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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 730 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Lindsay West Papers

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

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-020
Abstract This collection contains a spiral bound photograph album entitled "Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" 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 northern Montgomery County, Virginia, and was formed in the early 1800s by James Randal Kent. Margaret Kent Cowan (1905-1992) was the...
Dates: ca. 1900s
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / "Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" Photograph Album

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.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / E. C. Wiley Papers

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
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Erwin Hoge Will Papers

William Bradford Alwood

 Collection
Identifier: Art-167
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1938
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / William Bradford Alwood

William E. Lavery, Portrait

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-124
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / William E. Lavery, Portrait

William MacFarland Patton Papers, 1896 (Ms1954-001)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1954-001
Dates: 1896
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Records of the Dean of the College, John E. Williams

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-11-02
Abstract This collection contains several series of documents related to Professor John E. Williams's (1867-1943) service as Dean of the College for Virginia Tech between 1924 and 1943. They include correspondence with businesses, governmental organizations, parents, alumni, and other administration members of Virginia Tech. Also included are lists of statistics on enrollment, student organization and university finances, scholarships, as well as reports on the honor and "rat" system. Williams was...
Dates: 1920 - 1940
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Records of the Dean of the College, John E. Williams

John Edward Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of John Edward Williams (1867-1943), professor of mathematics (1903-1924) and Dean of the College (1924-1943) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Materials include class notes taken by Williams as a graduate student at the University of Virginia; notes and solutions for various mathematical problems; texts of Williams' speeches; printed articles by Williams and others; and diplomas and membership certificates.

Dates: 1892 - 1940
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / John Edward Williams Papers

Lila Vernon Williamson Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2000-001
Scope and Contents

Williamson's (class of 1941) bound and unbound notebooks from Artistic Photography class. Negatives and prints mainly of Virginia Tech scenes.

Dates: c.1937-1941
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Lila Vernon Williamson Papers

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