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Fire at night in the originial library at V.P.I

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors met at Blacksburg yesterday for its annual meeting. Shown (left to right, front row): Mrs. H. H. Walton, Fredericks Hall; Miss Mary Fred Claytor, Bedford; Mrs. R. L. McConnell, Radford; Mrs. Turner A. Gilmer,…

Newspaper article reporting on Virginia Tech's aquisition of a nuclear reactor simualtor for instruction, Janurary 1, 1956

Newspaper article reporting on the aquisition of urainium for the nuclear reactor at Virginia Tech, July 1, 1956

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 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.

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.

Photograph of an unidentifed laboratory worker, working in the laboratory during Dr. Laura J. Harper's metabolic study.

An unidentified worker is photographed measuring out portions of food for the metabolic study.

Photograph of portioned out food on top of a stove for the metabolic study.

A group of unidentified study participants sitting together in a dining room.

Photograph of unidentifed child study participants at a swimming pool.

Photograph of four unidentified child study participants in a bedroom with cots.

Photograph taken of an unidentified study worker examining a child participant's nails.

Photograph of four unidentified child study participants eating at a table in the dining room.

Image of an unidentified child study participant eating at a table.

Photograph taken of an unidentified study worker medically examining two child study participants.

Photograph taken of an unidentified study worker preparing food on the stove for the metabolic study.

Image of three unidentified study workers preparing food in a kitchen for the metabolic study.

Photograph taken of an unidentified worker measuring out liquid in a laboratory used for the metabolic study.

Photograph taken of two unidentified study workers measuring out food portions in a kitchen.

Image of an unidentified study worker taking food out of the oven, in a kitchen, for the metabolic study.

Photograph of an unidentifed laboratory worker using a food mixer.

Image of two unidentified study workers measuring out portions for the metabolic study.

Photograph of two unidentified study workers weighing and measuring out portions of food for the metabolic study.

Photograph of two unidentified study workers measuring out portions for the metabolic study.

Image of two unidentified study workers taken during the metabolic study.

Photograph of two unidentifed study workers preparing food.

Pencil aerial view drawing of the Blacksburg, VA water authority system. Silhottes of Bison, Deer, military men, and Native american men on horses cover the illustration

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

The 1959 Commencement Film depicts part of the 1959 graduation and commissioning ceremony.

This newspaper clipping shows a photo of the construction of a new Physics building that would house the Argonaut Critical Reactor.

Map of Blacksburg by Tom J. Price, Realtor.

This newspaper article from The Roanoke Times is the first mention if the Association of Chinese Students. The article discusses the gift of some reproductions of Chinese artworks to VPI.

This photo depicts the dedication ceremony of War Memorial Chapel.

Article and photograph of the appointment of Dr. Laura Jane Harper as Dean of Home Econcomics for Virginia Tech and Radford University, from the Blacksburg Virginian, August 18, 1960.

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 Military Institute.

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 website.

Beginning with the 1964-1965 academic year, VPI reorganized its schools into six colleges: the College of Engineering, College of Architecture, College of Business, College of Home Economics, College of Architecture, and College of Arts and Sciences.…

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

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 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…

Untitled inspirational speech aimed at students within the geology program.