Virginia Polytechnic Institute

The collection contains papers, photographs, and alumni materials from the VPI Class of 1924 and Associate Director of the Alumni Association from 1967 to 1974, Herman Lemuel Pritchard.

Papers of engineer, mathematician and physicist James Robbins Randolph, including notes, calculations, correspondence and writings.

In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech and its history. Topics may include, but are not limited to, colleges and departments, student organizations, administrative offices, centers and other campus units, and athletics.

This collection contains the papers of Henry B. "Puss" Redd. The collection contains photographs, clippings, and VPI alumni material as well as a large amount of material related to Redd's position as a faculty member and a coach for the VPI football team.

The Richmond Club of VPI Poster consists of one poster advertising a dance hosted by the Richmond Club of VPI.

Research notes, manuscripts, typescript drafts, working copies and galley proofs for books and articles written by Virginia Tech's Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson Jr., 1982-2001. Also contains a small set of general materials which includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.

The collection includes papers from Robeson's tenure as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, as well as subject and research files from his nearly 50 years as an instructor and professor at VPI, dating from 1899 to 1952.

The C. Eugene Rowe Papers include materials created and collected by Rowe relating to Virginia Tech during his tenure on the Board of Visitors (1968-1976). There is also a small group of papers from Rowe's involvement in the Presbyterian church.

Collection contains letters to the editor received by Lucy Minogue when she was news editor and editor-in-chief of The Virginia Techin 1968-69. Also included are other correspondence she received during the same time, editorial copy, and the paper's masthead.