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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Albert L. Sturm Papers, 1904/1988

27 Cubic Feet 19 boxes
This collection contains the papers of Albert L. Sturm, professor of political science at Virginia Tech and a noted expert on state constitutions and constitutional revision. Included are correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to academic instruction, administration, and consultation; Sturm's books, articles, and public addresses; and topical files on politics and constitutionalnoal development and revision.
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Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers, 1862/2002

25.2 Cubic Feet 18 boxes
The Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers consist of newsletters, newspapers clippings, photographs, newspapers articles, photocopies from published literature, maps, and calendars, related to American Civil War topics.
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J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection, 1802/1956

42 Cubic Feet 85 boxes
This collection contains the papers of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler, including official, business and personal correspondence, printed materials, scrapbooks, and ledgers; papers of Tyler's children (Edward H., James H. Jr., Stockton H., Belle Tyler McConnell, Sue Tyler Jopling, Hal C. and Lily Tyler Wilson); business records (including records of the Belle Hampton Coal Company and Radford Development Company), genealogical materials, Spanish-American War army pay records, and photographs. Also includes papers of members of the Hammet and Sifford families.
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Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey Records, 1985/1986

1.2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes
The collection includes records arising from a survey of significant architectural and/or historical sites in Montgomery County, Virginia. Includes an inventory of structures and sites, a copy of the survey's book, Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey(1986), and maps indicating locations of the inventory's structures and sites.
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James C. V. Emond Papers, 1857/1988

3.4 Cubic Feet 7 boxes
This collection includes the papers--including printed materials, correspondence, research notes, photographs, and ephemera--collected by James C. V. Emond, pastor of Fairlawn Church of Christ (Galax, Virginia), while researching the history of his church and the surrounding community.
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Joan Wood Architectural Collection, 1953/2000

7.92 Cubic Feet 1 half-document box and 15 telescoping boxes. 9.27 Cubic Feet 7 boxes and 6 oversized folders
This collection contains a mix of biographical information, project records, and architectural drawings. Records include drawings for 112 architectural projects from the architect Joan Wood and her Boston-based firm, Joan Wood Architects, along with some notes, correspondence, and project photographs. The later addition contains paper records, photographic materials, and design records for 73 named clients in the Boston area.
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The Road Company Records, 1972/1998

38 Cubic Feet 27 boxes; 1 folder
The Road Company records consist of administrative files, touring information, scripts, video and audiocassettes of productions, and public relations material.
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Melvin N. Gough Papers, 1919/1973

30.9 Cubic Feet 22 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The Melvin N. Gough Papers span from 1919 to 1971 and include a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) administrator, and flight safety investigator. Types of materials include NACA and Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) reports and documents, articles, correspondence, notes and speeches, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Gough (1906-1994) was an engineer, pilot, and administrator at NACA/NASA from 1926 to 1960.
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15th Virginia Infantry History, 1861/1864

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection contains a history of the 15th Virginia Infantry, covering its formation in April 1861 to the spring of 1862, written by enlisted soldier Claybrook Y. Lain. Includes copies of Confederate company records concerning Lain's enlistment, payment, death, and beneficiaries.
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15th Virginia Infantry History, 1861/1864 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Lain, Claybrook Y., c. 1864
The collection contains a history of the 15th Virginia Infantry, covering its formation in April 1861 to the spring of 1862, written by enlisted soldier Claybrook Y. Lain. Includes copies of Confederate company records concerning Lain's enlistment, payment, death, and beneficiaries.
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Walter Gropius/G. Preston Frazer Papers, 1969/1992

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
The collection contains correspondence (from Mrs. Walter Gropius to G. Preston Frazer), as well as photographs, newsclippings, and publications about Gropius.
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