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Lindsay Cherry.

Unidentified cadet.

Lindsay Cherry. At home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoge, 306 Clay Street, Blacksburg, VA. This is where the first black cadets at Virginia Tech were boarded.

Lindsay Cherry at Virginia Tech.

Cadet Lindsay Cherry with Company A at Va. Tech.

Lindsay Cherry. At home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hoge, 306 Clay Street, Blacksburg, VA. This is where the first black cadets at Virginia Tech were boarded.

Cadets at VPI from left to right: Floyd Wilson, Irving L. Peddrew, III, Charlie Yates.

Lindsay Cherry.

Lindsay Cherry, walking on road.

Bleachers at VPI sports event.

Rat Parade, 1912. Negative # 156

155mm Rifle, Blacksburg. Negative # 185, "Long Tom", 155mm Rifle, near the Alumni Gate, Finals 1922

Rat Parade in Downtown Blacksburg.

Rat Parade, Downtown Blacksburg.

Rat Parade, Downtown Blacksburg.

Essex Finney, right, and Edward Finney. Essex and his cousin, Edward Finney, the high school vocational agriculture teacher, discuss the desirable traits of hogs. Edward took Essex on his first visit to Virginia Tech and provided guidance during his…

Essex Finney in First Year in the VPI Cadet Corps. Essex Finney's first year in the Cadet Corps, 1956. Essex Finney was one of the first Black students at Virginia Tech.

Essex Finney at Graduation Day at VPI, June 1959. Lady on right, Mrs. Janie Hoge, Blacksburg, Virginia. Her husband, William is to the left of Essex Finney. When Essex was admitted to VPI in June 1956, he was advised by the Director of Admissions…

Essex Finney, and staff of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Dr. Finney joined the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in 1965 as a Research Agricultural Engineer. He worked in the…

Essex Finney at Princeton University. In 1973-74, Dr. Finney was a Princeton Fellow in Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He is shown on the left in the second row. Essex was a member of the Class of Mid-Career…

President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Essex Finney. President Jimmy greeted Dr. Essex Finney in the Oval Office. Finney served from July 1980 to June 1981 in the Office of the Science Advisor to the President in Washington, D.C. At that time, Dr. Frank…

Dr. Essex Finney, left, Dean Wilbur Meir, and Mrs. Rosa Ellen Finney. The College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University presented Dr. Finney an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award in recognition of "his expertise in agricultural research,…

Dr. Essex Finney in his office in Philadelphia. In 1988, Dr. Finney was appointed to the Federal Senior Executive Service while he was the Associate Director of the North Atlantic Area of ARS, USDA. Later he became Director of the Beltsville…

Matthew Winston, Essex Finney, Charlie Yates, and Lindsay Cherry, left to right.. A Reunion Forty Years Later. Reunion of the four Virginia Tech students who roomed with Mrs. Janie Hoge at 306 East Clay St., Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Yates is a…

Marilyn Helmeyer, Class of 1977, the First Woman Highty Tighty. Receiving her band card.

2nd Lt. Patricia Ann Miller, Army Special Corps and Lt. Col. Raymond O. Miller, CE, USA. Commissioning of Patricia Ann Miller, Medical Specialist Corps

L Squadron, Cheryl Butler, Commander. First women in the Corps at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Women in the Corps.

Women cadets at attention at VPI& SU.

Professor Bechanan.

Floyd Meade and turkey.

Floyd Meade and unidentified man. Floyd Meade, seated

Cardamatic Milling Machine making Helicopter blades. From John Parsons Collection, MS87-016

Pat Mills.

Class ring from 1964. Image is a scanned close-up of photograph from the 1964 Bugle yearbook.

Front view of 1964 class ring with colored stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Left side view of 1964 class ring with colored stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Right side view of 1964 class ring with colored stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Front view of 1964 class ring with clear stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Advertising poster for sale of 1964 class rings with names of the ring design committee members. . Scan of a poster that was provided by Mr. Donald W. Honaker II, Class of 1964.

Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a…

Left side view of 1964 class ring with clear stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Right side view of 1964 class ring with clear stone. Once displayed in the Squires ring display case, a men's and a women's ring were photographed by Josh Armstrong and Rick Griffiths (University Relations).

Watkins, Shirley and Andre Tennessee. available in jpg format only, brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Watkins, Shirley (Class of 1974). available in jpg format only, brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Jones, Robinson, Andrews, Marshall and others. available in jpg format only, brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Virginia Tech student unrest.

Virginia Tech student unrest.

Virginia Tech student unrest.

Virginia Tech student unrest.

Virginia Tech student unrest.