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Harvey Lee Price Papers, 1853/1949 1.67 Cubic Feet 5 boxes and 1 oversize folder

Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951
The Harvey Lee Price Papers contain handwritten notes and genealogies of various Montgomery County families which Price used to write his four volume series Outlines of Montgomery County Families. Also included are Price's subject files on the county and Virginia and his diplomas from VPI.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Henry H. Hill Collection, 1893/1963 1.0 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954
The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Historical Maps Collection, 1500/2023 45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers

A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Independent Order of St. Luke Records, 1877/1970 1.1 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Independent Order of St. Luke (Blacksburg, Va.)
The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records, a social-welfare organization for African Americans, consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke) Circles.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection, 1890/1969, bulk 1930/1950 1.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

John R. Hutcheson family
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc. Hutcheson married Eleanor Parrott, with whom he had three children: Eleanor Catlett, John Hutcheson, Jr., and Robert Hutcheson.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Leonard J. Currie Papers,, 1920/2001 10 Cubic Feet 14 boxes; 30 oversize folders--processed materials ONLY

Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996
Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections (specref@vt.edu) for more information.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook, 1934/1937 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Gibboney, Lucie Ligon, 1917-2007
The Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook contains dance cards, football programs, correspondence, dried flowers, ticket stubs, menus, photographs and other ephemera. Much of the materials relate to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Gibboney (1917-2007) probably collected these materials while visiting her future husband, James M. Graham, Jr. (1916-1976), a 1938 graduate of VPI, to document memories from their time together in the New River Valley.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers, 1915/1989 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

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