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This composite photo of Patton Hall includes a drawing by Carneal & Johnston, Architects, of the intended final building and a photo of the hall when the first floor was completed and occupied by the School of Engineering in Fall 1925. The…

This photo by Mike Chirieleison of VT University Relations depicts the groundbreaking of the first building at the Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 14, 2021. Pictured from left are Dave Calhoun (CEO of Boeing), Ralph Northam…

These architechtual drawings depict the proposed plans for War Memoial Hall and Gymnasium.

Image of the logo for the Disability Alliance at Virginia Tech

Growley II (call sign "Tank"), the dog mascot for the VT Corps of Cadets, greets students during exams week at Squires Student Center in this photo by Christina Franusich of VT University Relations, May 3, 2018.

This photo is of the groundbreaking of Hitt Hall for the VT Myers-Lawson School of Construction, taken by Christina Franusich of VT University Relations on February 2, 2022.

This photo is of Holli Drewry, the first president of the VT A/P Faculty Senate and the first A/P Faculty Representative on the VT Board of Visitors. This photo was taken by Christina Franusich on January 20, 2022.

This photo by Christina Franusich of VT University Relations is of members of the Thrive Living-Learning Community on campus on August 17, 2018.

Leticia "Tish" Long is the second female Rector of the VT Board of Visitors in the university's history. This photo of Long is by Christina Franusich on August 31, 2021.

The Hispanic College Institute is held annually at Virginia Tech to bring Hispanic and Latinx high school students to campus to learn about the college experience. This photo is of one of the workshops attended by the students, taken by Lee Friesland…

This photo is of VT alum Kristi Castlin, who became the first female Hokie to medal at the Olympics in 2016. Here she is waving to fans at a VT football game in September 2016. The photo was taken by Dave Knachel of VT Athletics.

By the time this drawing, produced by the Manning Offices Inc., a landscape design firm, was published in the September 1927 issue of the V.P.I. Bulletin, the original was already hanging in the President's office. A few of the new structures…

This photo is of the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown, taken by Ray Meese of VT University Relations, June 22, 2020.

This photo is of the Moss Arts Center by Ray Meese of VT University Relations, May 22, 2020

This photo by Clayton Metz of VT University Relations is of an experiment in the Virginia Tech Carilion's Center for Human Neuroscience Research, part of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, 2021.

This photo is of the annual Gobblerfest, held each fall to welcome students to campus, taken by Thomas Miller of VT University Relations on September 6, 2019.

This photo by Torgersen Bridge over the Alumni Mall with the Pylons of the War Memorial Court in the background is by Thomas Miller of VT University Relations in February 12, 2020.

This photo by Dan Mirolli of VT University Relations shows the participants in the 40th Anniversary celebration of Denim Day, which first raised awareness of the LGBTQ community at Virginia Tech in January 1979. Pictured are VT president Tim Sands,…

This photo by Dan Mirolli, taken on June 24, 2019, is of the Fraction Family House at Solitude on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. The building is believed to have been a dwelling for enslaved people built around 1843. Upwards of 250…

This photograph by Dan Mirolli is of individuals standing in front of the Virginia Tech Women's Center on February 4, 2019

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.

This photo by Ahmed Mustafa of VT University Relations is of Deborah Petrine receiving from President Tim Sands a resolution of appreciation for her service as the first female Rector of the VT Board of Visitors, among other contributions, at the…

This photo by Sarah Myers is of the Creativity and Innovation District dormitory shortly before opening for the Fall 2021 semester, taken on July 23, 2021.

This photo by Chiravi Patel of the VT University Relations depicts students in Stefan Al’s studio in November 2020 in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies' geodesic dome put up near Cowgill Hall to help with social distancing during the…

This peice of correspondence was sent to the members of the Association of Chinese Students to remind them about the upcoming "Chinese Night".

This newspaper clipping shows a photograph of the Virginia Tech Board of Vistors. R. L. McConnell, C. A. Boatwright, H. H. Walton, and Dr. M. P. Smith, who were the first women to join the Board of Visitors are pictured.

This photo by Richard Randolph of VT University Relations depicts a person wearing their Native dress involved in the 2019 Powwow held by Native at Virginia Tech on the Graduate Life Center lawn.

This newspaper article discusses the opening of a new dormitory at Virginia Tech. This dormitory was named after Lieutenant James Monteith, who was a Medal of Honor recipient.

This photograph is of the Global Climate Strike protest at the Pylons and War Memorial Chapel and Court, held on September 20, 2019. It is probably by professor Emily Satterwhite.

This is the cover of sheet music entitled "The Sentiment of Every American Mother: America Here's My Boy," ca. 1917, by Andrew B. Sterling and Arthur Lange, which is about mother's sending their sons off to war during the First World War.

This drawing is from p. 92 of the 1895 Bugle for the V.A.M.C. German Club and depicts cadets with their dates. It is signed "JFStrauss 95".

Article called "New Fields for Women" by Mildred T. Tate from The Techgram, 1943-01-15, discusses openings in fields for women during World War II.

For the homecoming football game, the university holds a parade each year. Here is the HokieBird at the parade, taken by Skyler Taube of VT University Relations, October 19, 2019.

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 newspaper article discusses funding for V. P. I. that was approved by the Federal Works Administration. The funding was for the construction of several new building at the Radford Ordnance Works.

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

This pamphlet put out by the United States Food Administration asks people to eat less wheat and meat so that more can be sent to the soldiers fighting in World War I.

Image of the logo for the Virginia Tech Veterans Caucus

These pages are from the Bulletin of VPI, Vol. XV, No. 6, Sept. 1922, and it advertises different opportunites that V. P. I. had for women in 1922/1923. The item focuses on opportunites within the applied sciences, but also discusses other fields…

This cover from the Bulletin of VPI, Vol. XIX, No. 1, November 1925, indicates the need for funds for a new dormitory on campus, and this photo depicts the Home Economics Building, ca. 1925, which was previously the Agricultural Extension Division…

This photo from the President's report to the Board of Visitors at the January 28, 1926, meeting, illustrates the dire need for dormitories on campus. By 1925, four students shared a 13 ft. x 15 ft. dorm room, and to make floor space they tied their…

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.

This map shows what Virginia Tech's campus looked like in 1977.

First page of President Eggleston's final report to the Board of Visitors, reporting changes to the school and his resignation, July 1, 1919.

September 1922 issue of the Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute reporting on the educational opportunities for women at VPI, including home economics, agricultural and other life sciences, engineeering, and education training, September 1,…

Front page of the engineering extension diivision newsletter, October 1, 1924.

Black Lives Matter poster from the Black Organizations Council at Virginia Tech encouranging people to attend the State of the Black Union and other concerns about race relations at Virginia Tech, November 1, 2015.

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

This Virginia Tech class ring is from the Class of 1911. 1911 was also the first year that the University made class rings. This photo is from the VT Alumni Association.