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John Murray Papers, 1883/1999 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Murray, John, 1909-2002
The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection, 1890/1969, bulk 1930/1950 1.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

John R. Hutcheson family
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc. Hutcheson married Eleanor Parrott, with whom he had three children: Eleanor Catlett, John Hutcheson, Jr., and Robert Hutcheson.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Larry McBryde Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, 1859/2013 0.94 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

McBryde family
The Larry McBryde Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, 1859-2013, contains materials concerning John McLaren McBryde, Sr., his brother Robert James McBryde, and their descendants. Primarily, the collection contains photographs, letters, family histories, and biographies about McBryde, Sr., who was president of Virginia Tech from 1891 thru 1907.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lewis A. Hall Papers, 1921/1977 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

This collection includes the papers of Lewis A. Hall, a 1924 graduate of Virginia Tech, consisting largely of memorabilia from his time at the university and as an active alumnus. Includes programs, certificates, textiles, and photographs, as well as drawings for engineering class assignments.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Paul H. Farrier Family Papers, 1936/1970 0.7 Cubic Feet 1 box; 2 oversized folders

This collection contains materials relating to Paul H. Farrier and his daughter Pence Farrier, a former Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Director of Admissions and a VPI alumnus, respectively, during the years of 1936 to 1970. Included are administrative papers such as business correspondence and admissions reports as well as general VPI memorabilia for campus events and activities, such as newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, and tickets.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of Radford College, the Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953/1959 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Radford College
This collection consists of reports by the Radford College faculty for the Intervisitation Committee of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1953; blank forms, instructions, and form letters by M'Ledge Moffett, 1953; undated items about the honor system; and a 1959 report to the Board of Visitors.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of the Department of Graphics, 1913/1959 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Department of Graphics
This collection contains records from the Department of Graphics in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering, primarily from former heads William Henry Rasche and John Rolfe Castleman. Most of the records in this collection are correspondence between people in the department and others within the university. The Department of Graphics was created in 1872 under the name, Department of Technical Mechanics. The Department of Graphics merged into the Department of Industial Engineering in 1963.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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