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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:

V.P.I. Campus and Farm

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0361
Abstract

Map shows VPI campus and farm, circa 1908.

Dates: 1908
Found in Agents:  Virginia Polytechnic Institute

VPI Cape,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-017
Scope and Content Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? first capes in 1897 Color: navy blue with raspberry liner Material: [wool felt] lining [wool] Manufacturer: Condition: a few small holes and stains appear in the liner Special Markings: black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket, only after looking closer do you realize the “pockets” are holes to the inside of the cape. Inside on the bottom right-hand corner of the liner was what appears...
Dates: n.d. (not before 1897)

VPI Cape,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-001
Scope and Content Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? (older, manufacturer tag different) Color: navy blue with red wine colored liner Material: [wool felt]/lining [wool] Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, VB Kelsey Supt. Donor: Condition: poor condition, holes in lining and exterior material, some have been sewn up, lining deteriorating in places Special Markings: Black cord [frog] on exterior connecting sides, two metal hooks at collar. Each side has what appears to be a pocket,...
Dates: n.d.

VPI Cape,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-002
Scope and Content

Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? Color: dark blue/almost black exterior, red lining, black collar Material: collar and lining velvet, [cotton] exterior Manufacturer: ? Donor: Condition: good Special Markings: single blue metal clasp at the collar, black cord [frog] just below the collar, bottom of exterior and lining hemmed under, label (?)

Dates: n.d.

VPI Cape,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1994-003
Scope and Content Item: cape (VPI) Date: ? Color: navy blue with dull red lining Material: [wool felt]/[wool] lining Manufacturer: ? Donor: Condition: [frog] discolored, hem coming unsewn where it had been doubled up, right button missing under collar, label missing, stains on lining Special Markings: single hook clasp at the collar, just below hook is a black cord loop, above hook and under collar is a separate piece of material which can fasten to buttons on the underside of the right and or left...
Dates: n.d.

VPI Housing Group and War Memorial

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0346
Abstract

Map is an illustration of the VPI campus in 1922.

Dates: July 1931
Found in Agents:  Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Watershed Envelope [Prices Fork Vicinity Plat Map]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0307
Abstract

Map shows the watershed envelope in the vicinity of Price's Fork, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: nd

Erwin Hoge Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-004
Abstract

Collection consists of materials regarding the professional, civic, and personal activities of Erwin Hoge Will.

Dates: 1918 - 1973

I. D. Wilson Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1994-020
Scope and Content

Professor of Biology from 1923 to 1957 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Letters to Wilson from students, colleagues, and friends upon his retirement from VPI in 1958.

Dates: 1957 - 1957

Henry H. Wiss Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Content

Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. 

Dates: 1960, n.d.