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Dorothy H. Bodell Papers, 1850/1996 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931-2008
The Dorothy H. Bodell Papers consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book, Montgomery White Sulphur Springs: A History of the Resort, Hospital, Cemeteries, Markers, and Monuments. The collection also includes an audiotape (1992) of an interview of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cox about Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, photographs of the cemetery where the Confederate dead were buried, and information about Bodell's 40th reunion of the class of 1948 from Blacksburg High School. Bodell (1931-2008) graduated from Virginia Tech and worked for Virginia Tech University Libraries.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880/1989 8 Cubic Feet 8 boxes (not including the artifact collection)

Palmer, Earl, 1905-1996
This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922/1987 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Adams, Elizabeth Kent
The collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), resident of Radford, Virginia and local historian. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical charts, essays, and other materials related to the history of Southwest Virginia and of her ancestral lines, especially the Cloyd, Kent, McGavock and Putnam families. Includes photocopy of the handwritten autobiography of A. W. Putnam, photocopies of James Randal Kent's will and inventory of debts, and photocopies and originals of other family papers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

George Green Shackelford Papers, 1899/1990, bulk 1955/1989 16.8 Cubic Feet 12 Boxes, 7 Oversized Folders

Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010
The collection contains materials relating George Green Shackelford, a professor of history at Virginia Tech and includes clippings, correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA); the National Trust; the New River Historical Association; the Virginia Landmark Commission the Democratic Committee of Montgomery County (Virginia); the Visiting Scholar Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences for VPI&SU; Blacksburg, Virginia, and Southwest Virginia history; historic properties in Blacksburg and Southwest Virginia, particularly Smithfield Plantation; and of Virginia and VPI&SU related topics.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Harold C. Cox Memorabilia Collection,, 1923/1984 0.5 Cubic Feet 2 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Cox, Harold C.
The collection contains items, which belonged to or were collected by Harold C. Cox during his time as a student at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute from 1922-1926, and his continued experiences with the university as alumnus, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Harry W. Sanders Papers, 1913/1981 1.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984
This collection contains the papers of Harry W. Sanders, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1916); professor of agricultural education and vocational education (1925-1963) and professor emeritus of vocational education (1963-1985) at Virginia Tech; vocational teacher-trainer in Puerto Rico (1932-1933); co-founder of Future Farmers of Virginia (basis of Future Farmers of America). It includes correspondence, articles, printed materials, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to Sanders' personal life and professional career (including his year in Puerto Rico, developing a vocational agricultural education program), as well as the histories of Virginia Tech and Blacksburg, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803/1975 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Hylton, Lorenzo Dow, 1830-1864
The Huff-Hylton Families Papers consists of items from the early 1800s through the American Civil War pertaining to the business and personal lives of Samuel Huff, Lorenzo Dow Hylton, and their families in Montgomery (now Floyd) County, Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.
  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 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

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