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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:

Souvenir program, John R. Hutcheson Dinner, Blacksburg Va., November 13, 1944

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F19_HutchesonJohnDinner_souvenirprogram_1944_1113
Dates: 1944-11-13

Street Map and Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0269
Abstract

Map shows streets of Blacksburg, Virginia, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also contains index for main buildings of VPI.

Dates: 1956

Warren Strother Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-005
Abstract Collection contains official correspondence between Dr. T. Marshall Hahn and various Virginia Polytechnic Institute departments, 319 oral history interviews on cassette tapes, and 48 transcribed interviews. These materials focus on Dr. Hahn’s administration of VPI and were used to create a book entitled From VPI to State University: President T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974 written by Warren Strother and Peter...
Dates: 1964 - 1992

Albert Sturm Papers

 Collection — Box 1-22
Identifier: Ms-1988-019
Scope and Content

Professor Emeritus of Political Science and the Center for Public Administration and Policies at Virginia Tech. Leading expert on state constitutional reform, and director of the 1977 Virginia Tech self-study. Papers include articles, lectures, class and self-study material, and information concerning Phi Beta Kappa. Unprocessed.

Dates: 1968 - 1979

William H. Sutherland Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-040
Abstract

The collection contains a small group of Sutherland's correspondence, as well as VPI publications, newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to VPI and Sutherland's military service.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Earl T. Swink Speeches

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-036
Scope and Content

Professor of Agricultural Engineering (1935-70) at Virginia Tech and Vice President of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Papers include speeches about rural electrification, the agricultural engineering profession, and environmental control.

Dates: 1949, 1961-1972

Richard B. Talbot Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-024
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of speeches, speech resource and research materials, administrative notes, departmental program planning and budgeting materials.

Dates: 1967 - 1994

Leland B. Tate Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-004
Abstract

Newspaper clippings relating to industrial and economic development in the New River Valley, with an emphasis on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, together with studies titled "Facts About the Blacksburg Community" and "Some Facts About Virginia's People."

Dates: 1940-[1955?], n.d.

Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-039
Scope and Content The Col. Harry Downing Temple Jr. Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and publications on the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. The majority of the collection is comprised of research for The Bugle's Echo, including handwritten manuscripts, drafts, and copies of research material. Most of the research materials are photocopies from the Bugle,...
Dates: 1872 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2001

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Proposed State Reservation and Circuit Drive to Include Smithfield and Preston Cemetery

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0340
Abstract

Map shows proposals for roads and reservation on the VPI campus. The reverse contains some hand-written notes. Accompanied by a photostatic copy.

Dates: 1925
Found in Agents:  Virginia Polytechnic Institute