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University History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 730 Collections and/or Records:

Wilson E. Schmidt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-010
Abstract

Professional correspondence, subject files, and writings of Wilson E. Schmidt, professor of economics at Virginia Tech (1966-1981), together with articles and reports, both published and unpublished, by other economists.

Dates: 1934 - 1981

Werner J. Scholz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-003
Abstract

The Werner J. Scholz Collection, 1911-1915, contains a VPI program, note, artificial flower, and portraits collected by Werner J. Scholz and related to Mrs. Patti Bramlet Hill. Werner Joseph Scholz attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in Applied Chemistry in 1913. Scholz died from pneumonia at his parents' home in Roanoke, Virginia, in June 1915. He was engaged to Patti Bramlet at the time of his death.

Dates: 1911 - 1915

Charles Sears Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-027
Abstract

Audiocassette tape contains an oral history interview with Virginia Tech Professor Charles Sears, conducted by John Straw, University Archivist. Sears discusses the history of the Virginia Tech Geology Department (today the Department of Geosciences), where he served as a professor and founded the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.

Dates: 1988

Felix Sebba Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-008
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of materials concerning Felix Sebba's research into the uses of aphrons and other foams from 1979 to 1989. Materials include correspondence, notes on research, and both published and unpublished papers.

Dates: 1979 - 1989

Seymour Robb, Portrait

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-109
Scope and Contents

Photographic portrait, Seymour Robb (1901-1961) Library Director (1947-1961)

Dates: n.d.

George Green Shackelford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-008
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, research files, project files, and manuscripts of George Green Shackelford, professor of history at Virginia Tech from 1954-1986.

Dates: 1899 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1989

George Green Shackelford Student Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-006
Abstract

The collection contains student papers from Dr. George Green Shackelford's Historic Preservation classes at Virginia Tech, spanning 1963-1989.

Dates: 1963 - 1989

Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-097
Abstract The Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection consists of a variety of materials, which range in dates from 1872 to 1977. The collection includes photographs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia, printed materials, such as coupons, advertisements, and pamphlets, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondences, diplomas, certificates, family papers, ephemera, publications, newspaper pages, newspaper clippings, calling cards, pay stubs, church offering stubs, and additional materials collected by the...
Dates: 1872-1977

George Myron Shear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-006
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers--including correspondence and published writings--of Virginia Tech plant pathologist and physiologist George Myron Shear. It includes correspondence with the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.

Dates: 1927 - 1986

Billy G. Shelton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1961-004
Abstract

The collection includes two photographs from 1962 of Shelton receiving an "Outstanding Trainee" certificate for his basic training company at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It also includes a letter from the Fort Jackson Commanding General to VPI President Walter S. Newman about Shelton's award.

Dates: 1962