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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Subjects World War, 1939-1945
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Armistead M. Leggett Memoir, 1990

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection contains a memoir written by Armistead M. Leggett to his children about his service in the United States Army during World War II. Leggett grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech in 1951.
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Armistead M. Leggett Memoir, 1990 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Leggett, Armistead M.
The collection contains a memoir written by Armistead M. Leggett to his children about his service in the United States Army during World War II. Leggett grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech in 1951.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records, 1942/1945

0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder
This collection contains records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records, 1942/1945 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder

Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council (Blacksburg, Va.)
This collection contains records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

British World War II Scrapbook, 1942/1944

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Scrapbook compiled by an unidentified person--presumably a military service member, possibly serving in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force--and comprised of cartoons and clippings from British periodicals, largely relating to the air force.
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British World War II Scrapbook, 1942/1944 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Scrapbook compiled by an unidentified person--presumably a military service member, possibly serving in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force--and comprised of cartoons and clippings from British periodicals, largely relating to the air force.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Conan W. Vaughan, Jr., Papers, 1923/1992

1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
The papers document the life of Virginia Tech alum Conan W. Vaughan, Jr. (1906-1990) and consist of photographs, correspondence, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, files, and other literature almost exclusively from Vaughan's tour of duty (1941-1944) in Iceland and Europe during World War II, and his involvement in the U.S. Army Reserve in the late 1940s and 1950s. Of special interest are copies of correspondence between Vaughan and George Washington Carver, which run from 1928 to 1942.
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Conan W. Vaughan, Jr., Papers, 1923/1992 1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Vaughan, Conan W., Jr., 1906-1990
The papers document the life of Virginia Tech alum Conan W. Vaughan, Jr. (1906-1990) and consist of photographs, correspondence, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, files, and other literature almost exclusively from Vaughan's tour of duty (1941-1944) in Iceland and Europe during World War II, and his involvement in the U.S. Army Reserve in the late 1940s and 1950s. Of special interest are copies of correspondence between Vaughan and George Washington Carver, which run from 1928 to 1942.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Culinary Ephemera Collection

0.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The Culinary Ephemera Collection was established in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (postcards, menus, children's activities, advertising pamphlets, and more) that relate to food, nutrition, and medicine, dating from the early 19th century to the present.
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Culinary Ephemera Collection 0.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes; 1 oversize folder

The Culinary Ephemera Collection was established in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (postcards, menus, children's activities, advertising pamphlets, and more) that relate to food, nutrition, and medicine, dating from the early 19th century to the present.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Edward E. Thompson Papers, 1932/1987

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
Papers of Edward Everett Thompson (1911-1989), veterinarian of Salem, Virginia, and World War II veteran of U. S. Army Veterinary Corps, including a veterinary clinic daybook, personal financial records and several scrapbooks and photo albums, focusing on Thompson's career and activities, his military service, and Republican Party politics.
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Edward E. Thompson Papers, 1932/1987 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Thompson, Edward E.
Papers of Edward Everett Thompson (1911-1989), veterinarian of Salem, Virginia, and World War II veteran of U. S. Army Veterinary Corps, including a veterinary clinic daybook, personal financial records and several scrapbooks and photo albums, focusing on Thompson's career and activities, his military service, and Republican Party politics.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Esso War Map, 1940

0.1 Cubic Feet 23 x 33 in.
World Map from WW II, produced by Esso. Undated, but probably c. early 1940's, "featuring transportation the key to every successful campaign."
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Esso War Map, 1940 0.1 Cubic Feet 23 x 33 in.

World Map from WW II, produced by Esso. Undated, but probably c. early 1940's, "featuring transportation the key to every successful campaign."
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration Collection, 1941

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
This collection contains materials from the third inauguration of the 32nd U.S. President, Franlin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), on January 20, 1941. The materials include an invitation, a program, a "card of admission" with envelope, and the enclosing envelope for the event.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration Collection, 1941 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains materials from the third inauguration of the 32nd U.S. President, Franlin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), on January 20, 1941. The materials include an invitation, a program, a "card of admission" with envelope, and the enclosing envelope for the event.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Free France of World War II Flag, 1940/1944

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 box
This flag is for Free France, which represented the government-in-exile of Charles de Gaulle during World War II, when France was occupied. The flag is a tricolour of vertical band of blue, white, and red with a blue two-barred cross (aka Cross of Lorraine) on the white band. The flag is on a pole with blue, white, and red fabric strips wrapped around the top over a soft ball-style finial.
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Free France of World War II Flag, 1940/1944 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 box

This flag is for Free France, which represented the government-in-exile of Charles de Gaulle during World War II, when France was occupied. The flag is a tricolour of vertical band of blue, white, and red with a blue two-barred cross (aka Cross of Lorraine) on the white band. The flag is on a pole with blue, white, and red fabric strips wrapped around the top over a soft ball-style finial.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Garland D. Kite Correspondence, 1944/1945

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
This collection contains letters from Garland D. Kite to Ralph Brown. The letters detail Kite's experiences as a soldier in Europe during the last two years of World War II.
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Garland D. Kite Correspondence, 1944/1945 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Kite, Garland D.
This collection contains letters from Garland D. Kite to Ralph Brown. The letters detail Kite's experiences as a soldier in Europe during the last two years of World War II.

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