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Russell Family Correspondence 2.2 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

The Russell Family Correspondence Collections consists of postcards and letters from 1927-1943 written by Edgar V. "Buck" Russell and Alice Elizabeth Russell Duke. Most letters were written to their mother and father. Throughout the letters, Edgar and Alice discuss their lives and time in college. The letters provide many details into their daily lives and can be viewed as letters and diary entries. Their letters also demonstrate how the family struggled with two children in college during the Great Depression.
  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

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

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

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

T. W. Hatcher Collection 0.6 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Hatcher, T. W. (Thomas Watkins), 1900-
The collection contains notes from T. W. Hatcher's tenure as a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), as well as VPI ephemera from the 1950s. The collection contains photographs from campus and other locations, taken in the 1920s. Later materials consist of reports from the National Bank of Blacksburg.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

University Memorabilia 1.0 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

This collection includes a variety of memorabilia from various years of Virginia Tech history. Some examples of artifacts in this collection include but are not limited to pins, buttons, koozies, and coasters.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Vaiden A. Thornton Collection 1.1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Thornton, Vaiden A.
The collection contains account books, dairy building blueprints designed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and various work-related papers created between 1930 and 1953. A few of the items are undated. Thornton ran a dairy and ice operation in Stony Creek, Virginia, in addition to his job as an insurance company medical examiner.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Violet Robinson Merchant Papers, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Merchant, Violet Robinson, 1919-2008

Graduate of Virginia Tech, Bachelors of Business Administration, 1941. Collection consists of a newspaper clipping, a cotillion club invitation, a VPI playbill, a football schedule, and a hand-drawn Valentine card from fellow VPI graduate, Bill Gearhart.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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