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This flier advertises the Founders' Day Ceremony that occured on March 24, 1972 in the VPI&SU Coliseum.

This newspaper article discusses the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approving guidlines that allowed fraternities and soroities to operate on campus.

This flier advertises the different events that were happening around campus during Gay Awareness Week in 1979.

This photo depicts the Glee Club at Virginia Tech from 1942-1943.

This photo depicts Hutcheson Hall as it was in 1968.

This clipping depicts an Anti-Iranian protest that occurred in November of 1979 to show support for the hostages that were being held at the United States Emabsy.

This photo depicts the construction of the east stands in Lane Stadium.

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 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.

"Moonlight and V. P. I." was written in 1942 by Fred Waring and Charles Gaynor after the Corps of Cadets asked Waring to write a song for the 1942 ring dance.

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 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 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 photo depicts five unidentified women in an office at the first Northern Virginia Graduate Center in Reston, Virginia.

This flier depicts the logo for the Virginia Sea Grant Program at Virginia Tech.

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.

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

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.

These clippings discuss Virginia Polytechnic Institute's name change to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

This song was written by Cadet Charles Steinwedel after the Gobbles upset Georgetown in football in 1942.

This song was written by Cadet Charles Steinwedel after the Gobbles upset Georgetown in football in 1942.

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

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 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.

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

This newspaper article describes several smallpox cases that occurred in Blacksburg in 1913. It is aso noted in the article that everyone at the University had been vaccinated prior to the outbreak.

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

This photo deicts Charles E. Vawter Jr., who was a Professor of Physics at V. P. I. until his resignation in 1917.

This photo depicts the V. P. I. cadets leaving for Fort Myer in 1917.

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 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.

This photo depicts several men who were enrolled in the Enlisted Men's Technical School. This school was an eight week course that was meant to teach active enlisted soldiers to learn technical skills.

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

This poster warns people not to enter a specific area without permission from the Board of Health becuase of the Influenza outbreak.

This photo depicts the World War I memorial, also known as "The Rock", that is on campus. This memorial was first unveiled in July 1919 just before the commencement ceremonies.

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

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

This photo depicts the Alumni Registration and Information Area at the Golden Jubliee. Also pictured are several alumni from the Classes of 1875 through 1895. The welcome banner that was hung up in Blackburg was also pictured.

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 view of campus after Golden Jubilee.

This photo depicts the Agricultural Building at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

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

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

This photo depicts Lane Hall (Barracks No. 1) presumably after the sophmore banquet.

This photo depicts President J. A. Burruss breaking ground to start the construction of a new athletic stadium.

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

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

This newspaper clipping shows a photograph of electic lines leading to an unidentified farm.

This map depicts the proposed lay-out of the V. P. I. campus in 1925.