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  • Subject is exactly "Virginia Polytechnic Institute"
barracks4_Dec1932.jpg

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

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

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…

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,…

Reverend Dr. Ellison Adger Smyth was born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia. He attended Blacksburg schools, and he graduated from Virginia…

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…
Sheppard_NotesMyLife.pdf

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…
LD5655_V8_V5_TheVirginiaTech_Vol60_No10_1963_1206_headline.jpg

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…
150th_1964Reorg.jpg

Beginning with the 1964-1965 academic year, VPI reorganized its schools into six colleges: the College of Engineering, College of Architecture,…
150th_aeronautics001.jpg

This newsletter descibes several different programs that the aeronautics department was offering in Aircraft Mechanics.
NewDorm_CT_1977.pdf

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…
Loeffler_MoreWomen_1964.pdf

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…
Ms1952-002_TateMildred_Letter_1940_0907.jpg

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…
bov_rector_Quillen.jpg

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

This memoir was written by Class of 1909 graduate, T. P. Hicks, and likely included in a previous university publication. This pdf document was…
150th_campusMap1964.jpg

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

Photograph of Lucius E. Johnson, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1910-1912
Cox_CaldwellEssay_1992.pdf

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…
LivingHistory_AlumniReminisce_1970.pdf

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…
CivilianBody_SGA_presidents.pdf

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

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…
VAMCGraduates_1876.pdf

This is a transcription of the list of graduates from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1876, probably taken from the catalog of that…
bov_rector_Tait.jpg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Ms1973-004_B03_F21_HowToCatchAGenius.pdf

A comedic play in two acts about the social and family aspects of recruiting a new professor.
bov_Members_1872-1972.pdf

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…
bov_rector_Dekker.jpg

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

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

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

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

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

Photograph of Frank Clement, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1975-1978
150th_SeaGrant1.jpg

This flier depicts the logo for the Virginia Sea Grant Program at Virginia Tech.
Lancaster_FirstTechCoed_1969.pdf

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…
LD5655_V856_1967_C38_ChangMonicaLiu_OnTheStochasticPhageAttachment..._1967_titlepage.jpg

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…
bov_rector_Petrine.jpg

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