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Arthur B. Massey Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Massey, A. B. (Arthur Ballard)
The collection contains field notes; essays and studies; laboratory course outlines; printed materials; and photographs of trees on the Virginia Tech Campus from Arthur Ballard Massey, plant pathologist, assistant professor of botany at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, professor of biology at Virginia Tech, and member of the Virginia Academy of Science.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Beattie Family University Memorabilia 2.4 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversized folder

Beattie, Claibourne Walton, Jr., 1923-1978
This collection contains Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia from Claibourne Walton Beattie, Sr. (1896-1971), class of 1919, and his son Claibourne Walton Beattie, Jr. (1923-1978), class of 1951. The collection contains a 1924 graduation invitation and a 1951 commencent program. The collection also includes several programs and bulletins related to events on campus. There are several pieces of a cadet uniform, such as a hat, rat belt, and cords. Attached inside the hat is an event calender for The Lyric Theatre for September 1941. A copy of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1875 has a section about VPI.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Benjamin Cottrell Papers 1.7 Cubic Feet 7 boxes, 2 oversize folders

Cottrell, Benjamin, d.1972
This collection contains the papers, photographs, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, and scrapbooks of Benjamin Cottrell from 1910-1983. Cottrell, a 1916 VPI graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering, spent part of his career working on railroads and highways in Central and South America.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr., Papers 0.8 Cubic Feet 1 box, 2 oversized folders

Kinzey, Bertram Y., Jr. (Bertram York) (1921-2019)
This collection contains architecural drawings, papers, publications, thesis, correspondence, and a sketchbook from Bertram Y. Kinzey, Jr. (1921-2019), a student and faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's College of Architecture in the 1940s and 1950s.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Carl George Krieger Papers 15 Cubic Feet 19 boxes

Krieger, Carl George, 1905-1979
The Carl George Krieger Papers include correspondence, speeches, notebooks, photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, and clippings and magazine articles on topics related to agriculture, gas, oil, tractors, air and water pollution, waste treatment, and public relations. Krieger (1905-1979) was the first agricultural engineering graduate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1926, and he was a gas engine specialist and a pioneer in the development of the high-compression tractor.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Carol M. Newman, Jr., Papers 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder

Newman, Carol M., Jr. (Carol Montgomery), 1910-1997
This collection contains the papers of Carol Montgomery Newman, Jr., a graduate of Virginia Tech (BS in biology, 1931), writer and editor for The New Yorker (1949-1972), and Virginia Tech Department of English faculty member (1934-1949, 1972-1975). Includes correspondence relating to The New Yorker, including letters and notes from Charles Addams, Louis Auchincloss, S.J. Perelman, J. D. Salinger, and William Shawn; other materials relating to the magazine, including a manuscript poem by John Updike, drawings by Frank Modell, and newspaper clippings relating to various staff members; a selection of Newman's writings; correspondence relating to Virginia Tech; and materials relating to Virginia Tech's 1931 commencement.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers 14.8 Cubic Feet 12 boxes and 1 folder

Sibold, Nannie V. (Nannie Virginia), 1897-1957
The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Chapman J. French Papers 4.2 Cubic Feet 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder

French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston)
The collection contains papers of Chapman J. French, civil engineer employed by Norfolk & Western Railway from 1903 to 1950. It includes correspondence, memoranda, working notes, and specifications for projects as well as company and engineering department procedures. Also includes personal papers, largely relating to purchases for household and farm.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Christopher C. Kraft Papers 28 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 6 folders [plus 2 boxes of duplicate materials]

Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019
The Christopher C. Kraft Papers consists of approximately 28 cu. ft. of manuscripts, particularly NACA and NASA reports and documents, meeting notes and agendas, and research materials. A later donation contains the manuscript for 2001 Kraft's autobiography. Kraft (1924-2019) graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1944 and went on to become NASA's first flight director and the director of the Johnson Space Center.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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