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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:

Working Inventory of the Robert E. Marshak Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-060
Abstract

The collection consist of Marshak's files on the Shelter Island Conferences (1947-49) and his administrative and correspondence files on the Rochester Conferences on High-Energy Physics (1950-57), which he founded. The papers also includes correspondence, notes, reports, files, speech texts, newsclippings, autographs, photographs, transcripts, and other personalia donated in 1994--these materials are unprocessed.

Dates: 1947 - 1990

Marshall W. Fishwick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-007
Scope and Content Professor of Humanities and Communication Studies at Virginia Tech since 1976, he introduced academic programs for American popular culture studies in the US and abroad. He founded the Popular Culture Association and began the journal, International Popular Culture. He authored many publications, including Gentlemen of Virginia (1961), The Hero, American Style (1969), Common Culture and the Great Tradition (1982), and Cicero and Popular Culture(posthumously published, 2006). Typescript...
Dates: 1940s-2006

Arthur B. Massey Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1962-002
Abstract

Field notes; essays and studies; laboratory course outlines; printed materials; and photographs of trees on the Virginia Tech Campus from Arthur Ballard Massey, plant pathologist, assistant professor of botany at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, professor of biology at Virginia Tech, and member of the Virginia Academy of Science.

Dates: 1902 - 1961

Master Gardener Program Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: RG-26-02-01
Abstract

This collection contains four boxes of slide sets, some with related scripts, for Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Program. Most materials are undated, but likely date from between the 1970s and early 2000s.

Dates: 1970s-2000s

McBryde Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-024
Abstract

The McBryde Family Papers contains materials concerning Dr. John McLaren McBryde and his family from 1859 through the 1920s. Included in the collection are photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondences, and publications. Additionally included are copies of the correspondence between Dr. John McLaren McBryde and the University of Virginia regarding an offer for its presidency.

Dates: 1859-1920s

Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-02
Scope and Content In 1968 the post of Executive Vice President was established. William James McKeefery was the second Executive Vice President, succeeding Warren Brandt. This collection contains the correspondence and other official files of McKeefery during his tenure as Executive Vice-President. There is material dealing with the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, Home Economics, Committee to Study Revision of University...
Dates: 1969 - 1973

Violet Robinson Merchant Papers,

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-012
Scope and Content

Graduate of Virginia Tech, Bachelors of Business Administration, 1941. Collection consists of a newspaper clipping, a cotillion club invitation, a VPI playbill, a football schedule, and a hand-drawn Valentine card from fellow VPI graduate, Bill Gearhart.

Dates: 1940 - 1953

Rudolph Dixon Michael Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-005
Abstract

Papers of Virginia Tech alumnus and agricultural information editor. Contains correspondence and notes relating to the histories Blacksburg, the Preston family, and Smithfield Plantation (including maps of the grounds and the cemetery). Also contains a few campus photographs and printed materials related to Virginia Tech.

Dates: 1925 - 1984

Clarence Paul Miles Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1961-003
Abstract

Papers of Virginia Tech graduate, professor of modern languages, and director of athletics Clarence Paul "Sally" Miles, including grade books for courses in French and German, together with personal memorabilia and photographs.

Dates: 1902 - 1960

Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr., Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-062
Abstract Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. (1919-1944) was a Lieutenant in the army during World War II. He served his country bravely and was killed on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion of 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Collection consists primarily of his letters home during World War II. Also includes letters of condolence sent to the family following his death, congratulatory letters for being awarded the Medal of Honor, newspaper clippings, and...
Dates: 1933 - 1997