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

This photograph features J.N. Smith, Rogere, McClung, Wilson, Paxton, Anderson, Deacon, Locker. Gift of Mr. L. Goeller.

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 website.

Sarah J. Wade grew up in Accomack County Virginia, and she moved to Blacksburg, Virginia when she was fourteen years old in search of domestic work opportunities. She married Thomas C. Wade, and they raised their family in Blacksburg. Their son,…

Homer C. Sherman was born and raised in Wake Forest, Virginia. Sherman attended a local, one-room school until the eighth grade. After primary school, Homer Sherman went to work in the mines with his father. Lack of work opportunities in the…

Reverend Dr. Ellison Adger Smyth was born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia. He attended Blacksburg schools, and he graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1925 with a degree in electrical engineering before answering the call to ministry.…

Christine Paige Price was born in Giles County Virginia on July 21, 1915. Her family moved to the Blacksburg area when Price was young in search of better educational opportunities for Christine and her siblings. Price and her family--the Paige…

This memoir was written by Harvey E. Sheppard (Class of 1932), about his time as a student at the university in the late 1920s/early 1930s. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

Portion of front page of The Virginia Tech, Vol. 60, No. 4, December 6, 1963, which reports on Virginia Tech's football victory over the Virginia Military Institute.

Beginning with the 1964-1965 academic year, VPI reorganized its schools into six colleges: the College of Engineering, College of Architecture, College of Business, College of Home Economics, College of Architecture, and College of Arts and Sciences.…

This newsletter descibes several different programs that the aeronautics department was offering in Aircraft Mechanics.

This is the text of a 1977 Collegiate Times article about the naming of Harper Hall. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

This is the text of a 1964 article for the Roanoke Times by Fred Loeffler about the rise in enrollment of women students and the development of more programs. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary…

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.

Photograph of Michael J. Quillen, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2012-2014

This memoir was written by Class of 1909 graduate, T. P. Hicks, and likely included in a previous university publication. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

This map shows what Virginia Tech's campus looked like in 1964.

Photograph of Lucius E. Johnson, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1910-1912

This essay was originally written by Clara B. Cox in 1991 and later revised in 1992. It tells the story of the first student to enroll at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872, William Addison Caldwell. This pdf document was created…

This article for the Autumn 1970 issue of Context includes two short memoirs, one from W. P. Tams, Jr. (Class of 1902), and J. Ambler Johnston (Class of 1904), with an introduction by James I. Robertson, Jr. The article was reprinted on the web in…

This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

Compiled list of rectors of the Board of Visitors from 1872 to 2017. The individual links to rector biographies were removed from the document in 2020 when the exhibit was migrated, and a link was added to current site for the Board of Visitors…

This is a transcription of the list of graduates from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1876, probably taken from the catalog of that year. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary…

Photograph of Lee C. Tait, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1983-1984

Photograph of John R. Lawson, II, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2008-2010

Photograph of John G. Rocovich, Jr., rector of the Board of Visitors, 2002-2004

Photograph of James L. Chapman, IV, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2016-2017

Photograph of James Hoge Tyler, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1887-1889

Photograph of James E. Turner, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1997-2002

Photograph of Jacob A. Lutz, III, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2006-2008

Photograph of J. Thompson Brown, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1900-1908 and 1912-1921

Views of academic and recreational activities at Virginia Tech and the surrounding countryside.

A comedic play in two acts about the social and family aspects of recruiting a new professor.

History of the members of the Board of Visitors with a link to the lists. The link in the pdf was updated in 2020 to current site for the Board of Visitors history and archives. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original…

Photograph of Henry Dekker, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1996-1997

Photograph of Harvey Black, first rector of the Board of Visitors, 1872-1875

Photograph of Harry C. Wyatt, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1964-1970

Photograph of Guy L. Furr, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1956-1962

Photograph of George Nolan, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2010-2012

Photograph of Frank Clement, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1975-1978

This flier depicts the logo for the Virginia Sea Grant Program at Virginia Tech.

This is the text of an article by Lucy Lee Lancaster for the Centennial Edition of the New Messenger (December 31, 1969) about the admission of women to VPI and the first graduates. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the…

Cover page of the dissertation by Monica L. Chang for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Statistics. Chang is the first known Asian American woman to earn a doctorate from Virginia Tech, March 1, 1967.

Photograph of Deborah L. Petrine, rector of the Board of Visitors, 2014-2016