drawings
The Carneal and Johnston Architectural Drawings contains detail drawings, sketches, and tracings of several campus buildings at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Harry Baker Cawley Collection
W. Graham Claytor Papers
This collection includes business and personal papers of W. Graham Claytor, a 1906 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute) and an executive overseeing the operations of a number of American Gas and Electric Company subsidiaries during the 20th century. It includes correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to personal financial matters, business operations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and ham radio.
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- Aaron family 1
- Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
- American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.) 1
- Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
- Appalachian Power Company 1
- Bailey, Ilena M. 1
- Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
- Boyd, S. M., Jr. 1
- Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 1
- Caldwell, William Addison 1
- Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 1
- Charles E. Vawter family 1
- Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
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- Cox, Harold C. 1
- Doggett, David S., 1895-1972 1
- Edgemont Farm 1
- Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953 1
- Frazer, George Preston 1
- Garnett, William E. (William Edward), 1885-1970 1
- Guthrie, John Dennett 1
- Harris, William Gideon 1
- Henley, Bernard J. 1
- Hicks, James Morris, abt.1878-? 1
- Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
- Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
- Holtzworth, Bertram Arthur, 1904-1971 1
- Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
- Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950 1
- Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
- Johnson, William Martin, 1904-1991 1
- Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019) 1
- Knick, S. H., b.1887 1
- Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
- Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 1
- McBryde, James Bolton, 1866-1925 1
- Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
- Murray, John, 1909-2002 1
- Phi Kappa Phi 1
- Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 1
- Price family 1
- Price, Emmett Russell, 1874-1944 1
- Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 1
- Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 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
- Slusser family 1
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Smyth, Ellison A. (Ellison Adger), 1863-1941 1
- Society of the Sigma Xi 1
- Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 1
- Taylor, Robert Creede, 1866-1915 1
- Thornton, Vaiden A. 1
- Underhill, Grover W. (Grover William), 1888-1970 1
- Vawter, C. E. (Charles Erastus), 1841-1905 1
- Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
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- Virginia Truck Experiment Station (1907-1967) 1
- Walker, J. H. 1
- Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 1
- Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 1
- Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1 + ∧ less