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Louise Hall Collection 102 Cubic Feet 67 boxes

Hall, Louise
Louise Hall (1905-1990) was an American architect, who taught art and architectural history at Duke University from 1931 to 1975. Her papers document her teaching career, architecture career, and personal life.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers 0.9 Cubic Feet 2 boxes, 2 oversize folders

Urquhart, Lucy Dickinson, 1881-1975
The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart (1881-1975), an advertising copywriter and local historian in Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence, papers, and other materials related to her family.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers 44 Cubic Feet 44 boxes

Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989
Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research, correspondence with family, friends, and business contacts, membership materials from local organizations, and travel memorabilia from her numerous national and international trips.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Margaret M. Sullivan Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Sullivan, Margaret M., 1926-2013
The papers of Margaret M. Sullivan, a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, include reminiscences of her life in Montgomery County from 1926 through World War II and two photographs of students at Montgomery County's Sunnyside School.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection 11 Cubic Feet 10 boxes and 36 oversize folders

Channel, Mary Brown, 1907-2006
After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Mary Ramsay Brown Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area. Also included are some college drawings and projects.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Meeting Minutes of the Art League of Philadelphia and Diary of Art League Member Elsa Marie Hofheinz 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Hofheinz, Elsa Marie, 1912-2012
This collection contains a book of meeting minutes for the Art League of Philadelphia recorded primarily by secretaries Margaret Nefferdorf and Elsa Hofheinz. The collection also includes Elsa Hofheinz's diary from 1928 when she was in high school.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Moore Family Papers 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Moore family
A collection of photographs, correspondence, and other documents created by members of the Moore family spans three generations between 1847 and 1948. Most of this collection is comprised of letters that relate family news.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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