Archival Adventures: Planespotting
Archival Adventures: Planespotting
It's time for an adventure! This week we're heading to World War II to take on the role of planespotter. During the war, everyday citizens, especially children, were encouraged to help identify aircraft flying overhead. We'll explore the Reed Precision Identifiers for Airplanes, cardboard wheels intended to assist in planespotting. See the finding aid for details on this collection: https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_4267
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering topics including university history, NASA pioneers, architecture, science fiction, cooking, LGBTQ+ history, Black history, urban legends, and more. Recordings of previous streams are available on the Libraries' Youtube page.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, welcome! Please email library-event-accessibility@groups.office365.vt.edu at least 10 days prior to the event.
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- Advanced Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Postdoc Public Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
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