Science and Technology
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:
Byron Nelson Cooper Papers,
Correspondence; writings; research records; administrative, instructional, and consulting files; and photographs of Byron Nelson Cooper, professor of geology and head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Department of Geological Sciences from 1946 to 1971.
Blake W. Corson, Jr., Papers
The Blake W. Corson Jr., Papers are comprised of professional and personal files, correspondence, and published materials from 1861-1984 (bulk, 1934-1979), primarily relating to his career as an engineer at NASA Langley.
Culinary Pamphlet Collection
The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created and distributed by culinary, appliance, and food-related companies from about the 1870s to the 1990s. Most pamphlets contain advertisements, recipes, product information, testimonials, or some combination of all four.
Curtis W. Roane History of Plant Pathology in Virginia and Biographies of Plant Pathologists Papers
Curtis W. Roane History of Plant Pathology in Virginia and Biographies of Plant Pathologists Papers
Edward D'Invilliers Report,
The collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a geological report on the Virginia Anthracite Coal Company property, Price and Brush Mountains in Montgomery County, Virginia by Edward d'Invilliers.
Drawings for bridge designed by McNairy, Claflin & Company, n.d.
John E. Duberg Papers
G. Grahame Duce Papers
Papers of president of Duce Aeronautical Research (Baltimore, Maryland). Includes typescript "Alphabetical Index of Approved Aircraft"; manuscript drafts of articles on pilot safety, paratroop devices, air races, Boeing XB-47 Stratojet, the future of jet pilots; and miscellaneous notes.
Richard Faraday Collection,
The Richard Faraday Collection consists of photocopies of a formula book for making lead shot at the Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia. The collection also includes genealogical notes on Faraday's family.