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Orrin Rankin Magill Papers 2.5 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

Magill, Orrin R. (Orrin Rankin), 1887-1976
The collection contains the papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill's community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning Commission.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Patricia Givens Johnson Papers 2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Johnson, Patricia Givens, 1932-1996
This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. It also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Pauline E. Burks Family Papers 9 Cubic Feet 15 boxes, 4 oversize folders

Broaddus family (Amherst County, Va.)
Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Carter, H. G. (Harry Gilmore), 1886-1926
The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection includes materials from 1926-1971. The collection contains information relating to the operation of the sanatorium from 1918-1965. The collection contains administrative papers, published works of doctors, ephemera, and images.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape 4 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Leech, Preston

Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, the Appalachian Trail Club, and the local Masonic Lodge. Transcript of the interview is available.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Randolph Family Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Randolph family
The collection contains selected transcriptions of correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia. These documents depict family situations, events leading up to the American Civil War, and conditions during the war.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Records of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Virginia Tech Chapter 8.7 Cubic Feet 7 boxes

American Association of University Women. Blacksburg Branch (Va.)
This collection consists of official records and periodicals from the AAUW, Virginia Tech Chapter and the National AAUW including minutes, administrative records, state and national convention programs, awards and scholarships, publications, and other materials concerning community outreach from 1926-2008.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Reid Stanger Fulton Papers 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Fulton, Reid Stanger, 1886-1979
This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, and printed materials of Reid Stanger Fulton, economics instructor, avid book collector, and owner of Graham Mansion at Max Meadows, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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