University Archives
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "University History," too.
Found in 333 Collections and/or Records:
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-003
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ?
Color: navy blue with dull red lining
Material: [wool felt]/[wool] lining
Manufacturer: ?
Donor:
Condition: [frog] discolored, hem coming unsewn where it had been doubled up, right button missing under collar, label missing, stains on lining
Special Markings: single hook clasp at the collar, just below hook is a black cord loop, above hook and under collar is a separate piece of material which can fasten to buttons on the underside of the right and or left...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-001
Scope and Content
Item: cape (VPI)
Date: ? (older, manufacturer tag different)
Color: navy blue with red wine colored liner
Material: [wool felt]/lining [wool]
Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, VB Kelsey Supt.
Donor:
Condition: poor condition, holes in lining and exterior material, some have been sewn up, lining deteriorating in places
Special Markings: Black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket,...
Dates:
n.d.
VPI Coat with Attached Cape,
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-013
Scope and Content
Item: coat with attached cape (VPI)
Date: 1938 (?)
Color: Navy blue with black lining in coat and red lining under the cape
Material: wool felt (?) for exterior of coat and lining under cape, the lining in the coat is cotton (?) except in sleeves. (?)
Manufacturer: Label located inside of interior pocket has a picture of an eagle on a shield and reads: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, Uniform Department
Donor:
Condition: fair, no hem on the bottom (may never have been one)...
Dates:
1938?
VT Alumni Bag
Collection
Identifier: Textile-2021-002
Abstract
The VT Alumni Bag is a white tote bag printed with the university logo of the pylons and "1872" and the words "Virginia Tech Alumni."
Dates:
ca. 1990s
Records of War Memorial Chapel
Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-03-09
Abstract
The Records of War Memorial Chapel contain architectural records, posters, photographs, and prints pertaining to Virginia Tech’s War Memorial Chapel - including the Memorial Court, pylons, and cenotaph - and its construction in the 1950s and early 1960s. There are also a few pamphlets detailing the dedication and commemoration of the chapel, as well as records from the chapel after it was opened.
Dates:
1949-1985, 2001, undated
William Bradford Alwood
Collection
Identifier: Art-167
Scope and Contents
William Bedford Alwood (1859-1946); painted from photograph
Dates:
1938
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