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Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Used for the years 1944-1970

Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:

Sidney B. Jeffreys Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-007
Scope and Contents This collection contains the Virgina Tech-related papers of Sidney B. Jeffreys, a 1931 graduate of the university who, as an alumnus, played an active role in promoting and developing the university. The collection contains papers relating both to Jeffreys' years as a student and as an alumnus. Included are coursework, extracurricular ephemera, correspondence, reports, and printed materials. Among the correspondence in the alumnus series papers are letters from a number of university and...
Dates: 1927 - 1985

Charles E. Johnson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-042
Abstract

The collection contains a single letter from Charles Johnson, a cadet at VPI to Miss Martha Clark, written around March 26, 1933.

Dates: 1933

William Martin Johnson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-017
Abstract

The papers in this collection include both personal and professional correspondence, ranging from November 1931 to March 1977. Johnson wrote to representatives at Public Works, American Society of Civil Engineers, the Department of Architectural Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the War Assets Administration, among others.

Dates: 1937 - 1968

G. Burke Johnston Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-005
Abstract

Papers--including correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and photographs--of George Burke Johnston, literary scholar and faculty member / administrator at Virginia Tech and the University of Alabama; U.S. Army officer; poet; author; artist; and printer.

Dates: 1900 - 1992

J. Ambler Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-012
Scope and Content

The J. Ambler Johnston Papers include materials relating to his many activities, with a particular emphasis on Civil War Round Tables and Virginia Tech. Materials consist of correspondence, publications and ephemera, organizational and committee reports, and photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1974

J. Christopher Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-023
Scope and Content This collection contains photocopies of the compiled writings of designer J. Christopher Jones. The collection includes copies of published articles, unpublished manuscripts, internal reports, and proposals concerning such subjects as streamlining, implications of automation, human error and accidents, and mechanization and design. The fifth volume in the series, titled "Dear Architects," consists of a set of open letters in which Jones addresses questions raised by students during his time...
Dates: 1950 - 1975

Henry J. Kelley Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-021
Abstract

The Henry J. Kelley Papers include correspondence, notes, drafts and offprints of publications, teaching materials, and research reports from 1948-1988.

Dates: 1948 - 1988

Charles A. Kennedy Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-018
Abstract

The Charles A. Kennedy Papers consists of letters, newspaper clippings, reprints, reports, and other files on Kennedy's interest and involvement with foreign affairs (particularly the implications of nuclear war) and international students at Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1963 - 1987

Kendall W. King Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-002
Abstract

The Kendall W. King (1926-1990) Papers span the years 1959 to 2000 (bulk 1960-1979) The collection includes materials on cellulase, Mothercraft Centers,nutrition in Haiti, nutrition an meeting world food needs, and miscellaneous professional and personal papers.

Dates: 1959 - 2000

Garland D. Kite Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-038
Abstract

This collection contains letters from Garland D. Kite to Ralph Brown. The letters detail Kite's experiences as a soldier in Europe during the last two years of World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1945