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Subject Source: Local sources

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

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Carol M. Newman, Jr. Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-004
Abstract Papers of Carol Montgomery Newman, Jr., a graduate of Virginia Tech (BS in biology, 1931), writer and editor for The New Yorker (1949-1972), and Virginia Tech Department of English faculty member (1934-1949, 1972-1975). Includes correspondence relating to The New Yorker, including letters and notes from Charles Addams, Louis Auchincloss, S.J. Perelman, J. D. Salinger, and William Shawn; other materials relating to the magazine,...
Dates: 1930 - 1987

Carol M. Newman Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-003
Abstract

Papers of Carol M. Newman, professor of English at Virginia Tech (1903-1941) and secretary of the university's athletic council (1914-1939). Includes correspondence, awards and honors, Athletic Council files, speeches and essays, examination questions, and subject files on Virginia Tech, language and literature.

Dates: 1897 - 1958

J. Preston Newman Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-016
Abstract

The collection includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, a librarian at Virginia Tech/

Dates: 1910-1975, n.d.

Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-10
Abstract The Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman (1895 to 1978) span the years 1947 to 1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1947 to 1961. The collection consists primarily of Newman's General Correspondence. Also included, and interfiled with general correspondence, are budget requests and statements, financial reports, enrollment statistics, architects' contracts, audits, commencement and inaugural ephemera, statements to the Federal Power Commission, a few...
Dates: 1947 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1961

Office of the Vice-President Records, Walter S. Newman

 Collection
Identifier: RG-03-01
Abstract

Walter Stephenson Newman (1895-1978) was the first individual to hold the office of Vice-President at Virginia Tech. His tenure began 15 May 1946 but only lasted until 1 September 1947, when he became the tenth president of Virginia Tech, serving from 1947 to 1962. This small collection consists of correspondence concerning curriculum revisions, letters from and replies to other colleges on various matters, and copies of memoranda to faculty and department heads.

Dates: 1946 - 1947

E. B. Norris Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-103
Abstract

E.B. Norris was Dean of Engineering at VPI from 1928-1952, and his papers include reports concerning the agriculture and engineering departments, reports on individual development, newspaper clippings, catalogues, brochures, and correspondence, particularly regarding then-President Burruss.

Dates: 1928-1955, n.d.

Nuclear Pioneers: Conference on Nuclear Developments, Videotapes and Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-004
Scope and Content Collection consists of seven videotapes recorded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (or Virginia Tech) in August 1991 of interviews with six nuclear pioneers: Sigvard Eklund, Bertrand Goldschmidt, Robert E. Marshak, Glenn T. Seaborg, Gerald F. Tape, and Herbert F. York. Five of the tapes cover four main topics in nuclear history during the period from about 1945 through 1965: weapons and the arms race, civilian vs. military control in post-World War II United States,...
Dates: 1991 - 1991

Office of Academic Affairs Records,

 Collection
Identifier: RG-05-01-02-00
Scope and Content This collection consists primarily of correspondence and records from the Office of Academic Affairs at Virginia Tech. The bulk is from Malpass' tenure as Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1968-1974), but there also are materials from Alfred H. Krebs' tenure as director of Summer School and as Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs under Malpass and from Donald C. Darnton's tenure as Director of Special Programs, which also was under the Office of Academic Affairs. There also are...
Dates: 1961 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1976

Louis O'Shaughnessy Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1987-052
Scope and Content

Collection includes grade reports for O’Shaughnessy from a public school in Ohio, cancelled checks signed by G. Thomas Surface (a VPI professor in 1895), fourteen postcards of campus scenes, and an 1894 Maury Literary Society Debate Program.

Dates: 1890 - 1910

Bernard L. Parsons Papers and Photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-053
Scope and Content

Collection includes pamphlets, books and reports relating to soil erosion, land drainage, and other agricultural issues.

Dates: 1918 - 1942