University History

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.

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

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?

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

VPI Poster

Collection — Object 1

Identifier: Art-351

Dates: 1942 - 1942

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Walter S. Newman, Sr.

Collection — Frame 1

Identifier: Art-163

Scope and Contents

no VTF

Dates: n.d.

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Joseph F. Ware Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-022

Abstract

The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1920

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Warm Hearth Village Records,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2007-002

Abstract

This collection contains documents related to the establishment and building of Warm Hearth Village a retirement community in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1974 - 1982

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Mark A. Weber Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2014-010

Abstract

The Mark A. Weber Papers include minutes, correspondence, constitution, handouts, notes, and newspaper and magazine articles concerning the Virginia Tech gay and lesbian student organization, Lambda Horizon, from 1971-1991, also included are class projcts, photographs, and videos from Weber's time as a student at Virginia Tech, 1983-1987.

Dates: 1971 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1989

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech