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  • Collection: 150th Anniversary of Virginia Tech Collection
150th_UR_2019Powwow_RichardRandolph_2019_0406.jpg

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…
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Photograph from the Special Collections dedication and reopening in 2006 shows VT Dean of the University Libraries, Eileen Hitchingham (far right)…
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Photograph from the Special Collections dedication and reopening in 2006 shows VT Dean of the University Libraries, Eileen Hitchingham speaking to…
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Football program announcing the schedule for 1985-1987, as well as encouraging people to attend the games.
RG26_02_01_MasterGardeners_B01F23_Photo_Grunewald-KauffmannJoyce_GettingYourShrubsTreesAndIndoorPlantsIntoShape_2000_0311.jpg

Photograph depicting two women trimming a tree as part of a 2000 course by the James City County Extension and Master Gardeners, March 11, 2000.
RG08_02_06e_F3_BLMPoster_2015_11.jpg

Black Lives Matter poster from the Black Organizations Council at Virginia Tech encouranging people to attend the State of the Black Union and other…
RG08_02_06e_B6F35_WomanDonningTheKenteCeremonyWithFriends_20000512.jpg

Photograph of women donning the kente cloth at a cultural graduation cerermony on May 12, 2000.
RG02_12_LaveryWilliamE_B19F37_CollegiateTimes_Article_1987_10_13.pdf

Article from the Collegiate Times describing student protests over a proposed addition to Cowgill Hall, that is aesthetically different from other…
Ms2019_039_DiplomaColl_F1_AylorREL_VAMCBADiploma_1886_0630.jpg

This is the diploma of R.E.L. Aylor, a cadet at VAMC, June 30, 1886.
Ms2019_039_DiplomaColl_F1_AdkissonWilliamS_VAMCDiploma_1877_0805.jpg

This is the diploma of William S. Adkission, a cadet at VAMC, August 15, 1877.
Ms1975_001_PriceHL_F1_VPIDiploma_1898_0615.jpg

This is the VPI diploma of Harvey L. Price, who graduated in 1898. Listed are the signatures of prominent educators, such as President McBryde and…
MC_Mla114_1946.jpg

These clippings from "Locomotive Lady" by Robert M. Hyatt, Boston Herald-Tribune, contain a story about Carmen Venegas, VPI's first international…
LD5655_V856_1967_C38_ChangMonicaLiu_OnTheStochasticPhageAttachment..._1967_titlepage.jpg

Cover page of the dissertation by Monica L. Chang for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Statistics. Chang is the first known Asian American woman to earn a…
LD5655_V8_Y58_1908_1909_Guidon_p20_p27.jpg

The Student Handbook, or "Rat Bible", which was later named The Guidon, is a serial publication for the Corps of Cadets that outlines the rules and…
LD5655_A3_V45_VirginiaTechMagazine_1998Spring_p03_AnnexFire.jpg

Magazine article reporting on fire at Architecture Annex the from Virginia Tech Magazine's Spring 1998 issue.
L210_B2_1871Appen_VAMC_HistoryandOrganization.pdf

This publication describes the formation of VAMC, proposed programs and system of organization in 1872. It was part of the serial the Virginia School…
FacultyStaffPhoto_AgnewElla.jpg

Photograph of Ella Agnew, the first female extension agent in the country and the namesake of Agnew Hall on Virginia Tech's campus.
Caucuses_VeteransCaucus_undated.jpg

Image of the logo for the Virginia Tech Veterans Caucus
Caucuses_DisabilityAlliance_undated.jpg

Image of the logo for the Disability Alliance at Virginia Tech
Acc2019_114_GlobalClimateStrike_20190920_124320.jpg

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…
150th_116. Radio studio.jpg

In the fall of 1929, a sparse, but moderately sound-proof studio was built in an unused room in the tower of War Memorial Hall. The first broadcast…
150th_115. infirmary expansion.jpg

This photo depicts the college infirmary (now Henderson Hall) after an expansion nearly doubled its capacity. The addition was completed by the start…
150th_114. deHaviland DH-4.jpg

This photo is of the deHaviland DH-4 airplane donated to the university by the U.S. Navy for use by students. It arrived without an engine, but the…
150th_113. Building in 1928 v3.jpg

This composite includes 3 photos of construction on the campus. On the left is the new power plant, on the top is the new stone dormitory Barracks No.…
150th_112. Development plan drawing, 1927.jpg

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.…
150th_111. View Down FacRow 1927.jpg

This photo is of the road down Faculty Row, with Patton Hall visible on the left.
150th_109. class ring 1928.jpg

This photo depicts the Class of 1928's class ring. The rings were presented to every member of the class at the first "Ring Banquet" held by the Class…
150th_106b. Barracks nos 6 and 7.jpg

These photos depict the new Barracks No. 6 building, dedicated in September 1927, and Barracks No. 7, which was converted from the Science Hall and…
150th_106a. BOV_1921-1926_Pg309 4 racks high.jpg

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.…
150th_105b. DedicationDay Miles and WarMemHall 1926_1023 v6.jpg

This composite includes photos from Dedication Day for Miles Stadium and War Memorial Hall on October 23, 1926. Alumni were invited to a homecoming…
150th_105a. MilesStadium WarMem construction 1926_01 v2.jpg

This composite depicts War Memorial Hall, its gymnasium, and Miles Stadium while under contruction in 1926.
150th_104x. FFV FFA.jpg

This photo is of a plaque on the table where Future Farmers of Virginia (later expanded to Future Farmers of America) was founded by Walter S. Newman,…
150th_104. Librarians Jones_1919 and Brown_1925.jpg

This composite includes a 1919 photo of Eleanor Isabelle Jones, university librarian from 1913 to 1923, and a 1925 photo of Ralph Minthorne Brown,…
150th_103. Dorms and HomeEc 1925.jpg

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…
150th_100. Patton Hall.jpg

This composite photo of Patton Hall includes a drawing by Carneal & Johnston, Architects, of the intended final building and a photo of the hall…
150th_099. turkey hens 1925.jpg

This newspaper clipping describes the women's basketball team's victory over the "Bashful Basketeers" of Concord State. One of the captions uses the…
150th_098. campus proposed layout 1925_01.jpg

This map depicts the proposed lay-out of the V. P. I. campus in 1925.
150th_097. rural electrification 1924.jpg

This newspaper clipping shows a photograph of electic lines leading to an unidentified farm.
150th_096. AgExtensionDivBldg 1926_01.jpg

This photo depicts the Agricultural Extension Division Building shortly after its construction was finished and it had been occupied.
150th_095. Proposed WarMemHall.jpg

These architechtual drawings depict the proposed plans for War Memoial Hall and Gymnasium.
150th_092. Work starts on stadium 1923_07.jpg

This photo depicts President J. A. Burruss breaking ground to start the construction of a new athletic stadium.
150th_089. Buggies etc on stoop roof 1923.jpg

This photo depicts Lane Hall (Barracks No. 1) presumably after the sophmore banquet.
150th_088. Brumfield MaryEllaCarr.jpg

This photo depicts Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, who was the first woman to receive a degree from V. P. I.
150th_087b. Woodshop in McBryde 1921-22.jpg

This photo depicts a class in the woodworking shop in McBryde Hall in 1921.
150th_087a. Opportunities by 4.jpg

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…
150th_086b. AgEd Bldg.jpg

This photo depicts the Agricultural Building at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
150th_085b. Golden Jubilee right v4.jpg

This photo depicts the alumni gathering at the main tent at the Golden Jubilee. The inside of the tent is also pictured. Also pictured is an ariel…
150th_085a. Golden Jubilee left.jpg

This photo depicts the Alumni Registration and Information Area at the Golden Jubliee. Also pictured are several alumni from the Classes of 1875…
150th_081. 1920 Mess Formation.jpg

This photo depicts the Corps of Cadets in mess formation sometime during 1920.
150th_080. Burruss 1919.jpg

This photo depicts J. A. Burruss. Burruss was the President of the University from 1919 to 1945.
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