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Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs of faculty and staff members of Virginia Tech, organized by surname.
Cynthia Addington Boatwright Papers
The materials in this collection include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programs, and files created and collected by Boatwright in her…
Virginia Republican Party Flyer
The Virginia Republican Party Flyer lists the African American Republican candidates for Virginia elected offices in 1921 and includes Maggie L.…
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…
Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Founded in Washington, D. C. in 1890, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution arose from a desire on the part of women to…
Blacksburg Woman's Club Records
Arising from a desire to improve the cultural and environmental aspects of life in the Blacksburg area, the Woman's Civic Betterment Club was founded…
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,…
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Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial Manufactory Trade Card (Ms2015-045)
The collection consists of a trade card for an English builder and manufacturer of artificial stone, probably printed about 1784. The Coade stone…
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Kimiko Suzuki Architectural Collection
Kimiko Suzuki (1929-1992) attended Japan Women’s University and was their first graduate in the housing studies program. Due to the economic…
Judith (Dita) Roque-Gourary Architectural Collection (Ms2011-074)
Born in 1915 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Architect and founder of the Union of Women Architects in Belgium. Studied in Germany and Austria before…
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Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection (Ms1997-006)
Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in…
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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…
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James P. Hawkins Papers (Ms2008-025)
The principle part of the collection consists of a bound expense/account notebook of James P. Hawkins, agent of the Southern Express Company, which…
Historical Photograph Collection
The photograph collection at Special Collections consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. Subjects…
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…
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Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973 (Ms1987-046)
The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart. The…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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…
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Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880-1989 (Ms1989-025)
This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and…
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Ann A. Hertzler Collection (Ms2001-004)
The Ann A. Hertzler Collection contains biographical information, publications, project and subject files, and artifacts relating to Hertzler's…
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection (Ms2000-092)
The collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke…
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Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by…
The John Harville Diaries, 1861-1864 (Ms2010-053)
John McBride Harville (also spelled Harvill) was born in Illinois on January 29, 1839. His family seems to have moved to Beetown, Wisconsin, around…
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Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records, 1902-1969 (Ms1988-009)
The Blacksburg Odd Fellows lodge was probably formed in December of 1904. It was a branch of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a mutual relief…
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Collegiate Times LGBTQ Articles
A collection of scanned articles from the Collegiate Times, the campus newspaper at Virginia Tech, documenting events and opinions related to the…
The Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection (Ms2015-007)
Beginning in the fall of 2014, faculty and students in the Virginia Tech History Department, along with colleagues in the University Libraries’…
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Sherwood Anderson Correspondence with Llewellyn Jones, 1916-1924, n.d. (Ms2015-044)
This collection consists of eight letters written by American author Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones between 1916 and 1924 with three undated…
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…
Campus Panoramic Photographs, 1995-2000
A collection of panoramic photographs taken around the Virginia Tech campus, including the Drill Field, Duck Pond, Horticulture Gardens, Lane Stadium…
The Benjamin M. Peck Diaries (Ms2015-003)
Benjamin M Peck was born on October 5, 1838, in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army into Company "B" of…
LGBTQ History at Virginia Tech
A collection documenting the history of the LGBTQ communities at Virginia Tech.
Allison Family Correspondence, 1862-1864 (Ms2011-060)
This collection contains four letters from members of the Allison family (John P and James Polk), as well as a surgeon's certificate for William H…
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Everett and Warren Hutchins Papers (Ms2009-014)
This collection contains five items relating to Everett and Warren Hutchins, two brothers who served in Massachusetts military units during the Civil…
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African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Va., c. 1920-1930 (Ms2009-110)
These photographs depict the conditions of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville,…
William A. Leonard Papers, 1864-1865 (Ms2011-106)
The collection includes William A. Leonard's letters home from February-July 1865, as well as his diary from August 1864-April 1865. Leonard served as…
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Alice
An underground progressive newspaper published by The Blacksburg Free Press between 1968 and 1970. The articles were written mainly by Virginia Tech…
Squire Bosworth Papers, 1848-1892 (Ms2010-060)
This collection contains papers of Squire Bosworth, a physician and county court clerk of Randolph County, Virginia/West Virginia. The collection…
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Civil War Diaries
Diaries written by soldiers from both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War that are part of Virginia Tech Special Collections.
Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1862 (Ms2013-029)
The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence collection consists of 19 letters by 17 soldiers, and the letters date from…
J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection, 1802-1956 (Ms1967-002)
"This collection contains the papers of James Hoge Tyler, Virginia state senator (1877-1879), lieutenant governor (1890-1894), governor (1898-1902),…
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