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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 673 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Ralph Minthorne Brown, Virginia Tech head librarian (1926-1947), amateur historian and naturalist. It includes materials on Virginia Tech and local history, including typed transcripts of sources gathered for an intended history of Virginia Tech. Also included are Brown's Blacksburg ornithological and weather observations, a bibliography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and other writings.

Dates: 1925 - 1944

Budget Request, Lambda Horizon, March 1987 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_BudgetRequests_1987_03

Budget Request, Lambda Horizon, October 1986 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_BudgetRequests_1986_10

Budget Requests, Lambda Horizon, January 1986 (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_BudgetRequests_1986_01

Charles Burchard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-048
Abstract The Charles Burchard Collection includes personal and professional correspondence, architectural drawings from private practice work, publications, subject files, administrative papers relating to Burchard's teaching at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (1946-1953), as a senior partner at A.M. Kinney and Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio (1953-1963), and from his tenure as dean of the College of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
Dates: 1935-1989, n.d.

J. A. Burke, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-076
Abstract

This collection contains materials dated from 1936-1938 and 1942-1947 relating to Jerry Allen Burke, Jr.: class notes and reports from his time spent as a student at Virginia Tech as well as papers, correspondence, and technical drawings from his work in private business and in the U.S. Navy.

Dates: 1936-1938, 1942-1947

Records of the Office of the President, Julian A. Burruss

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-08
Abstract

The bulk of the collection contains correspondence concerning Julian Ashby Burruss' tenure as president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as well as lecture notes, reports to the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, and Experiment Station reports.

Dates: 1906 - 1946

Doug Burton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2020-001
Abstract

This collection contains Doug Burton's papers and memorabilia from a Pratt-funded Virginia Tech engineering trip to the USSR and Finland taken in March 1979. It primarily consists of VT trip handouts, maps, a newspaper, Moscow Olympics souvenirs, some books, and a transcript of Doug Burton's diary.

Dates: 1962, 1977-1979; Majority of material found within ( 1978-1979)

Patrick H. Butler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-015
Abstract

The Patrick H. Butler Collection includes materials from 1911-1990. The collection contains personal papers and photographs relating to Butler’s tenure as a Virginia Tech student and his alumni relationship with the university.

Dates: 1911 - 1990

C. P. "Sally" Miles, Portrait

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Art-138
Scope and Contents

C.P. 'Sally' Miles, Director of Athletics and Graduate Manager - 25 years

Dates: n.d.