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University Archives

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "University History," too.

Found in 521 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Welford Moss Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-055
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to and collected by Jack Welford Moss, a Virginia Polytechnic Institute alum.

Dates: 1925 - 1968

Nicholas C. Mullins Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-046
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of material concerning a ten year research project studying sociology citations in international journals. The collection includes working papers, correspondence, grant materials, and audio interviews from the 1960s-1988.

Dates: 1960 - 1988

John Murray Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-036
Abstract

The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1883 - 1999

Richard W. Neale Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-029
Scope and Content

VPI Football programs from 1932: VPI v. University of Georgia and VPI v. University of Maryland.

Dates: 1932 - 1932

Carol M. Newman, Jr. Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-004
Abstract Papers of Carol Montgomery Newman, Jr., a graduate of Virginia Tech (BS in biology, 1931), writer and editor for The New Yorker (1949-1972), and Virginia Tech Department of English faculty member (1934-1949, 1972-1975). Includes correspondence relating to The New Yorker, including letters and notes from Charles Addams, Louis Auchincloss, S.J. Perelman, J. D. Salinger, and William Shawn; other materials relating to the magazine,...
Dates: 1930 - 1987

Carol M. Newman Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-003
Abstract

Papers of Carol M. Newman, professor of English at Virginia Tech (1903-1941) and secretary of the university's athletic council (1914-1939). Includes correspondence, awards and honors, Athletic Council files, speeches and essays, examination questions, and subject files on Virginia Tech, language and literature.

Dates: 1897 - 1958

J. Preston Newman Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-016
Abstract

The collection includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, a librarian at Virginia Tech/

Dates: 1910-1975, n.d.

Walter S. Newman Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-006
Abstract

This collection consists of an undated photograph album, program from his Inauguration as President of Virginia Tech, The Techgram, May 1, 1949 and an official photogram taken by The Foster Studio in Richmond, Virginia. There are several postcards and letters sent to Ella Boyer, possibly a housekeeper in the Newman family.

Dates: 1930-1968, n.d.

Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-10
Abstract The Records of the Office of the President, Walter S. Newman (1895 to 1978) span the years 1947 to 1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1947 to 1961. The collection consists primarily of Newman's General Correspondence. Also included, and interfiled with general correspondence, are budget requests and statements, financial reports, enrollment statistics, architects' contracts, audits, commencement and inaugural ephemera, statements to the Federal Power Commission, a few...
Dates: 1947 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1961

Office of the Vice-President Records, Walter S. Newman

 Collection
Identifier: RG-03-01
Abstract

Walter Stephenson Newman (1895-1978) was the first individual to hold the office of Vice-President at Virginia Tech. His tenure began 15 May 1946 but only lasted until 1 September 1947, when he became the tenth president of Virginia Tech, serving from 1947 to 1962. This small collection consists of correspondence concerning curriculum revisions, letters from and replies to other colleges on various matters, and copies of memoranda to faculty and department heads.

Dates: 1946 - 1947