Collections : [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]

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 Creator Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958
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.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John P. Sawyer Letters, 1943/1945

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection consists of letters to Ralph M. Brown, librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from John P. Sawyer, who graduated from VPI in 1940.
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John P. Sawyer Letters, 1943/1945 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Sawyer, John P.
The collection consists of letters to Ralph M. Brown, librarian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from John P. Sawyer, who graduated from VPI in 1940.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. Preston Newman Papers, 1910/1975

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The J. Preston Newman Papers includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, university librarian at Virginia Tech.
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J. Preston Newman Papers, 1910/1975 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Newman, J. Preston (James Preston), 1913-1982
The J. Preston Newman Papers includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, university librarian at Virginia Tech.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Passenger Pigeon Correspondence, 1945

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The collection consists of Virginia Tech librarian Ralph Brown's 1945 compilation of correspondence on passenger pigeons.
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Passenger Pigeon Correspondence, 1945 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958
The collection consists of Virginia Tech librarian Ralph Brown's 1945 compilation of correspondence on passenger pigeons.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers, 1872/1947

2.3 Cubic Feet 5 boxes; 1 oversize folder
This collection contains the papers of Ralph Minthorne Brown, Virginia Tech head librarian (1926-1947), amateur historian, and naturalist. It includes materials on Virginia Tech and local history, including typed transcripts of sources gathered for an intended history of Virginia Tech. Also included are Brown's Blacksburg ornithological and weather observations, a bibliography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and other writings.
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Ralph Minthorne Brown Papers, 1872/1947 2.3 Cubic Feet 5 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958
This collection contains the papers of Ralph Minthorne Brown, Virginia Tech head librarian (1926-1947), amateur historian, and naturalist. It includes materials on Virginia Tech and local history, including typed transcripts of sources gathered for an intended history of Virginia Tech. Also included are Brown's Blacksburg ornithological and weather observations, a bibliography of Matthew Fontaine Maury, and other writings.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of the Virginia Tech University Libraries, 1925/2006

174.6 Cubic Feet 207 boxes
This collection includes minutes, correspondence, meeting notes, and more from departments, committees, and individuals in the Virginia Tech University Libraries.
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Records of the Virginia Tech University Libraries, 1925/2006 174.6 Cubic Feet 207 boxes

Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961
This collection includes minutes, correspondence, meeting notes, and more from departments, committees, and individuals in the Virginia Tech University Libraries.

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