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Joseph F. Ware Collection 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969
The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. Preston Newman Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Newman, J. Preston (James Preston), 1913-1982
The J. Preston Newman Papers includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.), as well as papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, university librarian at Virginia Tech.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lawrence Priddy Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Priddy, Lawrence, Sr., 1874-1944
Lawrence Priddy graduated with the Class of 1897. This collection includes photographs from Priddy's time as a student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). The majority of the collection is composed of newspaper clippings and speeches relating to Priddy's activities as an alumnus. Priddy campaigned heavily for the construction of the YMCA building on campus as well as raising funds for the construction of War Memorial Hall. The speech Priddy gave at the dedication of the building in October 1926 is part of the collection. A plaque honoring Priddy's contributions was placed in the hall.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lewis A. Hall Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

This collection includes the papers of Lewis A. Hall, a 1924 graduate of Virginia Tech, consisting largely of memorabilia from his time at the university and as an active alumnus. Includes programs, certificates, textiles, and photographs, as well as drawings for engineering class assignments.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Gibboney, Lucie Ligon, 1917-2007
The Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook contains dance cards, football programs, correspondence, dried flowers, ticket stubs, menus, photographs and other ephemera. Much of the materials relate to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Gibboney (1917-2007) probably collected these materials while visiting her future husband, James M. Graham, Jr. (1916-1976), a 1938 graduate of VPI, to document memories from their time together in the New River Valley.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers 44 Cubic Feet 44 boxes

Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989
Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research, correspondence with family, friends, and business contacts, membership materials from local organizations, and travel memorabilia from her numerous national and international trips.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Lash, Percy Hotspur, II
This collection contains 45 items, mostly letters from Percy Hotspur Lash II while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1920s written to friends in Gladys and Lynchburg, Virginia. Other items include banquet programs, blank postcards, and photographs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert A. Belz Papers 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes and 6 oversize folders

Belz, Robert Armstrong
The collection contains the personal and academic papers of Robert A. Belz, a 1939 Virginia Tech alumni who graduated with a bachelors degree in industrial engineering. Materials range from 1869-1962, however, a majority of the works are from the 1930s-1940s or undated. Several oversized folders accompany the collection and hold technical drawings, newspapers, coupon bonds, posters, and his diploma. In addition to school work for math, business, humanities, and science courses, the collection also includes correspondence, clippings and ephemera, and a small group of photographs and cards.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert Barnes Ware Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Ware, Robert Barnes, 1914-1944
The Robert Barnes Ware Collection includes a postcard from Ware (1914-1944) to Martha Wood, Jan. 3, 1935, about life at VPI, a pamphlet for Memorial Service at V.P.I., May 12, 1946, and a program for Memorial Service, May 12, 1946.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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