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  • Subject is exactly "Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute"
150th_106a. BOV_1921-1926_Pg309 4 racks high.jpg

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.…
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Photograph of Eggleston Hall, with Owens Hall and the town of Blacksburg in the background in 1940.
LD5655.V8.T5_1930.pdf

The third volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Early women students at Virginia…
WomensBball_TinHorn_1929.pdf

This is the text of the history of early women's basketball at VPI, taken from The Tin Horn, the 1929 women's yearbook. This pdf document was created…
LD_5655_A2_P7_Reports_of_the_President_1919-1925_1919p1.jpg

First page of President Eggleston's final report to the Board of Visitors, reporting changes to the school and his resignation, July 1, 1919.
LD5655_A3_B8_Bulletin_VolXV_No6_1922_09_women.jpg

September 1922 issue of the Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute reporting on the educational opportunities for women at VPI, including home…
LD5655_A65521_B85_No1_1924_10_p1.jpg

Front page of the engineering extension diivision newsletter, October 1, 1924.
LD5655_V8_V5_TheVirginiaTech_V10_No15_1913_0122_p1.jpg

Front page of the Virginia Tech, reporting on the installation of wireless stations on campus, a speech by the secretary of the YMCA, a performance by…
LD5655_V8_V5_TheVirginiaTech_V11_No5_1913_1023_headline.jpg

Front page of The Virginia Tech, reporting that VPI will be constructing an athletic building, as well as a game between football alumni and the JV…
LD5655_V8_V5_TheVirginiaTech_V18_No13_1921_0120_headline.jpg

Front page masthead of The Virginia Tech, reporting on the new system of "mass athletics" and encouraging its support, as well as the positive record…
LD5655_V8_V5_TheVirginiaTech_V18_No14_1921_0127_WomenMayAttendTechNextSession.jpg

Article from The Virginia Tech, reporting on the approval of the attendance of women at the school next academic session, January 27, 1921.
150th_058. 1911 ring.jpg

This Virginia Tech class ring is from the Class of 1911. 1911 was also the first year that the University made class rings. This photo is from the VT…
150th_109. class ring 1928.jpg

This photo depicts the Class of 1928's class ring. The rings were presented to every member of the class at the first "Ring Banquet" held by the Class…
cadetuniform_1883.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1897.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1902.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1908.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1910.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1931.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
cadetuniform_1942.tif

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia…
bov_2014-2015.jpg

Front Row (left to right): Cordel L. Faulk; Ashley Francis - Graduate Student Representative; Deborah L. Petrine - Rector; Timothy D. Sands -…
TimelineHistoryVT.pdf

PDF version of the interactive timeline in the 125th Anniversary digital exhibit. This version was made from the original site and developed for ease…
Wallenstein_FirstBlackStudents_1997.pdf

This is the text of an article for Diversity News in 1997 on the first black students at Virginia Tech. This pdf document was created from an existing…
150th_moonlight.jpg

"Moonlight and V. P. I." was written in 1942 by Fred Waring and Charles Gaynor after the Corps of Cadets asked Waring to write a song for the 1942…
bov_2012-2013.jpg

Front Row (left to right): Suzanne Obenshain, Michael J. Quillen - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, George Nolen - Vice Rector, Nancy V. Dye,…
Bridge_Drawing.jpg

Dawing for a bridge designed by McNairy, Claflin & Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
barringer.jpg

Born Feb. 13, 1857, in Concord, North Carolina, son of Confederate Gen. Rufus Barringer and grandson of Gen. Paul B. Barringer, leader in War of 1812.…
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Born Aug. 16, 1876, in Richmond, son of Woodson Cheadle and Cora Emmett McDowell Burruss. Entered VAMC in fall 1894 and received B.S. in civil…
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Born Aug. 1, 1837, at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Received A.B.in 1857, A.M. in 1860, and M.Sc. in 1890, all from Dickinson College, Carlisle,…
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Born Nov. 13, 1867, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Attended Prince Edward Academy and Hampden-Sydney College, where he received the A.B. in 1886…
hahn.jpg

Photograph of T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., with a pdf of his inaugural address given in 1963. The address was captured from the original 125th anniversary…
hutcheson.jpg

Born Jan. 13, 1886, near Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Received B.S. from VPI in 1909, honorary D.Sci. from Clemson in 1937, and honorary D.Agric.…
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Born Nov. 4, 1835, in Newport, Rhode Island. Received B.S. from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1856. Was fellow officer with J. E. B.…
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Born Jan. 1, 1841, in Abbeville, South Carolina, of Scotch immigrant parents. Entered sophomore class at South Carolina College in 1858 at the age of…
newman.jpg

Born July 20, 1895, in Woodstock Virginia, son of WaIter Hickman and Sallie Bird Stephenson Newman. Attended Shenandoah County schools. Received A.B.…
presidentialbiography_Minor.pdf

This item includes pdfs of biographies of university presidents, captured from the original anniversary website. Most biographies were compiled from
torger.jpg

Born Oct. 13, 1931, in Staten Island, N.Y. Received B.S. in industrial engineering from LeHigh University in 1953, M.S. in industrial engineering from…
steger.jpg

Born June 16, 1947, in Richmond, Va. Received a professional bachelor of architecture degree in 1970, master of architecture in 1971, and Ph.D. in…
lavery.jpg

Born Nov. 20, 1930, in Geneseo, New York. Received associate degree, State University of New York-Morrisville, 1950; bachelor's degree from Michigan…
mccomas.jpg

Born Dec. 23, 1928, in Pritchard, West Virginia. Received bachelor’s degree at West Virginia University, 1951; master’s in 1960 and Ph. D. in…
t12-053_1893_football.jpeg

V.A.M.C. Football Team, 1893. Back: Friend, Charles Thomas; Robinson, John William; Martin, Tarpley Douglas; Bond, Frank Eugene; (l to r). Front:…
t101_1892_football.jpeg

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;…
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