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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 725 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Barnes Ware Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-043
Abstract

The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware (1914-1944) to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.

Dates: 1935, 1946

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

"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-020
Abstract

This collection contains a spiral bound photo book that contains photographs of Kentland Plantation and surrounding areas. This collection also contains a sheet of paper, probably from a scrapbook, with photographs of Kentland and Walnut Spring. Kentland Farm is located in nothern Montgomery County, Virginia, and was formed in the early 1800s by James Randal Kent.

Dates: ca. 1900s

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.

Erwin Hoge Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-004
Abstract

The collection consists of materials regarding the professional, civic, and personal activities of Erwin Hoge Will.

Dates: 1918 - 1973

William Bradford Alwood

 Collection
Identifier: Art-167
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1938