Monthly Archives: March 2017

Mary Sinton Leitch & Two-Degrees of Sherwood Anderson

by archivistkira Posted on March 31, 2017

Last time I wrote a post, it was on Sherwood Anderson and our newly-acquired copy of The Cornfields, one of Anderson’s poems which was separately printed. In that post, I mentioned a collection relating to Mary Sinton Leitch, which I had recently processed and was indirectly connected to Anderson. This time around, I thought I would talk … Continue reading Mary Sinton Leitch & Two-Degrees of Sherwood Anderson Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month, Part 21: Mrs. D. A. Lincoln (1884-1921)

by archivistkira Posted on March 30, 2017

Earlier this month, I had one book from our profiled woman this week on display. It was part of Women’s History Month exhibit and was placed, strategically, with the works of three other women: Fannie Merritt Farmer, Maria Parloa, and Janet McKenzie Hill. Like those three, Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (aka Mrs. D. A. Lincoln) … Continue reading Women’s History Month, Part 21: Mrs. D. A. Lincoln (1884-1921) Continue reading →

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Household of Ruth, No. 5533

by roganwright Posted on March 21, 2017

A little over a month ago, in honor of Black History Month, I wrote about the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (GUOOF) in Blacksburg. This month, in honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to take a few moments to talk about the Household of Ruth, No. 5533. Household of Ruth is the women’s … Continue reading Household of Ruth, No. 5533 Continue reading →

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An Archival Tail of Mice and Men

by vtspecblogger Posted on March 17, 2017

If I have learned anything in my ten months working in Special Collections, it’s that when processing a collection, you truly never know just what you might find. Recently, while processing a collection called the Turner Family Papers (Ms2017-004) a series of family letters that span a century, roughly from the 1840s – 1940s, which … Continue reading An Archival Tail of Mice and Men Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month, Part 20: Ellen H. (Henrietta) Swallow Richards (1842-1911)

by archivistkira Posted on March 16, 2017

Ellen Henrietta Swallow (later Richards) was born in 1842. In 1870, she graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelors of Science–she focused her studies largely in astronomy. In 1871, far from completed with her own education, she applied to, and was accepted, to MIT. She was the first woman to attend the school, graduating from … Continue reading Women’s History Month, Part 20: Ellen H. (Henrietta) Swallow Richards (1842-1911) Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month, Part 19: M. L. Tyson

by archivistkira Posted on March 10, 2017

This week’s Women’s History Month profile is going to a little different. Anyone who has followed this blog (or our general Special Collections blog) for a while knows that we deal with mysteries a lot. Sometimes, despite all the digging, people, places, events, and even ingredients can remain shrouded in secrets. And that’s okay. Frustrating … Continue reading Women’s History Month, Part 19: M. L. Tyson Continue reading →

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Women’s History Month, Part 19: M. L. Tyson

by archivistkira Posted on March 10, 2017

This week’s Women’s History Month profile is going to a little different. Anyone who has followed this blog (or our general Special Collections blog) for a while knows that we deal with mysteries a lot. Sometimes, despite all the digging, people, places, events, and even ingredients can remain shrouded in secrets. And that’s okay. Frustrating … Continue reading Women’s History Month, Part 19: M. L. Tyson Continue reading →

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Selections from Appalachian Collections

by lmrvt Posted on March 9, 2017

Today marks the beginning of the 40th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference, taking place here at Virginia Tech! Our archivist Marc Brodsky has set up an exhibit in Special Collections to show off some of our collections documenting the history of Appalachia. Please come by to take a gander today or tomorrow during our open hours, if you are … Continue reading Selections from Appalachian Collections Continue reading →

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And Lift Off! Highlights of the Michael Collins collection are now online!

by adriennearchivist Posted on March 3, 2017

Occasionally I get the chance to work with something in our collections that give me shivers, and the notebooks that astronaut Michael Collins used on the NASA Gemini and Apollo spaceflight missions definitely fall into that category. I mean, it isn’t often that you get to handle and scan items that have actually been in space! You can … Continue reading And Lift Off! Highlights of the Michael Collins collection are now online! Continue reading →

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