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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 694 Collections and/or Records:

Records of War Memorial Chapel

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-03-09
Abstract

The Records of War Memorial Chapel contain architectural records, posters, photographs, and prints pertaining to Virginia Tech’s War Memorial Chapel - including the Memorial Court, pylons, and cenotaph - and its construction in the 1950s and early 1960s. There are also a few pamphlets detailing the dedication and commemoration of the chapel, as well as records from the chapel after it was opened.

Dates: 1949-1985, 2001, undated

Joseph F. Ware Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-022
Abstract

The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1920

Warm Hearth Village Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-002
Abstract

This collection contains documents related to the establishment and building of Warm Hearth Village, a retirement community in Blacksburg, Virginia, founded by former Virginia Tech professor Wybe Kroontje and his wife Marietje.

Dates: 1974 - 1982

Mark A. Weber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-010
Abstract

The Mark A. Weber Papers include minutes, correspondence, constitution, handouts, notes, and newspaper and magazine articles concerning the Virginia Tech gay and lesbian student organization, Lambda Horizon, from 1971-1991, also included are class projcts, photographs, and videos from Weber's time as a student at Virginia Tech, 1983-1987.

Dates: 1971 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1989

Kendall Weisiger Speech

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-055
Abstract

The collection contains an excerpt from a speech given by Kendall Weisiger to the faculty at the University of Georgia, c. 1930s.

Dates: c. 1930s

James R. Werth Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1957-003
Abstract

This collection contains two letters to James R. Werth from friends in 1902 and 1903.

Dates: 1902 - 1903

Lindsay West Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-013
Scope and Contents The Lindsay West Papers span the years 1975-1996. The bulk of the collection is comprised of subject files West kept while she was serving on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors in southwest Virginia. These files contain inter- and intra- office county government correspondence and memos, legal opinions, government documents, reports and studies, many of which include maps; and clippings. Most of the correspondence and documents are photocopies of county government documents...
Dates: 1975 - 1996

E. C. Wiley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-006
Abstract

The collection includes a letter to E.C. Wiley regarding a job offer (1904), a letter and receipt to Mrs. Wiley regarding the return of a fox fur (1907), and two pieces of letterhead from Wiley's business used as scratch paper.

Dates: 1904, 1907, n.d.

William Bradford Alwood

 Collection
Identifier: Art-167
Scope and Contents

William Bedford Alwood (1859-1946); painted from photograph

Dates: 1938