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Science and Technology

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Kendall Weisiger

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1961-002_WeisigerKendall
Dates: 1899 or 1900

James Robbins Randolph Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1971-001
Abstract

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

Dates: 1922 - 1969

Lingan S. Randolph Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-007
Abstract

The collection includes papers with specifications for the details of labor and materials for the installation of a steam heating system at Sweet Briar Institute, Amherst, Virginia.

Dates: undated

Robert R. Gilruth Papers, 1936-1989 (Ms1990-053)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-053
Dates: 1936 - 1989

Rockwell International, Collins General Aviation Division Brochures

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1994-012
Scope and Content

Nine brochures from the Collins General Aviation Division of Rockwell International contain information regarding various products of the division, such as Electronic Flight Instrument systems and Weather Radar systems.

Dates: 1979 - 1984

Harry W. Sanders Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-002
Abstract Papers of Harry W. Sanders, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1916); professor of agricultural education and vocational education (1925-1963) and professor emeritus of vocational education (1963-1985) at Virginia Tech; vocational teacher-trainer in Puerto Rico (1932-1933); co-founder of Future Farmers of Virginia (basis of Future Farmers of America). Includes correspondence, articles, printed materials, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to Sanders' personal life and...
Dates: 1913 - 1981

Felix Sebba Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-008
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of materials concerning Felix Sebba's research into the uses of aphrons and other foams from 1979 to 1989. Materials include correspondence, notes on research, and both published and unpublished papers.

Dates: 1979 - 1989

H. H. Skinner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1988-061
Scope and Content

Salesman for the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company of Providence, Rhode Island, a supplier to makers of electric automobiles. Papers include Skinner's correspondence, writings, sales reports, memoranda, and meeting reports; also includes photographs from the Baker Electric Vehicle Company of Cleveland, Ohio, of electric cars, wagons, trucks, and engines; and trade magazines.

Dates: 1912 - 1917

Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-098
Abstract

The Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. collection contains papers including his correspondence with professional and amateur scientists, collectors, dealers and suppliers around the world concerning entomology and zoology, his publications, and field journals from his entomological work.

Dates: 1859 - 1927

Hartley A. Soule Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-004
Abstract

The collection includes research files, personal notes, film scripts, and publications collected by Soule, an aerospace engineer, on the fields of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace, particularly on the NACA and NASA programs, including the X-1 and X-15 jets, and the Mercury and Gemini space programs.

Dates: 1950 - 1967