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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 708 Collections and/or Records:

Directory of Administrators and New Faculty 1998 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-004
Abstract

The collection consists of one-page vitas and photographs of administrators and new faculty in 1988 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Dates: 1988

Document, Proposal to Establish a Pride Resource Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., March 31, 2015 (RG 8/16)

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG08_16_Proposal_to_Establish_A_Pride_Resource_Center_at_Virginia_Tech_2015_03_31

Peter C. Dodge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-012
Abstract

The collection contains VT student memorabilia, ca. 1938-1948.

Dates: ca. 1938-1948

David S. Doggett Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-004
Abstract

The collection contains David S. Doggett's letters to his father in Richmond, Virginia, from 1912-1915, while he was a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1912-1915, n.d.

Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr. Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-019
Abstract

Daily 1947 diary of Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr., assistant director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1946-1948 (and previous director, 1916-1946), mentioning people and events associated with the experiment station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Blacksburg, Virginia.

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, 1942-1953, includes Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) publications, school papers (including notes and notebooks), ephemera, and photographs of 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