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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Used for the years 1895-1944

Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:

Robert E. Hussey Notebooks,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-004
Scope and Content Information

The Robert E. Hussey Notebooks contain three research report notebooks which includes chemistry notes with papers and samples interleafed between the pages.

Dates: 1928-1937, n.d.

John Redd Hutcheson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-09
Abstract John R. Hutcheson graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1907 and a M.S. in 1909. He later received a PhD from Clemson College in 1937. Hutcheson was employed as a livestock specialist with the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service (1914-19) and as Director of Extension Service (1919-44). He served as the ninth president of VPI from 1945 to 1947 before becoming chancellor of VPI (1947-56). Hutcheson also...
Dates: 1917 - 1962

Insurance Survey of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-029
Scope and Content Insurance Survey of the buildings of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, prepared in 1931 by Charles Lunsford & Sons, Roanoke, Va.; Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pa.; and F. Wharton Baker, engineer. Collection consists of 88 photographs and of buildings, faculty dwellings, barns, and storage lots at Virginia Polytechnic Institute covered by the policy; recommendations for coverage and for fire protection of these buildings; estimated insurable value...
Dates: 1931 - 1931

John Paul Jackson Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2005-015
Scope and Content

Student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the class of 1924. Papers consist of materials from John Paul Jackson's student days, including a Solar Ephemeris for 1922, a notebook for a course in Structures, Physical Laboratory Reports, and a color postal card of Shirley Mason.

Dates: c.1922

Henry Morgan Jacocks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-008
Abstract

Papers of Henry Morgan Jacocks, graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1900), assistant superintendent at Mathieson Alkali Works (Saltville, Virginia), independent businessman, and Virginia State Highway Department employee. Correspondence, trade catalogs, instructional booklets, blueprints, and drawings from Jacocks' years at Mathieson Alkali Works. Also includes a set of drafting standards for the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company and several photographs.

Dates: 1898 - 1919

William Horace Jeffress Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-043
Scope and Content

Graduate of the VPI class of 1934. The collection consists of a 1940 class manager’s handbook from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Alumni Fund, a 1934 pamphlet on the Founder's Roll of the VPI Alumni Fund, and a 6x10 in poster, First Sergeant Jeff Battery O.

Dates: 1932 - 1939

Leslie Wallace Jerrell Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-005
Abstract

Papers (including correspondence, grade reports, receipts, photographs, and textbooks) of Leslie Wallace Jerrell, a student and instructor at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University).

Dates: 1890 - 1898

John H. Squires Bachelor of Science Diploma

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1970-003_Bachelor_of_Science_Diploma
Dates: June 14, 1905

John H. Squires Doctor of Philosophy Diploma

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1970-003_Doctor_of_Philosophy_Diploma
Dates: June 17, 1909

John H. Squires Master of Science Diploma

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1970-003_Master_of_Science_Diploma
Dates: June 13, 1906