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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Used for the years 1970-present

Found in 325 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Larry Bechtel, Virginia Tech Recycling Coordinator,

 Collection
Identifier: RG-06-03-11a
Abstract

The Papers of Larry Bechtel, Virginia Tech Recycling Coordinator contains the records of the Virginia Tech Recycling (VTR) program. Included are correspondence and reports, photographs and slides, four VHS tapes, three floppy disks, recycling logs, and publications and newspaper articles concerning Virginia Tech Recycling and Larry Bechtel's position as its Coordinator from 1991-2007.

Dates: 1991 - 2012
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Biographical Vertical Files,

 Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-004
Scope and Content

In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area.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 individuals and families connected to the local area (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and Southwest Virginia) and/or to Virginia Tech. Each individual/family below has at least one folder and many include cross references.

Dates: 1960s-present
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Black History Oral Histories

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-011
Scope and Content

Full text of interviews with some of those who have shaped the history of the university and of the New River Valley. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-026
Scope and Content Information The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender. The materials in this collection includes cassette tapes, DAT tapes, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first black women students at Virginia Tech (Jacquelyn Butler Blackwell, Marguerite Harper Scott, and Linda Edmunds Turner); Marva Felder...
Dates: 1995-present
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Va. Zoning Map

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0258
Abstract

Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with a key to dining, churches, clothing stores, services, shops, and entertainment, and it is intended for student use.

Dates: 1970
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Marvin Blecher Audiocassette Tape

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-017
Scope and Content

Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, about their involvement in the Jewish community in the town and the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech. Dr. Marvin Blecher served as faculty advisor for Hillel from 1973 to 1983. Also includes information about the Blacksburg Jewish Community Center and other Jewish communities in the region.

Dates: 1998 - 1998
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1991-025
Abstract

Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

Dates: 1946 - 2010
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Blue Blouse and Trousers,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-011
Scope and Content Item: blue blouse and trousers Date: ? Color: navy blue blouse and blue gray trousers Material: wool blend/ black satin (?) lining blouse/ trousers have off white cotton (?) lining around waist and for pockets Manufacturer: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Uniform Department, Blacksburg VA Donor: Condition: fair, stitching in blouse liner is undone in a few places, three buttons on inside of collar missing (center one replaced with a white plastic button), looks as if a metal was ripped off...
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Books That Made the Difference Project Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-003
Abstract The Books That Made the Difference Project Collection consists of subject files, clippings, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and audio-visual materials. The project was conceived in l980 by Ann Heidbreder Eastman, formerly of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and executed by Gordon A. Sabine, formerly a professor at this university, and his wife Patricia, who interviewed people across the country, asking what book made the greatest difference in their lives, and what was...
Dates: 1980 - 1986
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Patrick A. Bowmaster Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-037
Scope and Content Information Among those papers included in the collection is an edited transcript of the diary of Jasper Hawse (1835-1905), a Civil War soldier born in Hardy County, Virginia. At the beginning of the Civil War Hawse enlisted in the 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia, which became the 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment in March 1862. In June 1862 the cavalry regiment was reorganized as the 17th Virginia Cavalry Battalion. Hawse also served intermittently as a commissary sergeant in the Confederate...
Dates: 1994 - 1995
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

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