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Roy Jay Holden Papers 6 Cubic Feet 6 boxes

Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945
The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's notebooks, copies of addresses and speeches he made, and records from the VPI Geology Department, where Holden (1870-1945) taught from 1905 until his death.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Rufus J. Wysor Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927
The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection 3.5 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

The Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection consists of a variety of materials, which range in dates from 1872 to 1977. The collection includes photographs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia, printed materials, such as coupons, advertisements, and pamphlets, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondences, diplomas, certificates, family papers, ephemera, publications, newspaper pages, newspaper clippings, calling cards, pay stubs, church offering stubs, and additional materials collected by the family. The collection also has a copied written piece by Dewey M. Shaver recalling her life in Blacksburg, Virginia. The collection includes five series: Correspondences, Ephemera, Family Papers, Photographs, and Printed Materials.
  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

Slusser Family Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Slusser family
This collection contains loose ledger sheets for the household expenditures of Dr. John B. Slusser, an advertisement from the Pressed Steel Car Company, a reciept from the Virginia Tech dining hall, a United States patent application for a nut-lock invented by Murray C. and William J. Slusser, and pages from a personal account book.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute Financial Ledgers 2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
The collection includes ledgers and pages of ledgers with financial records of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. It contains a listing of receipts from 1901-1906, a listing of Bond Holders under the Act of March 5, 1900, a listing of expenditures from 1900-1908, and insurance records and valuations for policies commencing 1906-1914.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Tech Alumni Association Alumni Cards 18.19 Cubic Feet 93 boxes

Virginia Tech Alumni Association
The Virginia Tech Alumni Associaiton Cards, RG 29e, contains cards and rosters about Virginia Tech alumni from 1875 thru 1970. Items include a variety of biographical data, such as names, graduation years, degree program, addresses, names of spouses and children, military service, and more. Series are based on format and arrangement, and individuals may be identified in one or more series.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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