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A page of an early ledger tracking the Fries Mill's expenditures.

A document from a electoral judge for the Town of Fries, Va.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.

A handwritten account of a parcel of land being sold to the Washington Mills Company, and a sketch of same.

A handwritten sketch and description of the boundaries and past owners of a parcel of land to be acquired by the Washington Mills Company.

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording mill employees and their families.

An image showing several mill employees using large hoses to wash waste products from the mill into the river.

Photo of Robert A. Comparin

Photo of James Beverly "JB" Jones

Photo of J. Bernard Jones

Photo of Walter O'Brien

Photo of The Faculty 1895-1896

Photo of Junior Faculty Members 1904-1905

Photo of the Senior Faculty Members 1904-1905

Spectrum, October 22, 2004 pg 2

Engineering News Spring 2009 pg 1

Engineering News Spring 2015 pg 6

The Appointment Of Kenneth S. Ball to the L.S. Randolph Professorship program

Douglas Martin, Ed.D. is Director Emeritus in the
Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. This
nearly hour-long interview contains his first-hand account
of several impactful people and events that shaped Tech in
the last half century.…

Gerald Miller grew up on a farm in Harrisonburg, Virginia. From an early age, he had responsibilities and schooling expectations drilled into him, which heavily guided his career. He attended Virginia Tech and graduated in 1965, majoring in Agronomy.…

Roger H. More was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland in 1942. From an early age he knew that he would attend college, but planned on going to Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. These plans changed when his best friend and his bother went to…

In an hour and 10 minute interview of Mary Nolen
Blackwood and Willis Blackwood, Ren Harman asks about
their lives as they connect to Virginia Tech. Along with
early life at Virginia Tech and family life, this interview
touches on their continued…

Ida Powell graduated from Virginia Tech in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in home economics. In this hour-long interview, Powell discusses her experience as a female student attending Virginia Tech's campus in the 1950s as well as her humanitarian…

Sinia James, Bradley Lineberry, Jean Miller Lineberry, Arlene Miller, and Darren Lineberry

6 people pose for a picture, the interior tow shaking hands and holding a paper

Shirley Trent Litteral and Whiz Farmer, far sides

Jackie Sharp and Mr. Stone, front row

Rita Dale, far right

Ruth Durham recieves a prize from Frank Richie on stage in front of a crowd

A photograph of mill employee Annie Hylton holding a safety diorama.

A headshot of mill employee Caroline Bond.

A headshot of mill employee Jimmy Spence

Betty G. Stevens stands with two other women getting food

A group stands together, including Harrson Jones (2nd from left) and Betty Wright (far right)

Joe Bob Davis and Frank Richie present an award to Faye Nelson

Marie Pearman and Page Durhan hold a coffee set

Gilbert Lawson poses with an older man

Harold Funk presents an award

Walter Johnson and Lewis Waller present an award

A headshot of John Cox