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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-001
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...
Dates: 1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)

Records of the Office of the President, John Redd Hutcheson

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-09
Abstract The Records of the Office of the President, John Redd Hutcheson consist of correspondence and records, from 1917 to 1962. This collection contains official records from Hutcheson's tenure as president of VPI as well as his personal papers. John R. Hutcheson graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1907 and a M.S. in 1909. He later received a PhD from Clemson College in 1937. Hutcheson was employed as...
Dates: 1917 - 1962

Records of the Office of the Associate Provost, Patricia Hyer

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-05-01-10a
Abstract

This collection contains materials from Patricia Hyer's tenure as Associate Provost at Virginia Tech, covering such subjects as inclusion and diversity, women's issues, the AdvanceVT program, and strategic planning. The collection also includes some biographical information.

Dates: 1937 - 2013

Insurance Survey of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-029
Scope and Contents Insurance Survey of the buildings of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, prepared in 1931 by Charles Lunsford & Sons, Roanoke, Va.; Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pa.; and F. Wharton Baker, engineer. Collection consists of 88 photographs and of buildings, faculty dwellings, barns, and storage lots at Virginia Polytechnic Institute covered by the policy; recommendations for coverage and for fire protection of these buildings; estimated insurable value...
Dates: 1931

Invitation, AIDS Education Forum, Lambda Horizon, February 28, 1986/March 1, 1986 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_InvitationAIDSForumBall_1986_0228
Dates: 1986-02-28/1984-03-01

Invitation, Lambda Horizon Halloween Party, November 1, 1986 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_InvitationHalloweenParty_1986_1101

Invitation, Lambda Horizon, Tea Dance, n.d. (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_InvitationSundayFestivities_nd

Invitation, Lambda Horizon, Wine & Cheese Social, December 6, 1985 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_InvitationWineCheeseSocial_1985_1206

John Paul Jackson Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2005-015
Scope and Contents

Student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the class of 1924. Papers consist of materials from John Paul Jackson's student days, including a Solar Ephemeris for 1922, a notebook for a course in Structures, Physical Laboratory Reports, and a color postal card of Shirley Mason.

Dates: c.1922

Henry Morgan Jacocks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-008
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Henry Morgan Jacocks, graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1900), assistant superintendent at Mathieson Alkali Works (Saltville, Virginia), independent businessman, and Virginia State Highway Department employee. Correspondence, trade catalogs, instructional booklets, blueprints, and drawings from Jacocks' years at Mathieson Alkali Works. Also includes a set of drafting standards for the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company and several photographs.

Dates: 1898 - 1919