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Start Over Date range 1949 Subjects Students and alumni

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

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

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

Marcus L. Oliver Correspondence 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Norcross, William Ernest
The collection contains business correspondence from Marcus L. Oliver's tenure with the Virginia Tech Alumni Association (1950-1968) and the University of the South Alumni Association. The collection also includes personal correspondence from 1947 to 2010.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Melvin Feldenheimer Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Feldenheimer, Melvin
Melvin Feldenheimer graduated from the Virginia Tech in 1944. Collection consists of materials from Feldenheimer's time as a cadet at Virginia Tech. Also included is a recording from a 1946 performance of Mel Felton and the Southern Colonels, a dance band lead by Feldenheimer during his time as a student and following World War II the band reunited and toured the south.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Merwin Leven Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Leven, Merwin, 1929-2007
This collection contains papers belonging to Merwin Leven during his time as a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (V.P.I.) from 1948-1950, mostly related to the Corps of Cadets and other student organizations.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Nelson M. Magee Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Magee, Nelson M.
This collection contains correspondence and personal items belonging to Nelson M. Magee, a 1952 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence includes letters and cards sent to Magee while he was a V.P.I. student from 1948 to 1952.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Orrin Rankin Magill Papers 2.5 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

Magill, Orrin R. (Orrin Rankin), 1887-1976
The collection contains the papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill's community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning Commission.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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