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Named/Individual Photograph Collections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-002
Abstract

The Named/Individual Photograph Collections include images from alumni and former faculty and staff, or individuals with ties to campus and the New River Valley. Collections (c.1890-present) depict campus life and events, railroad history, agricultural extension research, Blacksburg and surrounding areas, and some local families.

Dates: 1890s-present

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-001
Abstract

The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.

Dates: c. 1890s-present

Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-003
Abstract

The Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection at Special Collections consists of the photographs, portrait reproductions, and negatives of Virginia Tech employees, dating back to the 1890s.

Dates: c. 1890s-present

Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-039
Abstract

The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and publications on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. Materials date from about 1872 to 2004.

Dates: 1872 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2001

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

Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-017
Abstract

The Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection consist of architectural drawings of designs by Worley, done from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, with several designs undated. The collection also includes a small group of photographs and negatives of Worley and his own residence in Blacksburg, as well as an extensive collection of slides documenting Worley's student and professional work, work of his students, his travels, nature, and images that were likely used as part of lectures.

Dates: 1950-1982, undated

Arthur M. Squires Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-006
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of extensive correspondence, unpublished research reports, lectures, trip reports, reprints, trip diaries (1968-82), photographs (1979) from his trip to China, daily work books (1959-81), and subject files spanning entire career. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1888 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1986

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

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

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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 24
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 6
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 3
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 3
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 2
Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club (1965-) 2
Bechanan, H. Gordon 1
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 1
Burchard, Charles, 1913-1990 1
Carnochan, John 1
Collins, George 1
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 1
Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996 1
Elarth, Herschel Anderson, 1907-1988 1
Elarth, Wilhelmina Van Ingen, 1905-1969 1
Fishwick, Marshall William, 1923-2006 1
Gherman, Paul M. 1
Grigg, George C. 1
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 1
Hertzler, Ann A., 1935-2014 1
Horsfall, Frank, Jr., 1903-1988 1
Johnston, G. Burke (George Burke), 1907-1995 1
Johnston, J. Ambler (James Ambler), 1885-1974 1
Kennedy, Charles A. 1
Kohler, Dayton M., 1906-1972 1
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 1
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1973-) 1
Maher, Frank J. (Francis Joseph), 1915- 1
Manned Spacecraft Center (1961-1973) (U.S.) 1
McBryde family 1
McBryde, Charles Neil, Dr., 1872-1962 1
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 1
McBryde, Larry 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Monteith, Jimmie W., Jr., 1919-1944 1
Monteith, Robert P. 1
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 1
Preston, Samuel Davis, 1892-1975 1
Pritchard, Herman Lemuel 1
Project Apollo (U.S.) 1
Project Gemini (U.S.) 1
Project Mercury (U.S.) 1
Redd, Henry B. "Puss", 1895-1960 1
Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 1
Rudolph, Gerald A. 1
Shirk, Frank 1
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 1
Squires, Arthur M., 1916- 1
Temple, Harry Downing 1
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Arts and Sciences (1970-2003) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Science (2003-) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Philosophy and Religion 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Extension Division 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Physics Department 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries. Special Collections Department 1
Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association 1
Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 1
Zallen, Richard, b.1937 1
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