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
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Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Date range 1978 Subjects Maps (documents)

Flood Insurance Rate Map, Montgomery County, Virginia (Unincorporated Areas), 1978 0.1 Cubic Feet 28 x 39 in (6 sheets)

National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
This collection is a combination of six items, including five distinct zone maps, and a cover piece which includes a smaller map showing zone boundaries. The maps are part of the National Flood Insurance Program. This collection contains pages 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125. A note indicates that an index exists that can identify pages not printed.
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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).
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Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts, Virginia,, 1978 0.1 Cubic Feet 50 x 36 in.

United States. Forest Service
Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts. Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1978. 50 x 36 in. 1978. On reverse: Jefferson National Forest: Mount Rogers N. R. A. and Wythe Ranger Districts, Virginia. [FOLDER C-1]
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Map of Westview Cemetery, 1935/1991 0.1 Cubic Feet 48 x 35 in. (2 sheets)

Broyles, H. C.
Maps show individual plots in the Westview Cemetery of Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index of names. Each map contains several markings, highlighting certain plots and names. Original drawing by H. C. Broyles in 1935; part 1 revised March 29, 1990; part 2 revised Sept. 11, 1991, both by "J. R. G."
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