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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "University History," too.

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Beulah O. Allen Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-002
Abstract The Beulah O. Allen Collection contains a variety of materials from Allen's life. Her papers contain correspondence with a variety of friends and associates, primarily Lucy Lee Lancaster, the first female graduate from Virginia Tech. In addition, the collection also contains Virginia Tech Commencement programs, Cotillion Club Dance programs, resources related to the Virginia Tech Library, newspaper clippings about the construction of the new Newman Library, and a large collection of...
Dates: 1905 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Beulah O. Allen Collection,

Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-017
Abstract

The Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, Ms 2019-017, contains items from former VPI President McBryde. Before becoming the fifth president of the university, McBryde attended South Carolina College, the University of Virginia, and served in the confederate army. McBryde recieved medals from South Carolina College and UVA as well as gifts during his presidency which are included in this collection.

Dates: 1911-1913
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family

Records of the Office of the President, Paul B. Barringer

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-06
Scope and Content This collection contains mainly incoming and outgoing correspondence (1907-1913) concerning college activities and issues of Barringer's administration. Topics include academic standards; hazing; Hog Cholera outbreak (1908); fires; prohibition; water/sewage system; refrigeration plant; and advantages and dangers of football. A few letters from Barringer are to United States presidents: Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; and Woodrow Wilson. Also included with the collection are the...
Dates: 1900 - 1914
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Records of the Office of the President, Paul B. Barringer

W. R. Beazley Notebooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-2005-023
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / W. R. Beazley Notebooks

Blue Blouse and Trousers,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-011
Scope and Content Item: blue blouse and trousers Date: ? Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers Material: wool blend/ black satin (?) lining blouse/ trousers have off white cotton (?) lining around waist and for pockets Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, Blacksburg VA Donor: Condition: fair, stitching in blouse liner is undone in a few places, three buttons on inside of collar missing (center one replaced with a white plastic button), looks as if a metal was ripped off...
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Blue Blouse and Trousers,

Albert M. Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-122
Abstract

Albert Brown graduated from Virginia Tech in 1938 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. The collection consists of Virginia Tech memorabilia and class assignments from Brown's time at Virginia Tech. Materials date from 1930 through 1938.

Dates: 1930 - 1938
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Albert M. Brown Collection

Records of the Office of the President, Julian A. Burruss

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-08
Abstract

The bulk of the collection contains correspondence concerning Julian Ashby Burruss' tenure as president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as well as lecture notes, reports to the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, and Experiment Station reports.

Dates: 1906 - 1946
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Records of the Office of the President, Julian A. Burruss

Cadet Hats,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-2000-003
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Cadet Hats,

Cadet Uniform,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-010
Scope and Content Item: cadet uniform Desc: cadet blouse and trousers Date: ? Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers Material: blouse: wool blend with black satin (?), trousers: white cotton waist band and pockets Manufacturer: Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Uniform Department Donor: Condition: good, three buttons missing from inside of collar, small mend on back of blouse; back left pocket stained inside and worn Special Markings: Black stripe trim. Two stripes up back. Black plastic...
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Cadet Uniform,

Cadet Uniform Hardware and Insignia

 Collection
Identifier: Textile-2025-004
Abstract The Cadet Uniform Hardware and Insignia collection consists of three separate donations of hardware and insignias. Five identicial gold V.A.M.C. buttons belonged to Frank H. Terry and are from 1877-1879. In the center of the buttons is the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College seal. Curving around the edges of the buttons is the text "VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE." Thirteen V.P.I. buttons from a Corp Cadet overcoat are from c.1926-1930 and...
Dates: c.1877-1948
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Cadet Uniform Hardware and Insignia

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