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University History

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 449 Collections and/or Records:

E. C. Wiley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-006
Abstract

The collection includes a letter to Wiley regarding a job offer (1904), a letter and receipt to Mrs. Wiley regarding the return of a fox fur (1907), and two pieces of letterhead from Wiley's business used as scratch paper.

Dates: 1904, 1907, n.d.

William Bradford Alwood

 Collection
Identifier: Art-167
Scope and Contents

William Bedford Alwood (1859-1946); painted from photograph

Dates: 1938 - 1938

William E. Lavery, Portrait

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-124
Scope and Contents

VTF 3092

Dates: n.d.

William MacFarland Patton Papers, 1896 (Ms1954-001)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1954-001
Dates: 1896

John Edward Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-005
Abstract

Papers of John Edward Williams, professor of mathematics (1903-1924) and dean of the college (1924-1943) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Includes class notes taken by Williams as a graduate student at the University of Virginia; notes and solutions for various mathematical problems; texts of Williams' speeches; printed articles by Williams and others; diplomas and membership certificates.

Dates: 1892 - 1940

Woman Playing Basketball, V.P.I.

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-139
Scope and Contents

no VTF; artist Alen Roth? A. Enroth?

Dates: n.d.

Daniel E. Wright Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-007
Abstract

Collection contains materials dealing with the Panama Canal, the public health activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Public Health Service, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Also includes correspondence to and from Daniel E. Wright while a colonel on the staff of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and at the U.S. Middle Eastern Command Headquarters in Cairo, as well as photographs from his travels.

Dates: 1903 - 1973

Rufus J. Wysor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-008
Abstract

The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.

Dates: 1889, 1904-1905

Harold N. Young Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-007
Abstract

The collection includes papers by Young relating to education in Virginia, as well as an original poem.

Dates: 1938 - 1966