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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Science Fiction of John D. Clark" featuring a line art illustration of a rocket launching from the moon as beams of energy project out the other side of the lunar body. The earth can be seen in the background. There is a caption that reads "There was the sudden, baffling sensation of weightlessness, as all acceleration left the ship, which was falling freely after the Moon-". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Science Fiction of John D. Clark" featuring a line art illustration of a rocket launching from the moon as beams of energy project out the other side of the lunar body. The earth can be seen in the background. There is a caption that reads "There was the sudden, baffling sensation of weightlessness, as all acceleration left the ship, which was falling freely after the Moon-". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

This week, we'll explore John D. Clark's work in science fiction, including the first sci-fi story to deal with antimatter and his connections to prominent authors in the genre. Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 7, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for September 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 7, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for September 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch in 1862 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.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Red Peri by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 16 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 28, featuring the cover of Astounding Stories from November 1935 with artwork depicting a pyramidal red-orange spaceship witha gleaming orb at its peak and a golden cigar-shaped spaceship both above icy peaks. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Red Peri by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 16 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 28, featuring the cover of Astounding Stories from November 1935 with artwork depicting a pyramidal red-orange spaceship witha gleaming orb at its peak and a golden cigar-shaped spaceship both above icy peaks. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

It's time for an adventure with space pirates from Pluto, as imagined in 1935 in Stanley G. Weinbaum's "The Red Peri." Join us on #Twitch 3:00 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz' 1940 list of SciFi "classics".

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Pi(e), featuring a picture of a pie with the mathematical symbol for the number pi on its top crust. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Pi(e), featuring a picture of a pie with the mathematical symbol for the number pi on its top crust. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

This week on #ArchivalAdventures Archivist Kira joins as we explore Pi(e). We'll get a taste of historic recipies for pie 🥧 and explore the history of the number π (3.14159...) on our slightly early #PieDay episode.

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

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "More Care and Feeding of Rockets" featuring a black and white photograph of a woman placing golf tees to upside down, representing missiles, on a floor near a model battleship during a session of Fletcher Pratt's Naval Wargame, circa 1940. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "More Care and Feeding of Rockets" featuring a black and white photograph of a woman placing golf tees to upside down, representing missiles, on a floor near a model battleship during a session of Fletcher Pratt's Naval Wargame, circa 1940. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

This week, we're learning more about the care and feeding of rockets! 🚀 Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. for more about the early days of liquid rocket fuels with the John D. Clark papers on this week's #ArchivalAdventures.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 6, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for August 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 6, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for August 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch in 1862 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.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Jessie Willcox Smith's Advertising Illustrations", featuring an 1899 advertisement for Ivory Soap showing a young girl using soap as building blocks while a young boy watches. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Jessie Willcox Smith's Advertising Illustrations", featuring an 1899 advertisement for Ivory Soap showing a young girl using soap as building blocks while a young boy watches. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

This week we head to the turn of the 20th century and the iconic advertising illustrations of Jessie Willcox Smith from magazines such as "Ladies' Home Journal" and "Good Housekeeping".

Come explore with us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Care and Feeding of Rockets" featuring a black and white photograph of John D. Clark, a white man in a suit and glasses, posing next to chemistry equipment including various glass tubes and beakers. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Care and Feeding of Rockets" featuring a black and white photograph of John D. Clark, a white man in a suit and glasses, posing next to chemistry equipment including various glass tubes and beakers. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

What do you know about the care and feeding of rockets? 🚀 Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. as we learn about the early days of liquid rocket fuels with the John D. Clark papers on this week's #ArchivalAdventures.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Night by Don A. Stuart", featuring a black and white line drawing of a man holding a space suit while looking with astonishment at advanced machines. The image is captioned "The machines were far beyond anything ever conceived—machines of perfection." Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Night by Don A. Stuart", featuring a black and white line drawing of a man holding a space suit while looking with astonishment at advanced machines. The image is captioned "The machines were far beyond anything ever conceived—machines of perfection." Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Hop in for a ride through time! This week's story from our 1940 list of sci-fi classics, "Night" by Don A. Stuart, is a sequel to "Twilight" and takes us billions of years further into the future.

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Supersonic Aircraft Development", featuring a model of a supersonic aircraft fixed to a mounting arm in a wind tunnel. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Supersonic Aircraft Development", featuring a model of a supersonic aircraft fixed to a mounting arm in a wind tunnel. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

We're flying into our 2026 #ArchivalAdventures faster than the speed of sound as we explore the development of supersonic commercial aircraft by NASA with the F. Edward McLean Papers.

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

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "A Universe of Sky and Snow!" Featuring the oil painting "Snow Scene" by American artist Walter Biggs. The painting features a person and a dog walking through snow toward a green barn. A church steeple is in the background, and a snow-covered birdbath is in the foreground. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "A Universe of Sky and Snow!" Featuring the oil painting "Snow Scene" by American artist Walter Biggs. The painting features a person and a dog walking through snow toward a green barn. A church steeple is in the background, and a snow-covered birdbath is in the foreground. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

It's Winter Wonderland time! Today's archival materials will blanket us in fresh snowfall as we explore snow-related items from our collections.❄️

Join us at 3 p.m. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

📺Catch up on past episodes: youtube.com/user/VaTechL...

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Alas, All Thinking! by Harry Bates" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 14 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 26, featuring a black and white line drawing of a modern human observing a biomechanical mechanism with a gigantic braincase while a woman with a slightly enlarged braincase looks on. The caption reads "Why should he move? she asked. That stopped me for a little." Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Alas, All Thinking! by Harry Bates" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 14 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 26, featuring a black and white line drawing of a modern human observing a biomechanical mechanism with a gigantic braincase while a woman with a slightly enlarged braincase looks on. The caption reads "Why should he move? she asked. That stopped me for a little." Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

This week we're peering into a future where intellect reigns & brains inside life support machines are common, in a story by Harry Bates. Join us Wed., at 3 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz's 1940 list of SciFi classics.🧠

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 4, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for May 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 4, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for May 1862". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Lotus Eaters by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 13 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 25, featuring a black and white line drawing of rocket spaceship among tall, jagged mountains. Two individuals in space suits are exiting a hatch on the side. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Lotus Eaters by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 13 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 25, featuring a black and white line drawing of rocket spaceship among tall, jagged mountains. Two individuals in space suits are exiting a hatch on the side. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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.🌱

🔗 twitch.tv/Rogan27

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Promo for Archival Adventures James Dean Collection, Part IV: Skylab, ISS, and Space Shuttles, featuring a collage of various proposed concepts for the space shuttle submitted to NASA by aircraft manufacturers. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures James Dean Collection, Part IV: Skylab, ISS, and Space Shuttles, featuring a collage of various proposed concepts for the space shuttle submitted to NASA by aircraft manufacturers. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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.! 🧑‍🚀🚀🌕

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 3, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, some enhanced with some color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for August 1861". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 3, featuring an illustration of various women in dresses, some enhanced with some color. The image is captioned "Godey's Fashions for August 1861". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Unintentional Horror with Special Guest Archivist Kira. Featured is a black and white picture of a round layer cake. On it, in bright red icing are the words "Parties for Children". The combination of the black and white cake and red icing is evocative of classic horror movie aesthetics. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Unintentional Horror with Special Guest Archivist Kira. Featured is a black and white picture of a round layer cake. On it, in bright red icing are the words "Parties for Children". The combination of the black and white cake and red icing is evocative of classic horror movie aesthetics. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 2009, Invention of the Walkie Talkie, featuring a black and white photograph of an early walkie-talkie. It is a long rectangular metal box. On one side are various dials and switches. On another, there is an earpiece and a microphone similar to a telephone handset. It is captioned "Battery Operated Walkie Talkie, 1938, 300 MHZ". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 2009, Invention of the Walkie Talkie, featuring a black and white photograph of an early walkie-talkie. It is a long rectangular metal box. On one side are various dials and switches. On another, there is an earpiece and a microphone similar to a telephone handset. It is captioned "Battery Operated Walkie Talkie, 1938, 300 MHZ". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

📡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?

🔴 Live at 3 p.m.: twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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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.

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 2009, Invention of the Walkie Talkie, featuring a black and white photograph of an early walkie-talkie. It is a long rectangular metal box. On one side are various dials and switches. On another, there is an earpiece and a microphone similar to a telephone handset. It is captioned "Battery Operated Walkie Talkie, 1938, 300 MHZ". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 2009, Invention of the Walkie Talkie, featuring a black and white photograph of an early walkie-talkie. It is a long rectangular metal box. On one side are various dials and switches. On another, there is an earpiece and a microphone similar to a telephone handset. It is captioned "Battery Operated Walkie Talkie, 1938, 300 MHZ". Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Shortwave Experiment by Thomas Calvert McClary – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 12 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 24, featuring a black and white line drawing of a standing human skeleton with a field of energy radiating from it. A sci-fi machine sits in front of it, also radiating energy. An older white man, with a receding hairline and wearing a suit, and his cat are looking at the skeleton with shocked expressions. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Shortwave Experiment by Thomas Calvert McClary – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 12 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 24, featuring a black and white line drawing of a standing human skeleton with a field of energy radiating from it. A sci-fi machine sits in front of it, also radiating energy. An older white man, with a receding hairline and wearing a suit, and his cat are looking at the skeleton with shocked expressions. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 207, Samuel Burger's Mathematics Notebook, featuring a page of mathematical word problems and long division calculations. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 207, Samuel Burger's Mathematics Notebook, featuring a page of mathematical word problems and long division calculations. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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.

Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 204, NASA Papers of Robert Gilruth, featuring a telegram from Elmer L. Anderson, Governor of Minnesota, congratulating Robert Gilruth on the success of NASA’s Project Mercury. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode 204, NASA Papers of Robert Gilruth, featuring a telegram from Elmer L. Anderson, Governor of Minnesota, congratulating Robert Gilruth on the success of NASA’s Project Mercury. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Old Faithful by Raymond Z. Gallun, featuring a black-and-white illustration of a tentacled alien on robot legs using a large telescope made of interconnected spheres to observe the Earth. It has the caption “In the depths of the crystal was an image of the third world.” Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Old Faithful by Raymond Z. Gallun, featuring a black-and-white illustration of a tentacled alien on robot legs using a large telescope made of interconnected spheres to observe the Earth. It has the caption “In the depths of the crystal was an image of the third world.” Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 2, featuring an image of an Italianate Revival style plantation house. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 2, featuring an image of an Italianate Revival style plantation house. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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.

🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios
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Promo for Archival Adventures episode: “Historical Kitchen Equipment” on August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM on twitch.tv/VTULStudios. Features an image of an aged cutout card with a pop-art style 1950s housewife holding up a pot and a small wrench. Captions around the image read “Don’t Throw It Away”, “Mend It With Mendets”, “15¢”, and “Simply Tighten – Watertight Forever!” Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures episode: “Historical Kitchen Equipment” on August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM on twitch.tv/VTULStudios. Features an image of an aged cutout card with a pop-art style 1950s housewife holding up a pot and a small wrench. Captions around the image read “Don’t Throw It Away”, “Mend It With Mendets”, “15¢”, and “Simply Tighten – Watertight Forever!” Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #202, The Mole Pirate, featuring a pencil drawing by Elliot Dold depicting the main character, Durran, exiting from the "mole vessel," greeted by a crowd of reporters with cameras. Durran looks disgruntled and is tossing something aside as he exits. The vessel is torpedo shaped and fitted with many gadgets, like propellers on its top. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #202, The Mole Pirate, featuring a pencil drawing by Elliot Dold depicting the main character, Durran, exiting from the "mole vessel," greeted by a crowd of reporters with cameras. Durran looks disgruntled and is tossing something aside as he exits. The vessel is torpedo shaped and fitted with many gadgets, like propellers on its top. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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

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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #201, The Apollo Program, featuring a photo taken by Neil Armstrong of astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon, posing next to an erected American flag deployed during the Apollo 11 spacewalk. The Lunar Module is visible on his left. Aldrin's footprints in the soil of the moon are visible in the foreground. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #201, The Apollo Program, featuring a photo taken by Neil Armstrong of astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon, posing next to an erected American flag deployed during the Apollo 11 spacewalk. The Lunar Module is visible on his left. Aldrin's footprints in the soil of the moon are visible in the foreground. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #200, Confederate Teenager's Civil War Diary, featuring an image of the first words written in the journal: “Open not this book my friend”!!!. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #200, Confederate Teenager's Civil War Diary, featuring an image of the first words written in the journal: “Open not this book my friend”!!!. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #199, Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium, featuring a black and white postcard from Piedmont Sanatorium, showing the building known as the "Pavilion." It is a long, white, one-story construction with many windows, situated in a grove of tall trees. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #199, Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium, featuring a black and white postcard from Piedmont Sanatorium, showing the building known as the "Pavilion." It is a long, white, one-story construction with many windows, situated in a grove of tall trees. Instructions on accessibility accommodations are included at the bottom of the promo: If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.

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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