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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.

Large groups gather on and walk through the intersection of College & South Main St., seemingly headed towards V.P.I

V.P.I. cadets lining the outside of Blacksburg Baptist Church

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 opportunities. She married Thomas C. Wade, and they raised their family in Blacksburg. Their son,…

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, Homer Sherman went to work in the mines with his father. Lack of work opportunities in the…

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.…

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 better educational opportunities for Christine and her siblings. Price and her family--the Paige…

Old Library

Old Library

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.

Photo taken of Noah's Ark at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

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.

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

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.

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

Blacks and white photo of Main street, road is unpaved and incredibly muddy, Written on side of building "V.P.I-16; Army-G"

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…

Monument on Campus

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 September 11, 1940.

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

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.

McBryde Hall (sketch)

When school started, sophomores threw out the mattresses and rats had to get them and bring them back in to rooms.

When school started, sophomores threw out the mattresses and rats had to get them and bring them back in to rooms.

When school started, sophomores threw out the mattresses and rats had to get them and bring them back in to rooms.

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

Man and Woman

Overhead view of Main St. pointing East from the V.P.I Entrance

Blurry overhead photo of Main St. in Blacksburg from Old Alumni Gate

Lutheran Church, Blacksburg, Virginia (sketch)

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

A lovers lane shaded by Elm trees on the Main Walk in Blacksburg, VA

A lovers lane in Blacksburg, VA in roughly 1940. Lights line the sidewalk and people stand along the path

Photograph looking down a 'Lovers Lane' walkway shaded by trees and buildings covered in ivy

A lovers lane on V.P.I's campus blanketed in snow, captioned "Lovers Lane; 1913"

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…

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

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 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…

Photo taken of cadet Lindsay Cherry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoge, where the first black cadets at Virginia Tech were boarded.

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

Photograph of two unidentifed study workers preparing food.

Photograph of an unidentifed laboratory worker using a food mixer.

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