Monthly Archives: February 2015

Vaughan’s Veggie Basket

by archivistkira Posted on February 27, 2015

It’s another shorter post this week, since I’m trying to plan for March posts already. As with the last two years, we’ll be continuing our series of posts about women and their always-amazing contributions to food & drink history. If you need a refresher before next week, you can read parts 1-8 online. In the meantime, […] Continue reading →

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Open Data Day/CodeAcross Event Recap

by Philip Young Posted on February 26, 2015

Blacksburg’s first celebration of Open Data Day and CodeAcross was organized by Code for NRV, our local Code for America brigade, and the University Libraries, which hosted the event in Newman Library’s Multipurpose Room. Originally scheduled for Saturday, February 21 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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An Uneasy Birth

by jojacks2 Posted on February 26, 2015

Marking the 100th Anniversary of D. W. Griffith’s Controversial Landmark Film, The Birth of a Nation While recently pulling materials for an exhibit on silent films, I happened upon a small promotional flyer, probably from Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre, for D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, which saw its initial theatrical release on March 3, […] Continue reading →

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Jell-O Pamphlets, c.1931

by archivistkira Posted on February 20, 2015

Here we are, eight weeks into 2015 and we have yet to talk about gelatin. That’s a problem I can solve. 🙂 This week, we’ve got some strange and intriguing recipes from two Jell-o pamphlets published in 1931. One has “thrifty” in the title, suggesting it may include some of the more basic (and down-to-earth?) […] Continue reading →

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Learn About Open Data at Open Data Day/CodeAcross!

by Philip Young Posted on February 16, 2015

Join us for Blacksburg’s first observance of Open Data Day/CodeAcross, organized by Virginia Tech’s University Libraries and Code for NRV, our local Code for America brigade, this Friday and Saturday, February 20-21, 2015. We will be one of more than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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John Redd Hutcheson, 9th President of Virginia Tech

by lmrvt Posted on February 12, 2015

Recently, Special Collections received a new collection, the John R. Hutcheson Family Collection, containing letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and more documenting the life of Virginia Tech president John R. Hutcheson. Although only president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI, as Virginia Tech was then known) for two years from 1945 to 1947, John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) […] Continue reading →

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Open Education Week 2015 at Virginia Tech

by Philip Young Posted on February 12, 2015

The University Libraries is planning its first observance of Open Education Week (February 23-27) at Virginia Tech! Open Education Week is intended to raise awareness of open educational resources (OER), which include a wide range of teaching, learning, and research … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Meal Planning For Every–Err, Some Occasions!

by archivistkira Posted on February 12, 2015

This week, we’re back a favorite topic around here: meal planning! Today’s feature (or special, if you will) is “More Menus” for Luncheons, Dinners, Etc. from 1933. As “More Menus” for Luncheons, Dinners, Etc. suggests, this isn’t the first title by Mrs. Lang. Nor it is the first one about meal planning. In 1929, she wrote Choice Menus […] Continue reading →

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Virginia Tech in China 2015 Summer II Course: July 5–Aug. 12

by HaveLanguageWillTravel Posted on February 9, 2015

VTIC CLASSROOM VISITS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS WEEKS OF FEBRUARY 9th–20th • NEW DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: FEB. 25, 2015 • INFO SESSIONS: o MONDAY FEB. 16, 5—7 pm in room 421 Major Williams o TUESDAY FEB. 17, all day (9 am—5 pm) in room 100X Newman Library o FRIDAY FEB. 20, 11 am—1 pm in room […] Continue reading →

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