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This photo is of LumenHAUS, a smart house designed and built by students and faculty in the VT colleges of Architecture and Urban Studies and of Engineering to demonstrate the contributions of the university to conservation and sustainability in…

This photo depicts Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, who was the first woman to receive a degree from V. P. I.

This is a photograph of Mary Goodwin Lacy that was taken in 1899.

Composite of the McBryde Building with photo showing it under construction and drawing of the expected structure.

This photo depicts the Corps of Cadets in mess formation sometime during 1920.

This photo depicts the Mess and Commencement Hall after it had been expanded.

This photo depicts Miles Field, which was renamed to honor Clarence Paul Miles.

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

In this photo, Seymour Robb, University Librarian (left) talks with Walter S. Newman, President of VPI (right) in Newman Library during construction. The library was completed in 1955.

This undated photo shows the Northern Virginia Center, a joint education center held by Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, in Falls Church.

This photo depicts a classroom at the Northern Virginia Graduate center shortly after it moved from Reston to Dulles.

This composite photo depicts Charles Owens, John Sears, Floyd Meade, Alonzo Freeman, and Preston Mays. These men were some of the first African American that were connected to the University.

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…

Paul Torgersen, president of Virginia Tech, is pictured here on the university campus in Blacksburg. The red steel structure in the background is what would become Torgersen Hall. The photo from VT University Relations dates to August 16, 1999.

This photo depicts one of the trailer courts that was set-up following World War II to accommodate for the growing number of students at the University.

This photo depicts a procession that started infront of the academic buildings and finished at the field house for the commencement ceremony.

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 aired on January 6, 1930.

This photo depicts the women's basketball team playing a game in the 1980s. The Virginia Tech player who is pictured is Renee Dennis, #44, played from 1983-1987 and was the first Virginia Tech woman to have her jersey retired.

This photo depicts Science Hall and Barracks No. 4. Science Hall's construction was finished in 1901, and Barracks No. 4 was completed in 1902.

This photo depicts the Shops Building shortly after it burned down in 1913.

This photo depicts the shops building after it's expansion in 1904.

This photo depicts a biology classroom that was located in Smyth Hall. The building was originally known as the Natural Sciences Building but was renamed in 1949 to Smyth Hall.

Photograph from the Special Collections dedication and reopening in 2006 shows VT Dean of the University Libraries, Eileen Hitchingham speaking to crowd.

Photograph from the Special Collections dedication and reopening in 2006 shows VT Dean of the University Libraries, Eileen Hitchingham (far right) with individuals and plaque of appreciation for donations from the C.E. Richardson Benevolent…

This photo depicts a woman at the Steger Center in Rian San Vitale, Switzerland. The center was originally named the Center for European Studies and Architecture but was renamed to the Steger Center in 2014.

This photo depicts the Officers of the Student Army Training Corps in 1918.

This photo depicts the swimming team in 1970 after the sport was made the first intercollegiate competitive sport for women.

System X (pronounced ten) is the university's first supercomputer, which was declared the fastest at any university and third fastest in the world in 2003. This photo is undated.

This undated photo shows a student using the Cube in the Moss Arts Center.

This undated photo depicts Theatre 101, the first new building to receive LEED certification at the university, when it was completed in 2009.

This photo depicts Thomas Hall shortly after it was built. Thomas hall was a dormitory that was named after Medal of Honor recipient, Herbert Thomas.

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.

This undated photo is of Todd Scully, a former VT coach, who was the first Hokie to compete in the Olympics in 1976.

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 is of the Undergraduate Student Senate (USS) Transition Team in 2021. That year, the Student Government Association was disbanded and the USS formed, with the transition team working on the governing documents for the USS prior to the…

This photo depicts the hangar at the VPI Airpot which was opened in 1931.

This photo depicts the seal of Virginia Polytechnic Institute after the University's name was changed in 1944.

This photo depicts the baseball team, ca. 1894, playing on Sheib Field in the school's colors at the time of black and gray. The Administrative Building (called the "Rock House") is on the left in the background and the Second Academic Building is on…

This photo is of the Virginia Tech Carilion campus in Roanoke, Virginia, taken by Megan Zalecki of VT University Relations on September 14, 2020.

The groundbreaking of the college’s first building took place with VT president William E. Lavery, Gov. John N. Dalton of Virginia, dean of the college Richard B. Talbot (pictured, left to right) on April 10, 1979. The college opened and classes…

This photo depicts an employee of the University Libraries working with a student in the Virtual Environments Studio in 2018.

This photograph shows researchers performing a scientific experiment at the Virginia Tech India campus in Chennai, India.

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

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 photograph is of the first graduating class of the Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine in 2014.

This photo depicts the dedication ceremony of War Memorial Chapel.

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.

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

This photo depicts a class in the woodworking shop in McBryde Hall in 1921.