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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Used for the years 1872-1895

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Charles L. C. Minor Cash Book and Edward P. Harmon Civil War Diary, 1860-1864 (Ms2008-081)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-081_MinorHarmon_Diary_1860-1864
Dates: 1860 - 1864

Edward Travis Clark Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-002
Scope and Content

Student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) from 1874 to 1875. Letter written in June 1875 from Blacksburg to a friend in Alexandria, Virginia. Wrote that he was ill for the previous two months and was not able to study, and that he was advised to spend the summer in the mountains to recuperate.

Dates: 1875 - 1875

Claudius Lee Papers, 1887-1954 (Ms1961-002)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1961-002
Dates: 1887 - 1954

Thomas Nelson Conrad Book Manuscript

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-095
Scope and Content Born in Fairfax Court House, Virginia; graduated from Dickinson College in 1857. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the Third Virginia Cavalry. President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) from 1882 to 1886. Papers consist of the original manuscript of The Rebel Scout: A Thrilling History of Scouting Life in the Southern Army, written by Conrad from 1891 to 1893, and...
Dates: 1891 - 1893

Dr. W. B. Conway and Julia Ellen Thomas Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-015
Abstract

The Dr. W. B. Conway and Julia Ellen Thomas Correspondence contains letters exchanged between the couple from 1869 to 1870 before they were married.

Dates: 1869 - 1870

Corps of Cadets [Virginia Argicultural and Mechanical College] Duty Roster

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-025
Scope and Content

Morning report of the post of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, in Blacksburg, Virginia, from March 10 to 16, 1890.

Dates: 1890 - 1890

John T. Cowan Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1969-005
Abstract

The collection consists of pages from an account book, bills, notes, and correspondence relating to Cowan's personal and business affairs. 

Dates: 1887 - 1917

Thomas E. Dashiell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-007
Abstract Collection includes materials relating to Thomas Edward Dashiell's time as a student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Included are invitations and programs from Lee Literary Society events, Dashiell's grade reports from 1894 and 1895, and the Honor List from the 1894-1895 academic year. The collection also contains two letters sent to Dashiell's parents, one from Ellison A. Smyth and the other from President McBryde. While attending the college Dashiell played on the...
Dates: 1893 - 1895

Edward Dillon Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-008
Abstract

Collection contains a letter from Dillon to his mother, February 22, 1889, and a VAMC cadet coat and trousers.

Dates: 1889 - 1889