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This photo from the President's report to the Board of Visitors at the January 28, 1926, meeting, illustrates the dire need for dormitories on campus. By 1925, four students shared a 13 ft. x 15 ft. dorm room, and to make floor space they tied their…

Bulletin, Vol. XIX, No. 4. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

This photo depicts the Agricultural Extension Division Building shortly after its construction was finished and it had been occupied.

This composite depicts War Memorial Hall, its gymnasium, and Miles Stadium while under contruction in 1926.

This composite includes photos from Dedication Day for Miles Stadium and War Memorial Hall on October 23, 1926. Alumni were invited to a homecoming for the dedication of War Memorial Hall at 10am, the dedication of Miles Stadium at 2:15pm, and the…

Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 4. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the institution.…

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors meeting minutes for 1926-1931.

These photos depict the new Barracks No. 6 building, dedicated in September 1927, and Barracks No. 7, which was converted from the Science Hall and opened in November 1927.

This photo is of the road down Faculty Row, with Patton Hall visible on the left.

By the time this drawing, produced by the Manning Offices Inc., a landscape design firm, was published in the September 1927 issue of the V.P.I. Bulletin, the original was already hanging in the President's office. A few of the new structures…

Bulletin, Vol. XXI, No. 4. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

This composite includes 3 photos of construction on the campus. On the left is the new power plant, on the top is the new stone dormitory Barracks No. 8, and on the bottom is of Patton Hall with 3 finished floors on the left and the Administration on…

Bulletin, Vol. XXII, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

The second volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be in The Bugle yearbook. For several years after…

This text is taken from the 1929 Tin Horn, the women's yearbook, including a description of a life for women students on campus. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

Photograph of Eggleston Hall under construction in 1929.

V.P.I. Alumnus

Bulletin, Vol. XXIII, No. 8. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

The third volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be in The Bugle yearbook. For several years after…

Bulletin, Vol. XXIV, No. 9. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXIII, No. 9. Graduate course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

The fourth and final volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years…

This map depicts the buildings (numbered), planned structures, and other infrastructure measurements on campus, 1931.

Bulletin, Vol. XXV, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute Board of Visitors meeting minutes for 1931-1936.

This photograph features "Pip" Cox (standing), Class of 1934, and "Dud" Shelhorse (reclining).

Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXVII, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Photograph of the Ice Pond used for ice skating and recreation, 1934.

V.P.I. Alumnus

Photograph from the first Ring Dance held at VPI, April 27, 1934.

Photograph of the First Ring Dance held at Virginia Tech on March 27, 1934.

Bulletin, Vol. XXVIII, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXIX, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXVIII, No. 7A (Supplement). Graduate course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations…

Bulletin, Vol. XXX, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXXI, No. 7. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXX, No. 7A (Supplement). Graduate course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of…

Group photo of the Virginia Tech chapter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from the 1938 Bugle, picturing Carmen Venegas (first row, second from left)

Bulletin, Vol. XXXII, No. 6. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Photograph of Burruss Hall, main administration building of Virginia Tech in 1939.

Bulletin, Vol. XXXIII, No. 8. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXXII, No. 7. Graduate course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Photograph of Eggleston Hall, with Owens Hall and the town of Blacksburg in the background in 1940.

The letter is from Mildred Tate to Mrs. Gillette inviting her to a dinner at Hillcrest, the women's dormitory at Virginia Tech, held by Mrs. White on September 11, 1940.

Bulletin, Vol. XXXIV, No. 8. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Photograph of Hillcrest Hall in 1941

Bulletin, Vol. XXXV, No. 8. Annual course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…

Bulletin, Vol. XXXIV, No. 10. Graduate course catalog of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses, schedules, students, and faculty; and other information relating to the operations of the…