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 Education, Higher Level Collection

F. E. Garnett Letter, 1878 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Garnett, F. E.
The collection contains one letter by F. E. Garnett to General Gabriel Wharton dated August 30, 1878, inquirying about Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College for the potential education of his nephews.
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Food and Agricultural Education Information System Reports, 1981/2001 1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Food and Agricultural Education Information System (Texas A & M University)
The collection contains statistical data compiled by the Food and Agricultural Education Information System regarding college enrollment and degrees in such majors as Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science, Forestry, Home Economics, and Renewable Natural Resources.
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Joseph D. Eggleston Collection, 1896/1949, bulk 1905/1920 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Eggleston, J. D. (Joseph Dupuy), 1867-1953
The collection contains publications and pamphlets authored by or including articles authored by and about Joseph D. Eggleston. Materials relate to Eggleston's tenure with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Hampden-Sydney College, as well as local religious and social causes. Several of the articles contain Eggleston's marginalia.
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Record Group Vertical Files 53.69 Cubic Feet 115 boxes and 1 oversize folder

In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech and its history. Topics may include, but are not limited to, colleges and departments, student organizations, administrative offices, centers and other campus units, and athletics.
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Scott Stadtmueller Article, 1996 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Stadtmueller, Scott
This collection contains a typed script paper written by Master's student, Scott George Stadtmueller, from the University of Virginia. It is titled "The Pursuit of Land Grant Status of the University of Virginia," and is dedicated to Colonel Harry Temple at Virginia Tech.
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Scott Worner Papers, 1995 2 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

Worner, Scott
The Scott Worner Papers consist of architectural floorplans, photographs, building democraphic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995, collected by Worner for his dissertation.
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Virginia Department of Education, Technology Education Service Records, 1959/1980 4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Virginia. Department of Education. Technology Education Service
The Virginia Department of Education, Technology Education Service Records include correspondence, newsletters, reports, minutes, and other items of the Virginia Industrial Arts Association (1968-1980) and the Virginia Vocational Association (1959-1979) and video tapes and slide shows concerning Industrial Arts.
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