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Elizabeth Fine Papers, 1983/2012 6.2 Cubic Feet 5 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Fine, Elizabeth
The Elizabeth Fine Papers include papers and materials collected by Fine during her tenure as a professor at Virginia Tech. Fine taught in Humanities, Appalachian Studies, and Communication Studies from 1979 until her retirement in 2015. The collection includes research and subject files on aspects of Appalachian culture and history; papers from her instruction, departmental, and administrative activities; and files on historic buildings on campus, particularly the history, renovation, and reopening of "Solitude."
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records, 1866/2004, bulk 1919/1969 148.3 Cubic Feet 109 boxes, 1 folder

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southern Virginia
The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records consist of the Diocese's administrative records, including incoming (often from parishioners) and outgoing correspondence, with a scattering of newspaper clippings, photographs, building plans and surveys, pamphlets, and meeting minutes, from the central administrative office in Roanoke and the churches within the Diocese.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, 1935/2004 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Daughters of the American Revolution. Floyd Courthouse Chapter (1931-) (Floyd, Va)
This collection consists of the records of Floyd Courthouse (Floyd, Virginia) chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, including minutes, yearbooks, and yearly reports.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hard Times Blues Collection, 1966/2019 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes" Meade (1882-1941), who was influential as a mascot performer and turkey trainer for football games. His turkeys served as an early predecessor to the HokieBird mascot representing Virginia Tech today.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hidden History: The Black Experience in the Roanoke Valley Cassette Tapes and Transcripts, 1992 2.5 Cubic Feet 10 boxes

This oral history project was an agreement between University Libraries and The Harrison Museum of African American Culture. It contians oral history interviews with forty African American people from the Roanoke Valley. The interviews are mostly biographical in nature.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James J. Pandapas Audiotape and Papers, 1966/1997 1 Cubic Feet 1 folder; 1 oversize

Pandapas, James J.

Resident of Blacksburg, Virginia, born in Peabody, Massachusetts. Played a large role in the development of business and residential housing in Blacksburg by establishing Blacksburg's first industry, Electro-Tec, in 1947, and Poly-Scientific Corporation, in 1953, both manufacturers of electroplated slip-rings for radar antennae. Also developed various neighborhoods in Blacksburg, including Airport Acres (established in 1942) and Highland Park (1945). In 1948 Pandapas purchased a 500 acre track of land on Poverty Creek in Montgomery County, Virginia, as a recreational area for the employees of Electro-Tec. By the time he sold this land to the National Park Service in 1987 it was called Pandapas Pond.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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