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J.M. Butterworth Family Papers, 1911/1963 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Butterworth, J. M. (Joseph Millard), 1893-1942
The J. M. Butterworth Family Papers is a collection spanning from 1911-1963 that contains lab notebooks, a scrapbook or report on Japanese culture by Agnes Butterworth, correspondence, and more. Subjects include engineering, math topics, and World War I. Joseph Millard Butterworth (1893-1942) studied mechanical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) from 1911 to 1915, while his brother Alvin S. Butterworth studies electrical engineering, also at VPI from 1911 to 1914. They also had a sister Agnes L. Butterworth.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John D. Clark Papers, 1923/1988 4.4 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 folder

Clark, John D., 1907-1988
This collection contains both the professional and personal papers of chemist and science fiction writer John D. Clark (1907-1988), including correspondence, drafts of scientific and science fiction publications, notes, unpublished typescript memoir, diaries (1923-1984), clippings, and photographs. Some material relates to Clark's work as chief chemist at Naval Air Rocket Test Station, Dover, N.J., later Liquid Rocket Propulsion Laboratory.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John T. Parsons Papers, 1910/2000 ca. 258 Cubic Feet 204 boxes, 8 oversize folders, one artifact.

Parsons, John T., 1913-2007
John T. Parsons (1913-2007) was a manufacturer and inventor of numerical control, which is the application of computer technology to manufacturing processes. The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, reading files and other materials.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Melvin N. Gough Papers, 1919/1973 30.9 Cubic Feet 22 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994
The Melvin N. Gough Papers span from 1919 to 1971 and include a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) administrator, and flight safety investigator. Types of materials include NACA and Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) reports and documents, articles, correspondence, notes and speeches, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Gough (1906-1994) was an engineer, pilot, and administrator at NACA/NASA from 1926 to 1960.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Michael Collins Papers, 1907/2004 24.9 Cubic Feet 39 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 object

Collins, Michael, 1930-2021
The collection includes the papers of Michael Collins, pilot, astronaut, assistant secretary of state, director of the National Air and Space Museum and author, dating from 1907-2004. Materials include reports, instruction manuals, personal notes, printed materials, audio recordings, photographs, awards and memorabilia associated with Collins' Air Force, NASA, State Department and NASM careers. There are also papers and research relating to Collins' writings; materials from public speaking engagements and board and club memberships; and small sets of personal correspondence and biographical material.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Phycological Society of America Records, 1874/1995 54 Cubic Feet 42 boxes and 1 oversize folder

Phycological Society of America
The Phycological Society of America was established in 1946 by and for phycologists, or those who study algae. The records consist of presidents' files and correspondence, financial ledgers, membership lists, conference programs, meeting minutes, videotapes, and a complete run (1965-1990) of the Journal of Phycology. The collection includes notebooks (1874-1883) with sketches of algae by botanist Francis Wolle (1817-1893).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1903/1947 84.84 Cubic Feet 117 boxes

Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr.
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) was established in 1886 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the federal Hatch Act of 1887 for the purpose of providing practical and useful information on agricultural and scientific subjects. The collection includes 114 surveys books for ten counties in Virginia from 1931 through 1940, as well as files dated 1903-1947 of weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of documentation of various research projects related to crops, orchards, animals, and more. There is also the correspondence of A. W. Drinkard, Jr., director of VAES, with state entomologist and plant pathologist W. J. Schoene, professors at VPI, agricultural organizations, and others.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert A. Harper Collection, 1910/1930 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Harper, Robert Almer, 1862-1946
This collection consists of approximately 200 photographs of orchid specimens, together with a small number of various botanical notes and other materials belonging to Robert Almer Harper, head of Columbia University's botany department from 1911 to 1930.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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