Collections : [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Subjects British literature
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alastair Reid Poem, 1973/1974

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The collection contains a single poem, "1973/1974," published "as a New Year 1974 Greeting. For Ruby and Larry Wallrich and Alastair Reid."
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Alastair Reid Poem, 1973/1974 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Reid, Alastair, 1926-2014
The collection contains a single poem, "1973/1974," published "as a New Year 1974 Greeting. For Ruby and Larry Wallrich and Alastair Reid."
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Beatrice Kean Seymour Papers, 1936/1939

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Beatrice Kean Seymour (1886-1955) was a British author. The collection consists of the original manuscript of her novel The Happier Eden (1937) and two letters.
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Beatrice Kean Seymour Papers, 1936/1939 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Seymour, Beatrice Kean
Beatrice Kean Seymour (1886-1955) was a British author. The collection consists of the original manuscript of her novel The Happier Eden (1937) and two letters.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cecil Day-Lewis Papers, 1935/1968

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The Cecil Day-Lewis Papers includes notes, clippings, and poetry written for Jack Lindsay and the May Day booklet; and a 1956 BBC transcript of 'new poems.'
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Cecil Day-Lewis Papers, 1935/1968 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Day-Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972
The Cecil Day-Lewis Papers includes notes, clippings, and poetry written for Jack Lindsay and the May Day booklet; and a 1956 BBC transcript of 'new poems.'
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Derek Stanford Papers, 1968

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The collection includes a typescript copy of a short book, The Pylon Poets (Michigan: William B. Eerdmans), by Derek Stanford about the poets W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Louis MacNeice.
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Derek Stanford Papers, 1968 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Stanford, Derek, 1918-2008
The collection includes a typescript copy of a short book, The Pylon Poets (Michigan: William B. Eerdmans), by Derek Stanford about the poets W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Louis MacNeice.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters, 1909

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The Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters contain one [ca. mid-1800s] letter by Gaskell to a friend declining an invitation to spend the evening together and four letters from Archer to F. Redway about the history and sale of Charlotte Brontë's Bible, which Archer acquired through her and Brontë's friend William Green. Gaskell was also a friend and biographer of Charlotte Brontë. The collection was acquired along with the Bronte Bible (as it is now called), which is cataloged in the Rare Books Collection of Special Collections and University Archives with the call number BS185 1612 .L8 Spec Large.
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters, 1909 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
The Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters contain one [ca. mid-1800s] letter by Gaskell to a friend declining an invitation to spend the evening together and four letters from Archer to F. Redway about the history and sale of Charlotte Brontë's Bible, which Archer acquired through her and Brontë's friend William Green. Gaskell was also a friend and biographer of Charlotte Brontë. The collection was acquired along with the Bronte Bible (as it is now called), which is cataloged in the Rare Books Collection of Special Collections and University Archives with the call number BS185 1612 .L8 Spec Large.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Max Beerbohm Correspondence, 1900/1909

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The collection consists of three letters by Max Beerbohm, one to "Miss Peacock" and the other two unidentified recipients.
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Max Beerbohm Correspondence, 1900/1909 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956
The collection consists of three letters by Max Beerbohm, one to "Miss Peacock" and the other two unidentified recipients.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Norman Douglas Papers, 1929/1953

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The Norman Douglas Papers contains an apparently unpublished handwritten essay (1943), as well as correspondence.
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Norman Douglas Papers, 1929/1953 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952
The Norman Douglas Papers contains an apparently unpublished handwritten essay (1943), as well as correspondence.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Richard Aldington Book Typescripts, 1934

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The collection consists of two typescripts--one the original and the other a carbon--both revised, of English novelist Richard Aldington's Women Must Work (1934).
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Richard Aldington Book Typescripts, 1934 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
The collection consists of two typescripts--one the original and the other a carbon--both revised, of English novelist Richard Aldington's Women Must Work (1934).
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

R. M. Ballantyne Letters, 1883/1884

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The R. M. Ballantyne Letters includes two letters from Scottish novelist Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) to his publishers and one to a close friend or relative.
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R. M. Ballantyne Letters, 1883/1884 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
The R. M. Ballantyne Letters includes two letters from Scottish novelist Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) to his publishers and one to a close friend or relative.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert Graves Letters, 1962/1970

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The collection contains five letters, four from Robert Graves while in Majorca, Spain, and Oxford, England, and one to him from Melville Hardiment of London, with a note on it by Graves.
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Robert Graves Letters, 1962/1970 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
The collection contains five letters, four from Robert Graves while in Majorca, Spain, and Oxford, England, and one to him from Melville Hardiment of London, with a note on it by Graves.

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