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Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Samuel Davis Preston Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Preston, Samuel Davis, 1892-1975
The collection contains personal memorabilia, consisting largely of honors and awards, of Samuel Davis Preston, a graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1923) and member of the university's board of visitors (1952-1960).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Jones, Samuel D., 1856-1930
The Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor is a letter written on March 10, 1893, from Jones (1856-1930) in Glade Spring, Virginia, to Wysor (1847-1927) in Dublin, Virginia. The letter details a payment for an insurance policy and is written on Southwest Virginia Institute for Young Ladies letterhead. Jones was principal of the institute, and Wysor was an agent for the New-York Life Insurance Company.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Samuel Edwin Carnahan Diploma 1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize folder

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Samuel Edwin Carnahan (1884-1970) graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. The collection contains his 1907 VPI diploma, signed by VPI president John McBryde and the Board of Visitors.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sanford Bernell Fenne Papers 0.7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Fenne, Sanford Bernell, 1903-1978
The papers of Sanford Bernell "Chuck" Fenne, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1927; MS, 1930) and a Virginia Agricultural Extension plant pathologist from 1939 to 1967, includes correspondence, writings, biographical materials, photographs, a VPI scrapbook, and a photo album compiled during a year (1943-1944) spent working in Brazil for the Food Supply Division, Institute of Inter-American Affairs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Scott Worner Papers 2 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

Worner, Scott
The Scott Worner Papers consist of architectural floorplans, photographs, building democraphic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995, collected by Worner for his dissertation.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

S. H. Knick Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Knick, S. H., b.1887
Papers of Samuel Herbert Knick (1886-1914), of Rockbridge County, Virginia, relating to his time as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, including a student handbook and a letter and postcard addressed to Knick's brother, W. Hampton Knick.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sidney B. Jeffreys Papers 1.0 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Jeffreys, Sidney B. (Sidney Bryan), 1909-1986
This collection contains the Virgina Tech-related papers of Sidney B. Jeffreys (1909-1986), a 1931 graduate who, as an alumnus, played an active role in promoting and developing the university. The collection contains coursework, extracurricular ephemera, correspondence, reports, and printed materials. Some of the letters are from a number of university and alumni association officials, including H. B. "Puss" Redd, Paul Deering, Paul Torgersen, T. Marshall Hahn, and William E. Lavery.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Southwest Virginia Photograph Album 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains over one hundred photographs from a family that lived in southwest Virginia during the period of 1913 through 1917. Several pictures depict Virginia Tech (VPI) during this period. Other images show the family's travels throughout the American South.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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