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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 Community theater
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hard Times Blues Collection, 1966/2019

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes" Meade (1882-1941), who was influential as a mascot performer and turkey trainer for football games. His turkeys served as an early predecessor to the HokieBird mascot representing Virginia Tech today.
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Hard Times Blues Collection, 1966/2019 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes" Meade (1882-1941), who was influential as a mascot performer and turkey trainer for football games. His turkeys served as an early predecessor to the HokieBird mascot representing Virginia Tech today.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Barnes Performing Arts Collection, 1890/1983, bulk 1940/1969

11.9 Cubic Feet 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder
The collection includes performing arts programs from around the world as well as scrapbooks and clippings about the theatre and movie industries. The programs cover a variety of genres including theatre, classical and popular music, opera, ballet, motion picture, and other genres such as horse ballet, ice skating, and circus. The programs come from numerous countries including the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, Japan, and Poland with the majority being from the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The programs cover the late 1800s through the late 1900s with the majority of items from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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John Barnes Performing Arts Collection, 1890/1983, bulk 1940/1969 11.9 Cubic Feet 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Barnes, John H. (John Hancock), 1905-1979
The collection includes performing arts programs from around the world as well as scrapbooks and clippings about the theatre and movie industries. The programs cover a variety of genres including theatre, classical and popular music, opera, ballet, motion picture, and other genres such as horse ballet, ice skating, and circus. The programs come from numerous countries including the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, Japan, and Poland with the majority being from the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The programs cover the late 1800s through the late 1900s with the majority of items from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) Collection, 1986/2000

8.6 Cubic Feet 7 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The collection includes papers, photographs, and audio materials from the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), a LA-based theatre and arts group. Materials date from the founding of the organization in 1985 until about 2000.
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Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) Collection, 1986/2000 8.6 Cubic Feet 7 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) (Theatre Company)
The collection includes papers, photographs, and audio materials from the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), a LA-based theatre and arts group. Materials date from the founding of the organization in 1985 until about 2000.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Melinda E. Pittman Theatrical Collection, 1974/2012, bulk 1990/2008

4.4 Cubic Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder
The collection includes scripts, songs, lyrics, production designs, directing and production notebooks, press, interviews, audio and video recordings, and other materials related to Melinda Pittman's theatrical career.
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Melinda E. Pittman Theatrical Collection, 1974/2012, bulk 1990/2008 4.4 Cubic Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Pittman, Melinda E.
The collection includes scripts, songs, lyrics, production designs, directing and production notebooks, press, interviews, audio and video recordings, and other materials related to Melinda Pittman's theatrical career.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The Road Company Records, 1972/1998

38 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 1 folder
The Road Company records consist of administrative files, touring information, scripts, video and audiocassettes of productions, and public relations material.
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The Road Company Records, 1972/1998 38 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 1 folder

The Road Company (1972-1998)
The Road Company records consist of administrative files, touring information, scripts, video and audiocassettes of productions, and public relations material.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas Adriance Papers, 1957/1996

4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.
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Thomas Adriance Papers, 1957/1996 4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Adriance, Thomas
The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.

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