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Harvey Black

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

History of the members of the Board of Visitors with a link to the lists

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…

Board of Visitors, description and list of rectors, compiled by Jenkins Mikell Robertson

Board of Visitors, description and list of rectors, compiled by Jenkins Mikell Robertson, and originally published in the Historical Data Book:…

"Administrative Work at Tech Ordered Reorganized by Board: Visitors Create Committees to Deal with Pressing Problems," by Horace Hood, III

Newspaper article, "Administrative Work at Tech Ordered Reorganized by Board: Visitors Create Committees to Deal with Pressing Problems," by Horace…

"Women on College Board Full-Fledged Members: Attend First Meeting with Group Consistently Male for 72 years" by Virginia Waller Davis

Newspaper article, "Women on College Board Full-Fledged Members: Attend First Meeting with Group Consistently Male for 72 years," by Virginia Waller…

"Four Women on Boards of Leading Virginia Colleges: Two Will Serve at University of Virginia and Two at Virginia Tech," by Virginia Waller Davis.

Newspaper article, "Four Women on Boards of Leading Virginia Colleges: Two Will Serve at University of Virginia and Two at Virginia Tech," by Virginia…

Faculty at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College, 1878

Photograph of the faculty of VAMC in 1878

"Confederates in the Collegium: The Influence of J.E.B. Stuart's Leadership on the Development of Virginia Tech," by Patrick W. Carlton

This is the pdf of an essay, "Confederates in the Collegium: The Influence of J.E.B. Stuart's Leadership on the Development of Virginia Tech," by…

Photograph of Scott Shipp

John Lee Buchanan became president of VAMC on March 1, 1880. However, his tenure as president was very short. Montgomery County State Senator J. E.…

Photograph of a typical barracks room

Photograph of a Midnight Feast of the Rockbridge Club

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

Photograph of a barracks room, April 1930

Photograph of "Dutch Alley," c.1874-1875

Photograph of a cadet on a bottom bunk

Photograph of cadets cleaning rifles in a dorm room, 1924

Photograph of a dorm party in Hillcrest Hall, c.1967-1968

Photograph of two women students sitting on beds in a dorm room

Photograph of two women students in a dorm room

Photograph of two women students in a dorm with a sign reading "No prison labor beyond this point," 1974

"No Prison Labor Beyond This Point," 1974

Photograph of a cadet at a standing desk, possibly in a dorm room, 1905

Photograph of cadets having a party in a dorm room, 1898

Photograph of three students in robes in a dorm room, 1924

Photograph of a student in a dorm room, 1975

Photograph of a student in a dorm room, 1974

Photograph of an early dormitory in Barracks No. 1, c.1880

Photograph of a room in Barracks No. 4, Company E, December 1932

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

Cartoon, "Rat Peabody Has to Have V.P.I. Surroundings..."

Photograph of Cecil Fisher's barracks room in 1905

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

Students waiting for the train, 1918

Photograph of students waiting for the train, 1918.

Rat parade, 1918

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

Rat parade, 1918

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

Student matresses on the quad, 1918

Photograph of cadet matresses on the ground, 1918.

Cadet with the mail cart, 1918

Photograph of a cadet with the mail cart, 1918.

Students' belonging on a horse cart, 1918

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