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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's time for an adventure! Today, we're exploring materials about the Union Carbide Corporation, primarily from the 1960s-1970s. We've gathered items from across our collections to learn about this historic American chemical company. Join us at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Union Carbide, featuring an illustration of a Union Carbide on-site cryogenic oxygen plant. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's #ArchivalAdventures take us back to the turn of the 20th Century as we explore the drama of the American theatre. 🎭 🔗 Join us at 3 p.m.: twitch.tv/VTULStudios 📺 Catch up on past episodes: youtube.com/user/VaTechL...

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode American Theatre at the Turn of the 20th Century, featuring a newspaper photo of Ethyl Barrymore and Bruce McRay in the 1903 Hudson Theatre production of "Cousin Kate". 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We couldn't decide what to share from our menu of possible collections so, we're sharing our Menu Collection! Join us today at 3 p.m. on #ArchivalAdventures as we explore menus from across the world. 🍽️🌎 🔗 twitch.tv/Rogan27

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode What's on the Menu?, featuring the cover of a menu from the Palace Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch for the final time, via her teenage diary as she makes occasional entries during 1863. Join us at 3 p.m. for more of her thoughts, fears, and joys as a young teenage girl in the Confederacy. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 10, featuring an engraved illustration of a man, woman, and dog in fashionable clothing of the day, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Les Modes Parisiennes, May 1863". 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On today's #ArchivalAdventures we're scooping up some history with the "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection. Come get a taste of this sweet food history at 3 p.m. 🍦 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone, featuring a store advertising display of a cake cone with a scoop of strawberry ice cream. The ad text reads "A Whole Tubful Ice Cream in an Eat-It-All cake cup" and there is a place for the vendor to add the cost in cents. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

👽 An alien society deep beneath the ocean! That’s where the 19th and final story from Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 list of sci-fi classics will take us. Join us today at 3 p.m. for Davy Jones' Ambassador by Raymond Z. Gallun. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Davy Jones' Ambassador by Raymond Z. Gallun, featuring a black-and-white illustration of a man peeking out the porthole of a submarine at crustaceans swimming around it. It has the caption “Cliff's blood ran cold as he watched the fleshy beak closing in nearer, nearer—.” 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Take two! A tech issue postponed last week’s episode, so if you thought you missed it, you’re in luck. Join us at 3 p.m. as we explore air crash investigation through the Melvin N. Gough Papers, including crash reports & investigation theory.✈️ 🔗http://twitch.tv/VTULStudios

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Air Crash Investigation, featuring a black and white aerial photo of the crash site of a United Air Lines DC-8 on July 11, 1961 at Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Unfortunately, today's stream must be postponed due to some technical difficulties. See you next week!

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This week we're heading to the mid-20th century to learn about the field of air crash investigation using the Melvin N. Gough Papers. Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. as we explore the investigation theory and example crash reports. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What were famous Americans reading in the 1970s? This week we're exploring their 📚 book recommendations with the papers of librarian Theda Gibson (bit.ly/Ms1977-002). Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. 👉 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Celebrity Book Recommendations, featuring a four by three grid of book covers including from top left: The Call of the Wild, Meridian, The Trees, Look Homeward Angel, The Yearling, The Adventures of Augie March, Little Women, The Americanization of Emily, Ship of Fools, The Forsyte Saga, Portnoy's Complaint, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today, we rejoin Fannie Murdoch via her teenage diary as the year turns from 1862 to 1863. Join us at 3:00 p.m. for more of her thoughts, fears, and joys as a young teenage girl in the Confederacy. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode: Civil War Diary of a Confederate Teen, Part 9, featuring an engraved illustration of two women in dresses, enhanced with color. The image is captioned "Les Modes Parisiennes, January 1863". 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's time to stop and spell the ... orchids! Today's #ArchivalAdventures takes us back to the early 20th century as we learn about orchids using a collection featuring more than 200 photographs of these fascinating plants. Join us at 3:00 p.m. on twitch.tv/VTULStudios

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Orchidology, featuring a sepia toned photograph of an orchid. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's time for an adventure! This week: the story of a man trying to make a living in the fictional jungles of Jupiter's moon Io. Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz' 1940 list of SciFi "classics". 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Mad Moon by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 18 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 30, featuring line art of a man pointing dismissively at some extremely long-necked aliens carrying a body as they sheepishly depart. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's time for an adventure! This week: an experimental medical treatment gone awry in Weinbaum's "The Adaptive Ultimate." Join us on #Twitch 3:00 p.m. as we continue our look at Moskowitz' 1940 list of SciFi "classics". 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode "The Adaptive Ultimate by Stanley G. Weinbaum" – Sam Moskowitz’s 1940 Classics of Science-Fiction # 17 | Heron Speculative Fiction Collection # 29, featuring line art of a woman dramatically stabbing a dagger into her chest while two men look on with shock, one stretching out his hand as if to stop her. The image is captioned "'Stupid!' she said. 'This is quite useless. Look!'" 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This week, we're heading to the 1960s for a refreshing look at two collections of Coca-Cola materials. Join us on #Twitch at 3:00 p.m. for a taste of an iconic American brand's history. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode Coca-Cola from Coast to Coast, featuring a mid-century pop-art illustration in red and green, showing male blue-collar workers enjoying Coca-Cola from a vending machine. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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... #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📡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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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". 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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. 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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 #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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! 🍽️🍳🥘 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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! 🧑‍🚀🚀🌕 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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! 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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. 🩻😷🩺 🔗 twitch.tv/VTULStudios #ArchivalAdventures

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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #198, Harper's Weekly 1863, featuring a hand drawn image with an intricate border surrounding it. The focal point is the Statue of Freedom, or Armed Victory, an iconic American symbol who sits atop the Capitol building. She wears a plumed military helmet and holds a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath and shield in her left. She stands on a monument that is engraved with "E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)," which is the traditional motto of the U.S. "Volume VIII For the Year 1864" is also written on the stone. Behind her we can see a harbor with war ships and a battalion of soldiers raising the American flag on the shore. At her feet sit two identical women who are observing and writing. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #197, Project Gemini - James Dean Collection, featuring an artist's hyper realistic concept art of NASA's Gemini 9A spacecraft in orbit, 185 miles above Earth. 9A, shown in the background, is closing in for docking exercise with the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ADTA), depicted 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #194, USS Dacotah (Minnesota) Engineer's Journal - Part 11 - Journal's End, featuring an 1870s lithograph of an original line drawing. It depicts the USS Minnesota in the water at Hampton Roads, VA, undergoing a Naval Review. 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #196, Twilight by Don A. Stuart, a detailed line drawing depicting a futuristic city, with large, tiered, spiral buildings with openings at their tops. From one of these entrances, a man emerges, running towards the city. In the distance are even more buildings and planets in the sky. The image caption reads, "Then I saw the city of perfect machines." 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.

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VT Special Collections and University Archives @vt-scua.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

Promo for Archival Adventures Episode #195, Ice Cream with Archivist Kira, featuring a promotional advertisement for Buddy Sandwich Wafers. The left side of the ad reads "Make your own ice cream sandwiches at home - 1,2,3." Below, images of ice cream, Buddy wafers, and a complete ice cream sandwich are labeled 1,2,3, instructing customers how to assemble. The right of the ad reads "2 pints your favorite ice cream and a home package of 16 Buddy sandwich wafers." 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.

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