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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 677 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr., Diary

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-019
Scope and Contents

Director of Agricultural Experiment Station at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1917-1945; assistant director of Agricultural Experiment Station, 1945 until his retirement in 1948. Collection consists of a Daily Desk Diary, which mentions persons and events in Blacksburg and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1947

Drum Major's Mace

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Artifact-003
Scope and Contents

Drum major's mace used at Virginia Tech. Approximately three feet long, wrapped in orange and maroon ribbon.

Dates: 1917

William F. Drumeller, Jr. Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-007
Abstract

The William F. Drumeller, Jr. Collection includes VPI publications, school papers/notes/notebooks, ephemera, and photographs of William F. Drumeller, a student and cadet at VPI from 1942-1943 and 1946-1949.

Dates: 1942 - 1953

Warren D. Drumheller Paper

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1963-004
Abstract

The collection consists of a paper, "A Storage Analog Computer to Solve Polynormal Equations," which won "Best Student Paper" for the Region 3 competition of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Inc., in 1963.

Dates: 1963

John E. Duberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-056
Scope and Contents Aeronautical engineer, NASA administrator. Received B.S. at Manhattan College (1938); M.S., Virginia Tech (1940); Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Illinois (1948). Aeronautical research scientist, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1943-46 and 1948-1952); research engineer, Standard Oil Company (1948); chief, structural research division, NACA (1952-1956); research engineer, Aeroneutronics Systems (1956-1957); professor of structural engineering, University of...
Dates: 1940 - 1980

James Frederick Dudley Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1949-002
Abstract

The collection contains programs, clippings, and fliers from organizations in which Dudley participated while a student at VPI, including the Dramatic Club, the Bugle, the Tech Minstrels, the Southwestern Virginia Chemical Club, and the YMCA.

Dates: 1927 - 1929

William A. Duerr Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-006
Abstract

The collection contains extracts, reprints and typescripts of scientific reports on forestry, authored or co-authored by William A. Duerr, professor of Forestry at Virginia Tech, 1972-1980.

Dates: 1934 - 1987

Earle D. Gregory cadet portrait 1923

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1972-004_cadetportrait1923

Earle D. Gregory cadet portrait with war medals, 1920

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1972-004_cadetportrait1920