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cash book maintained by Confederate Captain Charles L. C. Minor from 1860 to 1864. Also contained within the cash book's pages are diary entries of Union Army Private Edward P. Harmon (5th Maine Infantry) during May and June, 1864. Research materials…

This publication describes the formation of VAMC, proposed programs and system of organization in 1872. It was part of the serial the Virginia School Report (1872) to the Superintendent of Public Instruction,

A book describing the history of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, including its formation as a land grant university and its proposed education model.

List of students attending VAMC in 1872-1873, including name and home county

Photograph of Cadet Hermann C. Niemeyer of VAMC, from Portsmouth, VA, 1876.

This the exam completion certificate for Cadet Hermann C. Niemeyer. Before the 1880s, VAMC only issued certificates of completion, not degrees, August 9, 1876.

This document show the expenses of Cadet Niemeyer during the 1876-1877 academic session. These include various uniform and living items, as well as payment for classes.

This is the diploma of William S. Adkission, a cadet at VAMC, August 15, 1877.

Photograph of the faculty of VAMC in 1878

A map of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College campus.

This map of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College campus has notes on buildings and the natural landscape, such as location of stone and trees. It dates to 1882 with additional notes from 1902.

This is the diploma of R.E.L. Aylor, a cadet at VAMC, June 30, 1886.

Photograph of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Class of 1888.

V.A.M.C. Football Team, 1892. The first "Tech" Football Team. Coached and Managed by Prof. E.A. Smyth, Jr. Back row (l to r): Minor, William Howe; Guignard, Christopher Gadsden; Lancaster, Leslie Helm; Professor E.A. Smyth, Jr, Coach and Manager;…

Photograph of the Anatomy Class, spring 1892. From left, Newman, Gregory, Christian, Robert Cowardin, C. W. Courtland, Professor Smyth.

V.A.M.C. Football Team, 1893. Back: Friend, Charles Thomas; Robinson, John William; Martin, Tarpley Douglas; Bond, Frank Eugene; (l to r). Front: Guignard, Christopher Gadsden; Kerfoot, Edward Judson; Patrick,Nerbon Robert; Sayers, Henry Davis;…

Photograph of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Officers in 1893. Front row, left to right, Col. J. A. Harmon, Commandant (Lieut. 7th U. S. Cavalry); Major R. E. Wright; Capt. A. F. Finch; Capt. E. P. Minor; and Capt. J. W. Stull. Back…

This drawing is from p. 92 of the 1895 Bugle for the V.A.M.C. German Club and depicts cadets with their dates. It is signed "JFStrauss 95".

Photograph of the VPI Class of 1896. Top row, left to right, Samuel Henry Sheib, James Ringold Guy, Bevard Davidson Miller, Meade Ferguson. Second row, Eduard Judson Kerfoot, Franklin Pierce Turner, Alexander Parker Eskridge. Third row,James Hamilton…

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

Photograph of a cadet at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in 1896.

This photograph is of what was then Room 115. The photograph was a gift of Lon Savage.

Photograph of cadets with the fire truck, 1918.

Photograph of students' belonging on a horse cart, 1918.

Photograph of a cadet with the mail cart, 1918.

Photograph of cadet matresses on the ground, 1918.

Photograph of a "Rat Parade" (Freshman cadets in costume), 1918.

Photograph of a "Rat Parade" (Freshman cadets in costume), 1918.

Photograph of students waiting for the train, 1918.