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Charles Sears Oral History Interview 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Sears, Charles, d. 1998
Audiocassette tape contains an oral history interview with Virginia Tech Professor Charles Sears, conducted by John Straw, University Archivist. Sears discusses the history of the Virginia Tech Geology Department (today the Department of Geosciences), where he served as a professor and founded the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Christian Case Papers 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Christian, George L.
This collection of materials about accusations in student hazing incident at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, subsequent disciplinary actions by the university's faculty, actions taken by the Board of Visitors, appeal by Judge George L. Christian (father of one of the accused), and proceedings of a joint legislative committee investigating the incident and the college's faculty and administrative practices and policies.
  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

Christopher Kraft Letter to Elizabeth Plank 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019
This collection consists of a letter from Christopher Kraft in Connecticut to Elizabeth Plank in Blacksburg, Virginia. The envelope is stamped with the date of January 10, 1945. In the letter, Kraft reflects upon his time in Blacksburg and some of his thoughts of Connecticut.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

C. Hunter Carpenter Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains a packet of material assembled to nominate C. Hunter Carpenter, a Virginia Tech graduate, for the National Football Hall of Fame (today known as the College Football Hall of Fame). It includes photostatic copies of biographical information, photographs and letters from teammates and opposing players, including Charles D. Daly, J. Ambler Johnston, John R. Hutcheson, and George C. Marshall.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Clarence Paul Miles Papers 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Miles, Clarence Paul, 1879-1966
The collection contains the papers of Virginia Tech graduate, professor of modern languages, and director of athletics Clarence Paul "Sally" Miles, including grade books for courses in French and German, together with personal memorabilia and photographs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Clarence Trent Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991
The collection comprises the papers of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) alum and professor Clarence E. Trent (1904-1991), having to do with his involvement in American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at VPI, and his engineering education.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Conan W. Vaughan, Jr., Papers 1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Vaughan, Conan W., Jr., 1906-1990
The papers document the life of Virginia Tech alum Conan W. Vaughan, Jr. (1906-1990) and consist of photographs, correspondence, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, files, and other literature almost exclusively from Vaughan's tour of duty (1941-1944) in Iceland and Europe during World War II, and his involvement in the U.S. Army Reserve in the late 1940s and 1950s. Of special interest are copies of correspondence between Vaughan and George Washington Carver, which run from 1928 to 1942.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Daniel E. Wright Papers 2.5 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Wright, Daniel E.
This collection contains materials dealing with the Panama Canal, the public health activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Public Health Service, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Also includes correspondence to and from Daniel E. Wright while a colonel on the staff of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and at the U.S. Middle Eastern Command Headquarters in Cairo, as well as photographs from his travels.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dewitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., Scrapbooks 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Wolfe, Dewitt Clinton, Jr., d.1991
This collection contains two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a 1921 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a member of the VPI Corps of Cadets. The materials document Wolfe's experiences as a student in the Cadet Corps from about 1919 to 1921, including sporting events, camping excursions, "rat parades" and as a trumpet player in the Cadet Corps band. The collection also contains a CD with selected scanned photographs from the albums.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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