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Memorabilia

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Collected objects of various kinds with historical, personal, or locational interest, used generally.

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Jesse Heard VAMC Buttons

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-010
Abstract

This collection consists of six uniform buttons belonging to Jesse T. Heard, who attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1887.

Dates: 1887

James William McClelland V.P.I. Tableware

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact-040
Abstract The James William McClelland V.P.I. Tableware collection consists of one small plate, one medium sized plate, and a tea/coffee cup. The small plate is white with a maroon wreath in the center. In the middle of the wreath in yellow is a "VPI" overlapping letter logo with two crossing guns beneath it. Stamped into the bottom of the plate is "GREENWOOD CHINA TRENTON N.J." The medium sized plate is also white in color with "V.P.I.' printed on the rim of the plate in an...
Dates: c.1902-1904

Jane F. Simmons V.P.I. Jewelry

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact-059
Abstract

This collection consists of jewelry from th 1930s, previously belonging to Jane F. Simmons, that relates to V.P.I.

Dates: c.1930s

L.D. Simmons VPI Richmond Club Pendant

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact-060
Abstract

This collection consists a VPI Richmond Club Pendant, previously belonging to L.D. Simmons.

Dates: n.d.

Ernest Bane Lewey Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-011
Scope and Contents

Pulaski County, Virginia. VPI class of 1927. Collection consists of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Chemistry notebook dated April 11, 1924; Ironclad Composition Book with English class notes c. 1924-25; VPI Athletic Association season ticket book no. 612 for 1926-27; checkbook for Farmers and Merchant Bank of Blacksburg with entries for March and April 1927.

Dates: 1924 - 1927

Violet Robinson Merchant Papers,

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-012
Scope and Contents

Graduate of Virginia Tech, Bachelors of Business Administration, 1941. Collection consists of a newspaper clipping, a cotillion club invitation, a VPI playbill, a football schedule, and a hand-drawn Valentine card from fellow VPI graduate, Bill Gearhart.

Dates: 1940 - 1953

Richard W. Neale Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-029
Abstract

The Richard W. Neale Collection contains two souvenir programs from the 1932 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) football season, with opponents University of Georgia and University of Maryland.

Dates: 1932

Greenwood H. Nowlin, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1962-008
Abstract

This collection contains five photographs, thirteen stereo views, a leather bound pocket notepad, and twenty receipts covering Greenwood H. Nowlin Jr.'s time at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech).

Dates: 1896 - 1898

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

R. K. Allison, Jr. Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact-031
Abstract This collection consists of a V.P.I. belt buckle and a Christian symbol medallion. The belt buckle is a rectangular shape with horizontal stripes. In the center of the buckle is a circular logo with the V.P.I. seal. Surrounding the seal in curved text is "VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE" AND "UT PROSIM" right below the seal. A half circle floral motif curves from the bottom of the buckle. Small triangle cut outs on either side of the seal. Pin closure system on the back of the...
Dates: n.d.