Browse Collections (275 total)
Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials, 1862-2000s (Ms2015-051)

The Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials includes two series of primary and secondary sources. Series I: Letters,…
Isaac White Letters, 1861-1938 (Ms1997-013)

Insurance Survey of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Records, 1931 (Ms1995-029)

Insurance Survey of the buildings of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, prepared in 1931 by Charles Lunsford & Sons, Roanoke, Va.;…
Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d (Ms1998-001)

The collection consists of items from the early 1800s pertaining to the business dealings of Samuel Huff of Montgomery (now Floyd) County. Materials…
Homer E. Davis Papers (Ms2001-051)

The Homer E. Davis Papers is a collection of photographs resulting from an effort to record the gravesites of American Civil War generals. Also…
Hokie Birds - Gobble de Art

The Gobble de Art project was sponsored by The Blacksburg Partnership. The purpose of the project was to increase awareness and interest in Blacksburg…
History of Food & Drink Collection Rare Books & Publications

History of Food & Drink Collection Manuscripts

Historical Photograph Collection

The photograph collection at Special Collections consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. Subjects…
Hiram Matthew Papers, 1863-1865 (Ms1988-090)

This collection consists of twenty-two letters of outgoing correspondence from Union soldier Hiram Matthew to his wife Elmira Matthew of…
Hilde Weström Architectural Collection, 1952-2000, (Ms1987-061)

The Hilde Weström Architectural Collection consists of biographical information about Weström's career and personal life, original watercolors she…
Hermann C. Niemeyer Papers (Ms1987-062)

This collection contains the papers of Hermann C. Niemeyer, a student at Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) during the…
Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook (Ms1995-027)

The Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook is a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during…
Henry Flippen Turner Collection

A collection of photographs created by Henry Flippen Turner.
Henry C. Carpenter Letters, 1862-1864 (1996-008)

The papers consist of letters from Carpenter to his sister Elizabeth, written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in the Kanawha Valley…
Henrietta May Steinmesch, 1946, 1967-1968, undated

Materials consist of a photograph of (Henrietta) May Steinmesch; an article, "A Short History of the Association of Women in Architecture," with a…
Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers, 1872-2004 (bulk, 1930-2001) (Ms1988-039)

The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and…
Harold S. Hill Collection (Ms2007-001)

This digital collection includes selected digitized drawings and plans from the Harold S. Hill Collection, located throughout Southwest Virginia.
Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, ca. 1872-1874 (Ms2017-022)

One of one hundred electrotype replica copies made from the original Great Seal of the Confederate States of America in the early 1870s. Of the…
Gertrud Galster Architecture Collection, 1963-1988

Architect of Denmark and member of the Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes (UIFA). Collection consists of books about women architects and…
German Club Dance Cards, c. 1910 - c. 2001
This collection includes dance cards from various dances and events hosted by Virginia Tech's German Club. Founded in 1877 to provide a social outlet…
George F. Doyle Scrapbook (Ms1989-096)

This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle of Charlestown, Massachusetts. The patriotic Union scrapbook contains items…
Gelatin and Gender Exhibit Collection

This collection includes scanned images and items used in a gelatin digital exhibit. It includes Jell-O and Charles B. Knox items, as well as…
G. Preston Frazer Artwork, 1940-1953, (Ms1992-055)

This collection contains eighteen sketches and drawings created by George Preston Frazer. The majority of the drawings depict scenes from Blacksburg…
G. Horace Tarr Letter, 1863 (Ms1987-028)

The G. Horace Tarr Letter collection contains a letter dated May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville…
Fries Textile Plant Records, 1900-1988 (Ms1989-039)

This collection is a selection of materials from The Fries Textile Plant Records, which includes correspondence, production data, personnel ledgers,…
Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories 2019-2022 (Ms2019-045)
This oral history collection accompanies the Fries Textile Plant Records, which were donated to Virginia Tech in 1988 following the mill ceasing all…
Fletcher Family Digital Collection on Solitude

Members of the Fletcher family lived at Solitude from 1908-1914. This collection of materials includes scanned photographs, scrapbook pages, a short…
Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection, 1861-1865 (Ms2001-042)

This Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection is a small collection of American Civil War-related materials, containing the correspondence of John…
Fenner Wilson Letter, 1863 (Ms1988-082)

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley…
Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection

This collection contains photographs of faculty and staff members of Virginia Tech, organized by surname.
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…
Ellison A. Smyth. Sr. Papers, 1859-1927, (Ms1981-098)
The Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. collection contains papers including correspondence with professional and amateur scientists, collectors, dealers and…
Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922 - 1987 (Ms1990-045)

This collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), Radford, Virginia resident and local historian. The collection contains such…
Elden E. Billings Collection (Ms1991-036)

This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which…
Edgar Knapp Letters, 1862-1864 (Ms2002-015)

This collection includes correspondence received by Edgar R. Knapp while he was a steward at the U.S. military hospital in Annapolis, Maryland.…
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…
Drake Railroad Collection

Railroad photographs compiled by I. N. Drake.
Doug Burton Papers (Ms2020-001)

This collection contains Doug Burton's papers and memorabilia from a Pratt-funded Virginia Tech engineering trip to the USSR and Finland taken in…
Donald K. "Deke" Slayton Collection, 1974-1979, 1995 (Ms2023-058)

This collection contains materials belonging to American astronaut, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (1924-1993). This collection contains materials about the…
Dina Stancheva Architectural Drawings, 1963-1990, (Ms1997-017)

The Dina Stancheva collection consists of architectural drawings and photographs of designs Stancheva created from 1963 to 1990. Many of the designs…
Department of Biochemistry Oral History Collection (Ms2003-009)
Beginning in October 2001, current and retired Virginia Tech faculty interviewed department heads, faculty, and staff in celebration of the 50th…
Denim Day 40th Anniversary Oral History Collection (Ms2019-001)

This collection includes oral history accounts of the first Denim Day event at Virginia Tech in January 1979.
Danville Community College / VPI Extension

A digital folio of scanned material from archival collections and University records pertaining to the construction and administration of the Virginia…
Dale Belcher Photographs (Ms1997-021)

Photographs taken by Dale Belcher, depicting Appalachian culture, buildings, and people in southwestern Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West…
Cynthia Addington Boatwright Papers

The materials in this collection include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programs, and files created and collected by Boatwright in her…
Culinary Pamphlet Collection (Ms2011-002)

The Culinary Pamphlet Collection is an artificial collection created in January 2011. The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created…
Culinary History Images

This collection includes images from various smaller collections, that all relate to culinary history, the collection includes images from the…