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Start Over Date range 1957 Subjects Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

John Barnes Performing Arts Collection 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.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Henry Johnson Scrapbook 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Johnson, John Henry, 1889-1956
The collection includes a scrapbook of John Henry Johnson, a Scott County, Virginia politician, including letters signed by other politicians (including William Jennings Bryan and other members of the Bryan family), newspaper clippings, certificates, invitations, original poetry, and a photograph.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Janney Papers, 8 Cubic Feet 19 boxes

Janney, John, 1798-1872
The John Janney Papers consist of over 800 letters written to John Janney and members of his family. Other materials include biographical information, books, and periodicals.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Murray Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Murray, John, 1909-2002
The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Nicolay Papers 1.4 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Nicolay, John
The John Nicolay Papers include oral history tapes, slides, original documents and historical photographs of the area by Earl Palmer. In addition, there is material from Moutainside Magazine, edited by Nicolay from 1983 to 1984, such as writings by Beverly Brinlee, Jess Carr, Fred Waage, and William White.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Preston Journals 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Preston, John, d. 1982
This collection largely consists of journals written by John Preston in which he recorded his daily activities. Entries include accounts of his work with the Red Cross, home improvement projects, time spent with friends, and various hobbies such as golfing. The collection also includes some paper ephemera, collected by Preston in his diary from 1982. This includes photographs, newspaper clippings, golf scoresheets, and other memorabilia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John P. Sheffey Papers 0.6 Linear Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder

Sheffey, John Preston
This collection includes the letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection 1.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

John R. Hutcheson family
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc. Hutcheson married Eleanor Parrott, with whom he had three children: Eleanor Catlett, John Hutcheson, Jr., and Robert Hutcheson.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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