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Greenwood H. Nowlin, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1962-008

Abstract

This collection contains five photographs, thirteen stereo views, a leather bound pocket notepad, and twenty receipts covering Greenwood H. Nowlin Jr.'s time at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech).

Dates: 1896 - 1898

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Greenwood H. Nowlin, Jr. Collection

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1990-069

Abstract Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research,...

Dates: 1915 - 1989

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

Robert E. Femoyer Papers,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2000-091

Abstract

The collection contains information regarding Robert Femoyer's life, including subject files on his World War II Medal of Honor, citations, photographs, correspondence, and clippings. Materials date from 1936-1998.

Dates: 1938 - 1996

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Robert E. Femoyer Papers,

Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2023-137

Abstract

The Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs were taken on the campus of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) during the 1920s. The photographs depict Bair, the campus, and the VPI Corps of Cadets. Bair (1902-1988) graduated from VPI in 1924.

Dates: ca. 1920s

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs

Solitude Photographs and Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1993-024

Abstract

This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and several other papers containing information about Solitude, the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1960s-1980s

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Solitude Photographs and Papers

Records of the Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association

Record Group

Identifier: RG-31-14-09

Abstract The collection documents the history of the Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association since its founding in 1913 to encourage an understanding of and an interest in amateur radio, to provide a station for the uses of club members, and to provide emergency and public service communications. The collection consists of certificates, logs, membership lists, correspondence, publications, violations, registration forms, yearly recollections, and copies of radio licenses. There are also photographs...

Dates: 1913 - 2000

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Records of the Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association

Herbert J. Thomas Papers

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: Ms-2000-089

Scope and Contents

Born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to South Charleston, West Virginia in 1925. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1937-1941. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during World War II. Collection includes photographs, clippings, citations, and papers collected by Lt. Col. John Coulter for his book on the six Medal of Honor winners who were students from Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1937 - 1943

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Herbert J. Thomas Papers

Joseph F. Ware Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-022

Abstract

The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1920

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Joseph F. Ware Collection

T. W. Hatcher Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1987-040

Abstract

The collection contains notes from Hatcher's tenure as a student at VPI, as well as VPI ephemera from the 1950s. The collecton contains photographs from campus and other locations, taken in the 1920s. Later materials consist of reports from the National Bank of Blacksburg.

Dates: 1919 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1930

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / T. W. Hatcher Collection

O'Shaughnessy Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1987-052

Abstract

This collection consists of papers--including correspondence, schoolwork, diplomas, diaries, photographs, and printed materials--of Louis O'Shaughnessy, professor of mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI); his wife Ida Surface O'Shaughnessy; their daughter, VPI mathematics instructor Betty O'Shaughnessy Bock; and the Surface family (parents and siblings of Ida Surface O'Shaughnessy).

Dates: 1857 - 1965

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / O'Shaughnessy Family Papers

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Greenwood H. Nowlin, Jr. Collection

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

Robert E. Femoyer Papers,

Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs

Solitude Photographs and Papers

Records of the Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association

Herbert J. Thomas Papers

Joseph F. Ware Collection

T. W. Hatcher Collection

O'Shaughnessy Family Papers

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