University History
Found in 733 Collections and/or Records:
F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor
The F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor was a letter written by Miles in Blacksburg, Virginia, on July 18, 1889, to Wysor in Dublin, Virginia. The letter details an insurance payment to Wysor and is written on Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) letterhead. Miles (1860-1890) was a professor of chemistry and geology at the college, while Wysor (1847-1927) was an agent for the New-York Life Insurance Company.
Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings, 1978-2000 (Ms1991-025)
Records of the Virginia Tech Chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS)
This collection contains the records of Randolph Grayson on the Virginia Tech student chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), dating from 1992 through 2014. Materials include scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, and general information about the organization, divided into five series.
Robert Edward Minshall Papers
The Robert Edward Minshall Papers, 1909-1943, contains photographs, postcards, and programs from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Minshall graduated from VPI in 1913 and taught civil engineering at Penn State.
Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr., Collection
Montgomery County, Virginia, Planning Study
Draft of Montgomery County, Virginia, planning study prepared by first-year graduate students in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Urban and Regional Planning, with topics including land use and misuse, transportation, commerce, employment, political aspects, non-urban lands, shopping distribution, county government, and financial implementation.
Robert G. Moore Collection
The Robert G. Moore Collection, 1910-1925, contains school notes and notebooks, correspondence, engineering drawings, memorabilia, newspaper articles, and his diploma from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). The collection was compiled by Moore (1897-1925), a 1922 VPI graduate.
Robert G. Moore Photo Album
The collection contains a student handbook, newspaper articles, and a photo album of scenes on the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) campus from 1918-1919, many of which are clearly identified. The collection was compiled by Robert G. Moore (1897-1925), a 1922 VPI graduate.
Henry M. Morris Papers,
This collection contains papers relating to Morris's career as a hydraulic engineer and his position as director of the Institute for Creation Research. The materials date from 1937 to 1999 and include course materials (exams, notes), his M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation, publications, technical reports, correspondence concerning such topics as hydraulic engineering and soil mechanics, and publications and pamphlets from the Institute of Creation Research.
Wayne Morse Letter
This collection contains a brief letter from Oregon Senator Morse, dated March 31, 1947, on U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services letterhead stationery, to Paul H. Farrier, Director of Admissions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.