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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 730 Collections and/or Records:

Records of the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Department of Religion and Culture

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-21
Abstract The Department of Philosophy and Religion was formed in 1955, splitting into the departments of Philosophy and of Religion in 1983. The latter became the Religious Studies Program in 1994-1995, then the Department of Religion and Culture in 2009. This collection contains the records of these departments from 1960-2016. Materials include five-year departmental reviews, research, degree and grant proposals, course offerings, newletters, information on guest speakers and faculty members, and...
Dates: 1960 - 2016

H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-050
Abstract

The H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship is a report card for Phlegar from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in October 1882. The report is signed by V. E. Shephard, secretary of the faculty at the college.

Dates: 1882

Photograph, Mark Weber, Keith McIlhenny, n.d. (Ms2014-010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_PhotographKeithMcIlhenny_nd

Pillsbury Uniform,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-2015-001

Sarah Pitt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-018
Abstract

The collection contains papers relating to the Sarah Pitt and includes newsletters, newspaper articles, radio broadcasts, pageant script, and notebooks.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Records of the Pittsylvania Club

 Collection
Identifier: RG-31-01-13
Abstract

This collection contains a minute book belonging to the Pittsylvania Club, which was founded in 1894 at Virginia Agrivultural and Mechanical College. The minutes primarily include information about the election of new members and the election of officers.

Dates: 1893 - 1909

Pledge Form, Lambda Horizon, n.d. (Ms2014-1010)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2014-010_WeberMark_BowlingforBusShelters_nd

Dan H. Pletta Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-006
Abstract

The Dan H. Pletta Papers includes treatises, transcripts of talks and correspondence dealing with all aspects of the field of engineering, but especially with the role of education in producing a professional engineer, qualifications for practice, the public purpose of engineering, ethics, and whistleblowing. Pletta (1903-1996) was professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech (1932-1972) and department head from 1958-1970.

Dates: 1942 - 1996

Herbert Reed Pollard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-028
Abstract

This collection contains three items collected by Herbert Reed Pollard, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and related to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Corps of Cadets, including a 1933 ROTC dinner program, a photograph of the 1934 officers of the Corps' Company E, and a photocopied newspaper clipping of the Corps marching in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1933 - 1934

Portrait of Edward Spencer

 Item — Object 1
Identifier: Art-367
Abstract

This is a portrait of Edward Spencer, Vice President of Student Affairs from 2008-2012. Spencer worked in various positions in the Division of Student Affairs from 1983 until his retirement in 2012. The portrait is a framed oil painting, created by artist Christian M. Brahe, in 2014.

Dates: 2014