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VT Special Collections and University Archives
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Located on the first floor of Newman Library.
Open M-F 9-5, appointments preferred, walk-ins welcome.
More info at https://bit.ly/scua-byappt.
Website: https://spec.lib.vt.edu
Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch in 1861 Mississippi via her teenage diary. Join us at 3:00 p.m. for more of Fannie Murdoch's thoughts, fears, and joys as a young teenage girl in the Confederacy.

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December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today, on #ArchivalAdventures we're heading to Venus to learn about intelligent plant life in a story by Stanley G. Weinbaum. Join us at 3 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz's 1940 list of SciFi classics.🌱

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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today we return to the James Dean Collection to explore the design and development of NASA's Skylab, the International Space Station, and the Space Shuttle. Join us for #ArchivalAdventures at 3 p.m.! 🧑‍🚀🚀🌕

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November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch in 1861 Mississippi via her teenage diary. Join us at 3 p.m. for more of Fannie Murdoch's thoughts, fears, and joys as a young teenage girl in the Confederacy.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

#ArchivalAdventures
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today we indulge the spirit of the season 👻 with a theme that is creepy, disturbing, and unsettling. We're exploring items of unintentional horror 😱 with special guest Archivist Kira on #ArchivalAdventures

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📡Can you hear me now? Long before cell phones, there was the Walkie-Talkie! On today’s #ArchivalAdventures, we listen for messages from the past as we explore the invention of the Walkie-Talkie using the AI Gross Papers. Roger that?

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October 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unfortunately, this episode must be delayed til next week. There is very LOUD 🔊 construction noise in our regular studio space. We'll catch you all next Wednesday to explore walkie-talkie history.
It's time for an adventure! This week we listen for messages from the past as we explore the invention of the Walkie-Talkie using the Al Gross Papers! bit.ly/Ms2001-011

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's time for an adventure! This week we listen for messages from the past as we explore the invention of the Walkie-Talkie using the Al Gross Papers! bit.ly/Ms2001-011

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This week "Dr. Conklin sets out to abolish a heated argument about peanut brittle" in Thomas Calvert McClary's "Shortwave Experiment", Join us on #Twitch 3:00 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz' 1940 list of SciFi "classics".

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#ArchivalAdventures
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We're calculating adventure with Samuel Burger's Mathematics Notebook! Dividing our time between algebra and word problems we'll try to sum up some history from these equations.

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#ArchivalAdventures
September 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We're blasting off for another adventure with NASA records! 🚀 From pilotless aircraft to Project Mercury, we'll explore the papers of NASA engineer & administrator Robert R. Gilruth on this week's #ArchivalAdventures!

Today at 3:00 p.m. on #Twitch
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September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A tale of two worlds, interplanetary cooperation, and rebellion! That’s where the 11th story from Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 list of sci-fi classics will take us. Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. for Old Faithful by Raymond Z. Gallun.

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#ArchivalAdventures
August 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We’re returning to 1861 and a unique view of the American Civil War. Join us at 3:00 p.m. for more of Fannie Murdoch's thoughts, fears, and joys as a young teenage girl in the Confederacy.

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#ArchivalAdventures
August 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We’re cooking up an adventure with an amuse-bouche of historical housewares! Join us at 3:00 PM as #ArchivalAdventures gets a taste of the Kitchen Equipment Collection! 🍽️🍳🥘

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August 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A rogue scientist, a stolen vessel, and the laws of space shattered. This week's 1940 sci-fi "classic" is The Mole Pirate by Murray Leinster. Is our rebel a hero or an outlaw?

Find out with us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

#ArchivalAdventures
July 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s time for some Lunar Learning! We're launching into the James Dean Collection for a look at what it took to get us to the moon in the 1960s. Join us for #ArchivalAdventures at 3 p.m. TODAY as we explore the history of the Apollo Program! 🧑‍🚀🚀🌕

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July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As the Civil War erupts, young Fannie Murdoch picks up her pen. From a Mississippi plantation, she writes of faith, fear, & a world coming undone. 🖋️ 📜

Step into the mind of a Confederate teen in a nation at war TODAY at 3 pm on #ArchivalAdventures!

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July 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Glove up! Today we explore life inside Piedmont Sanatorium — Virginia's first tuberculosis rest home for Black patients. At 3 p.m. we'll discover stories of survival, resilience, and racism in Virginia's medical past. 🩻😷🩺

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#ArchivalAdventures
June 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Chaos, conflict, and change - 1863 had it all. Harper's Weekly brings the Civil War to life with bold stories, haunting narratives, and intricate illustrations.

Turn back the pages of time and join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Houston, time for an adventure! Blast off to NASA's Project Gemini! Exploring the James Dean Collection, discover pioneering spacewalks, long-durations missions, and how Gemini blazed the trail to the moon.

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
June 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hoist the sails! We return to the journal of Chief Engineer of the USS Dacotah - Philip Peltz. In these last pages he finds himself on a new ship with new faces and mounting duties.

Join us as we sail to this journal's end on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hitch a ride through time and space! This week's story from our 1940 list of sci-fi classics is Twilight by Don A. Stuart - a moody tale of autonomous machines, lost utopias, and a dying race. Hop in!

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
May 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...history? Our guest, archivist Kira, dishes up the story of ice cream! From vintage ads to cookbooks, we'll explore the nostalgia behind this frozen treat!

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
May 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ready for a time-traveling adventure? This week's story from our 1940 list of sci-fi classics is Man of Ages by K.F. Ziska - a tale of many centuries and one mysterious man. Who is he?

Join us and find out on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
April 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Time for an adventure! This week we uncover the secrets of our ancestors' love lives, from Victorian erotica to Playboy and the sexual revolution. Join us as we explore the history of intimacy!

Today on #Twitch at 3 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
#ArchivalAdventures
April 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM