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Mary Fessler Papers, 1940/2001 5.5 Linear Feet 5 boxes, 2 oversize folders

Mary McClintock Ryland Fessler (1912-2000) was active in Montgomery County Democratic Party, local government, and civic organizations from the late 1960s through the 1990s. The Mary Fessler Papers span the years ca. 1940-2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1968-1984. The collection includes personal papers and materials related to the Montgomery County League of Women Voters, Montgomery County Democratic Committee, Ninth-District Democratic Committee, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, and Blacksburg Library Building Committee.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings, 1946/2010 32.82 Cubic Feet 37 boxes; 8 oversize; 4 artifacts

Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Montgomery County [Virginia] Democratic Committee Records, 1961/1998 10.3 Cubic Feet 8 boxes

Democratic Party (Montgomery County, Va.). Committee
This collection includes correspondence, newsclippings, meeting minutes, and rosters concerning the committee, local politics, and the congressional, senatorial, and presidential races of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Material date from 1961 through 1998.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Mountain Lake: David Sherman Collection, 1870/2002 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Sherman, David
The Mountain Lake: David Sherman Collection consists of papers collected by David Sherman of the U.S. Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conference while working to establish a federal wilderness area around Mountain Lake in Giles County, Virginia during the 1980s. Materials include hotel brochures, magazine and guidebook articles, a dissertation about the lake, maps, federal reports about the environmental conditions, and research and correspondence about local land ownership.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,, 1904/2006 4.9 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Virginia Tech Chapter, 1926/2008 8.7 Cubic Feet 7 boxes

American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.)
This collection consists of official records and periodicals from the AAUW, Virginia Tech Chapter and the National AAUW including minutes, administrative records, state and national convention programs, awards and scholarships, publications, and other materials concerning community outreach from 1926-2008.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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