University History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Burns Haldane Begg Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1963-005
Abstract
The collection contains a VPI honor list for 1897-1898, a 1948 Chi Epsilon dinner program, a 1962 list of living alumni who attended VAMC prior to 1900, a 1926 silver tray, and a 1933 trophy.
Dates:
1898, 1926, 1933, 1948, 1962
Robert A. Belz Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-105
Abstract
The collection contains the personal and academic papers of Robert A. Belz, a 1939 Virginia Tech alumni who graduated with a bachelors degree in industrial engineering. Materials range from 1869-1962, however, a majority of the works are from the 1930s-1940s or undated. Several oversized folders accompany the collection and hold technical drawings, newspapers, coupon bonds, posters, and his diploma. In addition to school work for math, business, humanities, and science courses, the...
Dates:
1869, 1911-1962, n.d.
Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-026
Abstract
The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project was a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the Virginia Tech University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, background and biographical information, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black female students and employees at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the...
Dates:
ca. 1967-2000; Majority of material found within ( 1994-2000)
Blacksburg Sewage Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-012
Abstract
This collection contains documents and letters relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg, Virginia. The letters in this collection are all about the sewage system in Blacksburg and most were sent to Dr. Walter Newman, President of Virginia Tech, and John Barringer, Mayor of Blacksburg. The other documents in this collection include committee reports, information on sewage projects, a water ordinance, and other documents relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg. Also, a petition made to...
Dates:
1946-1948, n.d.
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-018
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in the military department. Received 25 September 1975, note attached says Trapp 1960.BLUE BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Holes in collar where gold pins had been, stitching left in the inside back of the collar where button had been. Holes in the back of lower sleeve underneath black...
Dates:
1960s
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-019
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse/trousers
Date: 1960’s
Uniform left in military department, received in spec 25 September 1975BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/ black lining
Material: [wool blend] [satin] black lining
Manufacturer: Blacksburg VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department
Condition: Snags on the collar where pins had been. Seams and stitching slightly unraveling around collar. Holes under the black strip on both sleeves where [bottom] [chord holder] had been.
Special...
Dates:
1960s
Blue Blouse and Trousers,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-011
Scope and Content
Item: blue blouse and trousers
Date: ?
Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers
Material: wool blend/ black satin (?) lining blouse/ trousers have off white cotton (?) lining around waist and for pockets
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, Blacksburg VA
Donor:
Condition: fair, stitching in blouse liner is undone in a few places, three buttons on inside of collar missing (center one replaced with a white plastic button), looks as if a metal was ripped off...
Dates:
n.d.
Records of the Office of Vice-President and the Office of Executive Vice-President, Warren W. Brandt
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-04
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Warren W. Brandt in his capacity as Vice-President of Academic Affairs (1966-1968). However, it also includes many of his files from his period as Executive Vice-President (1968-1969) as well as material from his term as Vice-President and Dean of the Graduate School (1963-1965). There is material and correspondence concerning budget matters, Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and Math, Corps of Cadets, the Dean...
Dates:
1958 - 1969
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:
1872 - 1947
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.