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Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings, 1955/1961 1.0 Cubic Feet 2 folders

Elarth, Herschel Anderson, 1907-1988
The Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings contains architectural drawings from five projects designed by the partners between 1955 and 1961 (plus one undated alteration). These include three private residences in Blacksburg, Virginia, and two businesses in Christiansburg, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hickman Family Newsletters and Papers, 1995/1998 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Six issues of "Hickman Family History Newsletter," published by H. William Gabriel, focusing on descendants of the Roger Hickman family of Back Creek (Bath County), Virginia, together with photos and brief biographical information on various Hickman family members, and a typescript draft of Gabriel's article, "William P. Hickman in the New River Valley, 1852-1864."
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Historical Maps Collection, 1500/2023 45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers

A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects) 41.15 Cubic Feet 60 boxes; 12 oversize boxes; 1 oversize folder; and 2 oversize drawers

The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Independent Order of St. Luke Records, 1877/1970 1.1 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Independent Order of St. Luke (Blacksburg, Va.)
The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records, a social-welfare organization for African Americans, consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke) Circles.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James Bane Price Account Books, 1871/1897 0.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Price, James Bane, 1832-1896
The collection consists of eight account books from the James Bane Price store in Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia. The books provide details of daily transactions, expenditures and costumer accounts and span the years 1871 to 1897.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James J. Pandapas Audiotape and Papers, 1966/1997 1 Cubic Feet 1 folder; 1 oversize

Pandapas, James J.

Resident of Blacksburg, Virginia, born in Peabody, Massachusetts. Played a large role in the development of business and residential housing in Blacksburg by establishing Blacksburg's first industry, Electro-Tec, in 1947, and Poly-Scientific Corporation, in 1953, both manufacturers of electroplated slip-rings for radar antennae. Also developed various neighborhoods in Blacksburg, including Airport Acres (established in 1942) and Highland Park (1945). In 1948 Pandapas purchased a 500 acre track of land on Poverty Creek in Montgomery County, Virginia, as a recreational area for the employees of Electro-Tec. By the time he sold this land to the National Park Service in 1987 it was called Pandapas Pond.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James Randal Kent Papers, 1825/1887 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Kent, James Randal, 1792-1867
James Randal Kent (1792-1867) was an enslaver, landowner, and farmer in Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. The collection includes court records, correspondence, titheables to the Sheriffs of Montgomery and Pulaski counties, photographs, court summons, a letter, and other notes concerning Kent's property (Kentland), his business affairs, and estate.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. Bolton McBryde Collection 0.4 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

McBryde, James Bolton, 1866-1925
The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass plate negatives depicting Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI), Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and the New River area. Images are labeled with original labels, but undated. Where images were not labeled, a brief description is included in brackets on the envelope. The collection also includes eight painted views of campus photographed by J. Bolton McBryde (1866-1925), the son of fifth VPI president James M. McBryde, and likely hand-painted by his wife Mary Comfort McBryde.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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