University History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 666 Collections and/or Records:
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-017
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ? first capes in 1897
Color: navy blue with raspberry liner
Material: [wool felt] lining [wool]
Manufacturer:
Condition: a few small holes and stains appear in the liner
Special Markings: black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket, only after looking closer do you realize the “pockets” are holes to the inside of the cape. Inside on the bottom right-hand corner of the liner was what appears...
Dates:
n.d. (not before 1897)
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-001
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ? (older, manufacturer tag different)
Color: navy blue with red wine colored liner
Material: [wool felt]/lining [wool]
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, VB Kelsey Supt.
Donor:
Condition: poor condition, holes in lining and exterior material, some have been sewn up, lining deteriorating in places
Special Markings: Black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket,...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-002
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? Color: dark blue/almost black exterior, red lining, black collar Material: collar and lining velvet, [cotton] exterior Manufacturer: ? Donor: Condition: good Special Markings: single blue metal clasp at the collar, black cord [frog] just below the collar, bottom of exterior and lining hemmed under, label (?)
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-003
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ?
Color: navy blue with dull red lining
Material: [wool felt]/[wool] lining
Manufacturer: ?
Donor:
Condition: [frog] discolored, hem coming unsewn where it had been doubled up, right button missing under collar, label missing, stains on lining
Special Markings: single hook clasp at the collar, just below hook is a black cord loop, above hook and under collar is a separate piece of material which can fasten to buttons on the underside of the right and or left...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Class of 1917 Reunion Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-023
Abstract
The VPI Class of 1917 Reunion Letters contains two letters enclosed in an envelope dated February 20, 1931 announcing the dates of the 1917 class reunion. It also contains a questionnaire for the alumnus to fill out and return to the school.
Dates:
1931-02-20
VPI Coat with Attached Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-013
Scope and Content
Item: coat with attached cape (VPI)
Date: 1938 (?)
Color: Navy blue with black lining in coat and red lining under the cape
Material: wool felt (?) for exterior of coat and lining under cape, the lining in the coat is cotton (?) except in sleeves. (?)
Manufacturer: Label located inside of interior pocket has a picture of an eagle on a shield and reads: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, Uniform Department
Donor:
Condition: fair, no hem on the bottom (may never have been one)...
Dates:
1938?
VPI Corps of Cadets on the steps of the Festival Hall at the World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri,
Collection
Identifier: Art-325
VPI Dog Doll
Collection
Identifier: Artifact-006
Abstract
The VPI Dog Doll is a maroon doll with the letters "VPI" on its side in orange.
Dates:
ca. 1940s