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VT Stories Oral History with Brooks Whitehurst, September 16, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
Brooks Whitehurst grew up in Wytheville, Virginia, and from a young age he knew his future as an engineer. His father decided his path, but allowed him to choose chemical engineering at Virginia Tech. Brooks graduated from Virginia Tech in 1951, and…
VT Stories Oral History with Bob Bates, October 2, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
Education has always been important in the life of Robert “Bob” Bates, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (now College of Science). Both of his parents were college-educated, and his mother was a teacher, while his father worked for…
VT Stories Oral History with Bob and Judy Slaughter, October 10, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
Judy Swecker Slaughter was born into a Virginia Tech family as her father graduated class of 1935. Growing up in Woodstock, Virginia, she had decided to follow her father's footsteps and also attend. She arrived in 1966, studying psychology and…
VT Stories Oral History with Bill Starnes, April 26, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
William (Bill) Starnes, Jr., Virginia Tech class of 1955, never seriously considered any other school. Bill always knew that he was going to college, and because his father attended the university, having graduated in 1924, it seemed like the perfect…
VT Stories Oral History with Bill Roth, January 26, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
Bill Roth grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania playing ice hockey. He attended Syracuse University studying multimedia journalism, wanting to work in sports broadcasting. After graduating, he was hired at Virginia Tech as the “Voice of the…
VT Stories Oral History with Bill Latham, May 21, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
On the residential side of campus, there is an academic building where researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE) work diligently to find solutions to environmental…
VT Stories Oral History with Bertram Kinzey, May 19, 2016 (Ms2016-015)
Bertram Kinzey, Jr. arrived in Blacksburg as an architectural engineering student in 1940. While living in Richmond, Kinzey enrolled in the engineering extension program, which led him to Virginia Tech for his final two years of undergraduate. As a…
VT Stories Oral History with Apryl Alexander, April 21, 2016 (Ms2016-015)
As part of a military family, Apryl Alexander, class of 2005, grew accustomed to a lifestyle that took her to many parts of the world. At Virginia Tech, however, Apryl found a community and a home in which she could finally settle down. Due to the…
VT Stories Oral History with April Cheek-Messier, October 22, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
April Cheek-Messier arrived at Virginia Tech for her master's degree in history in 1996. Prior to coming to Blacksburg, she attended undergraduate school at Hollins, and got a master's degree in both history and English. In the master's program at…
VT protest to death of Freddie Gray in Squires Student Center
VT poster with children's photos, P00048 (Ms2008-020)
Poster with orange VT and photographs of chidren with their first names and messages.
VPI&SU Campus Building
Photograph of a building on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
VPI Water Tower
VPI Water Tower
VPI vs VMI football game, Roanoke, Virginia
VPI vs VMI football game, Roanoke, Virginia
VPI vs VMI football game, Maher Field, Roanoke, VA
VPI vs VMI football game, Maher Field, Roanoke, VA
VPI Student Human Relations Council, The 1968 Bugle, pg273
VPI Skippers parading at Maher Field, Roanoke, VA.
VPI Skippers parading at Maher Field, Roanoke, VA.
VPI Shops
VPI Shops and Mess Hall
VPI Recollections, 1906 to 1910, by Henry H. Hutchinson
This memoir was written by Class of 1909 graduate, Henry H. Hutchinson in 1973 for a university publication and later added to the website for the 125th Anniversary. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th…
VPI Life Saving Corps Pin
VPI Life Saving Corps Pin
VPI Instructors
VPI Instructors
VPI Formation in Miles Stadium, VPI
VPI Formation in Miles Stadium, VPI
VPI Football Team, 1899
VPI Football Team, 1899
VPI Football Team, 1899
VPI Football Team, 1899
VPI Football Team, 1896
VPI Football Team, 1896
VPI Football Team, 1896
VPI Football Team, 1896
VPI Football Team of 1896
VPI Football Team of 1896
VPI Football Team
The first team to play VMI.
VPI Football Players
Eskridge, Ingles, Doug Martin, Johnson
VPI Diploma for Harvey Lee Price
VPI Diploma for Harvey Lee Price
VPI Development Plan
Campus view of VPI development plan, printed in 1927.
VPI Class of 1896
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…
VPI Campus Scenes, 1930’s
Presents a detailed look at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's buildings and groun ds as they were during the 1930's. Short glimpses of 'downtown' Blacksburg, the surrounding countryside and automobiles of that time are provided.
VPI Campus Map Panorama
Panoramic map of VPI campus with buildings numbered and labeled.
VPI Campus
VPI Campus
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI cadets in parade in Roanoke, Virginia
VPI Battalion headed to VPI/VMI football game
VPI Baseball Team, 1897
VPI Baseball Team, 1897
VPI - Maryland Football Game, Norfolk, VA
VPI - Maryland Football Game, Norfolk, VA
Vonda Paige, Collegiate Times staff, The 1986 Bugle, pg260-261
Volley Firing
Volley Firing
Volley Fire
Volley Fire
Volley Fire
Volley Fire
Virginia-Tennessee Railroad Combination Station, built 1856
Virginia-Tennessee Railroad Combination Station, built 1856
Virginia Tech Students on Campus
Virginia Tech Students in Costume
Virginia Tech Students
Virginia Tech Students
Virginia Tech Spectrum Supplement
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