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Photograph of a cadet with the mail cart, 1918.

Photograph of cadets with the fire truck, 1918.

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

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

Standing portrait of a man in uniform with a band drum ,"Uncle sporty" was a V.P.I character from 1890-1909

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 is the text from a 1944 Roanoke Times article on the merger with Radford and the housing issues for women. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

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

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

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

Drawing of Blacksburg Baptist Church in 1952, two-story brick building with double entrances

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 faculty of VAMC in 1878

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…

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

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

Men in suits lined up with instruments, "Blacksburg Cadet Band" written at bottom

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

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

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

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

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…

William Addison Caldwell was the first student admitted to VAMC, 1873.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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 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…

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

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 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.

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

William Addison Caldwell was the first student admitted to VAMC in 1873.

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…

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 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.

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.…