Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Used for the years 1895-1944Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:
Named/Individual Photograph Collections,
The Named/Individual Photograph Collection include images from alumni and former faculty and staff, or individuals with ties to campus and the New River Valley. Collections (c.1890-present) depict campus life and events, railroad history, agricultural extension research, Blacksburg and surrounding areas, and some local families.
Richard W. Neale Collection
VPI Football programs from 1932: VPI v. University of Georgia and VPI v. University of Maryland.
Carol M. Newman, Jr. Papers,
Carol M. Newman Papers,
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.
J. Preston Newman Papers,
The collection includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, a librarian at Virginia Tech/
E. B. Norris Papers,
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.
Greenwood H. Nowlin, Jr. Collection,
This collection contains five photographs, thirteen stereo views, a leather bound pocket note pad, and twenty receipts covering Greenwood H. Nowlin Jr.'s time at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech).
Louis O'Shaughnessy Papers
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.
Overcoat with Attached Cape,
William MacFarland Patton Papers,
Papers of William MacFarland Patton, civil engineer and professor at Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech). Includes a partial draft of Patton's book,