Browse Collections (240 total)
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Photo Album
A photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views in the Roanoke area.
Rick Boucher Radio and Television Campaign Ads
The Rick Boucher Papers includes records of his Virginia State Senate service and his United States Congress service as a Representative of Virginia's…
Rick Boucher Papers (Ms2021-048)
The Rick Boucher Papers, 1968-2017 (bulk 1975-2011), document his career in the Virginia State Senate, 1975-1982, and in the United States Congress as…
Regional History and the Appalachian South
View the items in Regional History and the Appalachian SouthRecords of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors (RG 1)
View the items in Records of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors (RG 1)Record Group Vertical Files
In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and…
Preston Family Correspondence, 1861, 1872 (Ms2010-070)
This collection consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of…
Presidential Photographs and Biographies, 125th Anniversary of Virginia Tech Collection
This part of the online collection includes images of past presidents of the university, as well as a photograph of Dr. Duncan Lyle Kinnear, author of…
Postcards from Appalachia (Ms2015-032)
These postcards are contained in the Appalachian Postcard Collection in Special Collections at Newman Library.
Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection
The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection includes materials from 1926-1971. The collection contains information relating…
Phyllis Keith Railroad Photographs
Photographs of Clarence Keith, a Norfolk & Western employee, and his family.
Photographs from the Beulah O. Allen Collection (Ms2014-002)
The digital collection currently contains ONLY the photographs from Series IV of the Beulah O. Allen Collection, which includes images of places…
Patricia Givens Johnson Papers
The papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian, consist primarily of materials which arose from her research for--and…
Oral History Clips: Graduate Life Center
This collection includes excerpts from oral histories about the Graduate Life Center on Virginia's Tech Blacksburg campus.
Oral History Clips: April 16, 2007
This collection includes excerpts from oral histories about the events of April 16, 2007, when 32 Hokies were tragically killed on Virginia Tech's…
Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection, 1924-1956 (Ms1990-057)
Olive Chadeayne was born on February 9, 1904 in Ossining, New York. Educated in California, Chadeayne began studying architecture at the University of…
Official Minutes [Virginia Tech Board of Visitors] (RG 1/1)
Minutes of the Board of Visitors from 1898-1936.
Note: Minutes are mostly typed and the pdfs are text searchable. All but about two years of the…
O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., Photograph Albums (Ms1995-021)
O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., a native of Albemarle, North Carolina, was a surveyor for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company in 1912, and he compiled two…
Norfolk and Western Railroad Photograph Negatives
Photographic negatives of Norfolk and Western railroads and trains.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Co., Time Table No. 6
A time table for trains created by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. This time table details several train routes, and their arrival and…
Norfolk and Western Historical Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs relating to the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.
Norfolk and Western Construction Photographs
Photographs of Norfolk and Western construction.
Norfolk & Western Railway Menus, c. late 1940s-1960s? (Ms2013-080)
The collection contains breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and beverage menus from the Norfolk & Western Railway, as well as two unused carbon copy…
Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection, 1904, 1973-2006, (Ms2013-086)
The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic…
Nelson Family Papers, 1783-1872 (Ms1989-021)
This collection consists of papers from the Nelson family of Clarke County, Virginia. The papers consist of correspondence among the family members,…
Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat Correspondence, 1863 (Ms2012-080)
A collection of two letters written by Nancy (Nannie) Figgat to her husband Private Charles Figgat, of the 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Company C.
Multicultural Diversity Oral History Project (Ms2002-001)
This collection includes oral history accounts from people of various backgrounds with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area.
Montgomery Female College Collection, 1875-1892 (Ms2009-013)
Founded as a companion to the Montgomery Male Academy, the Montgomery Collegiate Institute - later Montgomery Female College - opened in…
Mike Cooper ABC Collection, 1965-1971 (Ms2024-075)
This collection contains materials from an ABC News employee (most likely a technician) named Mike Cooper in the late 1960s. Subjects include the 1969…
Melvin N. Gough Papers, 1919-1971 (Ms1987-057)
The Melvin N. Gough Papers span from 1919 to 1971 and include a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, National Advisory…
Melita Rodeck Architectural Collection (Ms1992-028)
View the items in Melita Rodeck Architectural Collection (Ms1992-028)Mary Sinton Leitch Correspondence with J. J. Lankes, 1932-1950 (Ms2017-001)
The collection includes 27 letters (some with covers and envelopes) written by Mary Sinton Leitch to J. J. Lankes between 1932 and 1950. Introduced by…
Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook, 1924-1925 (Ms2013-009)
The Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook contains a scrapbook filled with photos of the VPI campus as well as inlaid tickets to both…
Mark A. Weber Papers (Ms2014-010)
The Mark A. Weber Papers include minutes, correspondence, constitution, handouts, notes, and newspaper and magazine articles concerning the Virginia…
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers (Ms1986-003)
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend was the first women to earn an engineering degree at The George Washington University, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical…
Marie-Louise Laleyan Architectural Collection, 1961-2007 (Ms2013-090)
Marie-Louise Laleyan was a San Francisco based architect with 48 years of experience including 30 years as principal of Laleyan Architects…
Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection
The collection contains the condolence materials received by the Marching Virginians after April 16, 2007. Much of the material pertains to Ryan…
M. Rupert Cutler Papers (Ms2020-005)
The M. Rupert Cutler Papers include personal and professional correspondence, records of Cutler's participation in a variety of clubs, boards, and…
Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers (Ms2011-032)
The collection include typescripts of four of Crockett's novels ( Capitan, Popcorn on the Ginza: An Informal Portrait of Postwar Japan, Teru: A Tale…
Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973 (Ms1987-046)
The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart.…
Los Angeles Modern Bartending School Collection, c.1930s, 1937/1944 (Ms2017-007)
The Los Angeles Modern Bartending School Collection includes two bartending guides for students. The untitled "Bartender's Guide" is likely from the…
Lorraine Rudoff Architectural Collection, 1950-1980 (Ms1990-025)
Lorraine Rudoff was born in Bridgeport, CT in 1920 and began her education in New York City public schools before attending the Cooper Union School of…
Lois Davidson Gottlieb Architectural Collection
A more robust selection of images from this collection will be available soon on our digital library platform. Papers of Lois Davidson Gottlieb,…
LGBTQ History at Virginia Tech
A collection documenting the history of the LGBTQ communities at Virginia Tech.
Lewis Wood Letters, 1862-1863 (Ms1991-011)
Lewis Wood was a private in Company K of the 2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, possibly serving as the company's cook. He entered service at age 37…
Lee Hendrix Correspondence, 1862-1863 (Ms1990-020)
Eight wartime letters by Lee Hendrix (1834-1902) a private in Company B, 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion during the American Civil War,…