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Water damaged soft ground sketch of War Memorial Gym

Untitled inspirational speech aimed at students within the geology program.

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

Chapter one of a fictional crime drama about marijuana being discovered on a college campus.

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…

Newspaper article, "Four Women on Boards of Leading Virginia Colleges: Two Will Serve at University of Virginia and Two at Virginia Tech," by Virginia Waller Davis, Roanoke Times, August 16, 1944. This pdf document was created from an existing…

Newspaper article, "Women on College Board Full-Fledged Members: Attend First Meeting with Group Consistently Male for 72 years," by Virginia Waller Davis, Roanoke Times, August 15, 1944. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from…

This text is an article for a university publication on the history of affirmative action on campus, written in 1995. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

Newspaper article reporting President Hahn's letter announcing the end of compulsory participation in the Corps of Cadets, June 1, 1964.

This is the text of a speech about the history of women on campus, given by Laura Jane Harper at the Founder's Day celebration in 1980. Harper was the first dean of the College of Home Economics. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage…

This is the text of a speech about the history of women at Virginia Tech given by Laura Jane Harper for the Women's Network in 1985. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

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.

Newspaper article, "Administrative Work at Tech Ordered Reorganized by Board: Visitors Create Committees to Deal with Pressing Problems," by Horace Hood, III. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary…

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…

Panoramic map of VPI campus with buildings numbered and labeled.

The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute who on Tuesday, June 27, assumed the administrative control of the Radford College which under the acts of its consolidation with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute became the Woman's…

Front Row (left to right): Beverly Sgro, William C. Latham - Vice Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, John C. Rocovich, Jr. - Rector, Donald R. Johnson. Middle Row (left to right): Brian Montgomery - Undergraduate Student Representative, Edd…

Front Row (left to right): Sandra Stiner Lowe, Ben J. Davenport, Jr. - Vice Rector, Charles W. Steger, John G. Rocovich, Jr. - Rector, Diane L. Zahm - Faculty Representative. Middle Row (left to right): Michael Anzilotti, T. Rodman Layman, Jacob A.…

Front Row (left to right): Beverly Dalton, Ben J. Davenport, Jr. - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, Jacob A. Lutz III, John R. Lawson II. Middle Row (left to right): Melinda R. Cep - Undergraduate Student Representative, James W. Severt, Sr.,…

Front Row: James W. Severt, Sr., Ben J. Davenport, Jr. - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, Jacob A. Lutz III, Michele L. Duke. Middle Row: Robert L. Freeman, Jennifer Jessie - Undergraduate Student Representative, Susanna Rinehart - Faculty…

Front Row (left to right): Sandra Stiner Lowe, Jacob A. Lutz III - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, John R. Lawson II - Vice Rector, Michele L. Duke. Middle Row (left to right): Gregory Sagstetter - Undergraduate Student Representative, James…

Front Row (left to right): Sandra Stiner Lowe, Jacob A. Lutz III - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, John R. Lawson II - Vice Rector, Michelle L. Duke. Middle Row (left to right): James R. Smith, L. Bruce Holland, Ben J. Davenport, Jr., Robert…

Front Row (left to right): Sandra Stiner Lowe, Beverley Dalton, John R. Lawson II - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, George Nolen - Vice Rector, Michele L. Duke. Middle Row (left to right):
Douglas R. Fahl, L. Bruce Holland, Ben J. Davenport…

Front Row (left to right): Suzanne Obenshain, George Nolen - Rector, Charles W. Steger - President, Frederick "Freddy" J. Cobb, Deborah L. Petrine. Middle Row (left to right): Douglas "Doug" R. Fahl; Maxine Lyons - Staff Representative; Calvin D.…

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

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…

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 letter to the editor of the Virginia Tech magazine, Context, was written by C. Ross McCorkle, in response to two memoirs published in 1970 (see "Living iving History in Action: Tech Alumni Reminisce," Context, Autumn 1970 vol. 5, no. 1). In the…

This newspaper article describes the fire that broke out in the old library in 1953. Nothing was destoryed since all library materials had been moved several weeks before the fire broke out.

Photograph taken during Dr. Laura J. Harper's metabolic study of the back view of summer housing, now Wallace Hall.

The Front view of summer housing, now Wallace hall. Photograph taken during Dr. Laura J. Harper's metabolic study.

Photograph of summer housing, Agnew Hall taken during Dr. Laura J. Harper's metabolic study.

Photograph of Nancy Wakeman sitting in an office inside of Agnew Hall, taken during the metabolic study.

Photograph taken of the laboratory site used during Dr. Laura J. Harper's metabolic study.

Photograph of the laboratory used for the metabolic study taken from a different perspective.

Image of one of the laboratories, with boxes of equipment on top of desks, used in the metabolic study.

Photograph taken of five unidentified child study participants.

Photograph taken of unidentified child study participants, eating at tables in a dining room.