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Virginia Tech Ring and Class Collections 5.83 Cubic Feet 11 boxes

The Virginia Tech Ring and Class Collections document the work of the Ring Design Committee, Ring Dance Committee, and individual classes at VPI, including their reunions. Items include ring design proposals and collection brochures, invitations and flyers for ring dances, and memorabilia for graduating classes and class reunions.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

VPI Corps of Cadets Fabric Swatches 1.0 Cubic Feet 1 box

The collection consists of three fabric swatches. Two of the swatches are about three inches wide and ten inches long. The other swatch is about four inches wide and eight inches long. All three swatches are the same navy blue fabric with rough cut edges.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

W. Graham Claytor Papers 3 Cubic Feet 6 boxes

Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971
This collection includes business and personal papers of W. Graham Claytor, a 1906 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute) and an executive overseeing the operations of a number of American Gas and Electric Company subsidiaries during the 20th century. It includes correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to personal financial matters, business operations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and ham radio.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wilhelmina Van Ingen Elarth Papers 9.5 Cubic Feet 7 boxes

Elarth, Wilhelmina Van Ingen, 1905-1969
This collection contains the papers of Wilhelmina van Ingen Elarth, a professor of art history and classical studies who taught at the University of Michigan, Wheaton College (Massachusetts), and the University of Manitoba. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, diaries, subject files, postcards, printed materials, original artwork (including sketches attributed to Henry van Ingen), ancient relic fragments, mementos and photographs. Much of the collection focuses on van Ingen's interest in the art and architecture of ancient Greece, Italy, and Mexico, and her visits to sites in those countries, including her year in Athens at the American School of Classical Studies, during which she participated in excavations at Eleusis.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William Bradford Alwood Collection 1.9 Cubic Feet 5 boxes and 6 oversized folders

Alwood, William Bradford, 1859-1946
William Bradford Alwood was a professor of horticulture, entomology, and mycology at Virginia Tech (1891-1904) and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His collection includes research papers, theses, brochures, and notebooks on such subjects as cider, wine making, grapes, and pellagra.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection 1.4 Cubic Feet 3 box and 2 oversize items

Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006
The William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection, 1909-1991, includes Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) publications, school papers (including notes and notebooks), ephemera, engineering publications and reports, correspondences, and photographs of Drumeller, a student and cadet at VPI from 1942-1943 and 1946-1949. Materials describe the railway and coal industries in West Virginia in the mid- to late twentieth century.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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