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This is the text of the history of early women's basketball at VPI, taken from The Tin Horn, the 1929 women's yearbook. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

PDF of article from previous 125th Anniversary website

Newspaper article from the Seattle Times that features Jean Young and several other architects who founded the group S.H.E., Sisters for a Human Environment.

Photo of a woman using the Puraire Kitchen.

Photograph of a woman and a boy.

An advertising pamphlet for "Wizard Oil," to be used for sunburns, stiff and sore muscles, bruises, fleas, mites, chiggers, ticks, and skin abrasians. The booklet also contains information on practical care for a variety of injuries, from sprained…

V.P.I. Alumnus, Class of 1911

Wilson Street residential area. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Bill of work done for William Young. Paid in cash on 1/12/1859.

"GARDNER, WILLIAM W. (b. 1872). DAYBOOK, 1918. 0.1 cu. ft. Merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia. Daybook providing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid. Available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms1940-011."

A diary with one-page entries for the year of 1862. A few pages of memoranda follow on which Barnett has listed miscellaneous clothing expenses and his pay record for the year. The diary describes his time in hospital in January and February, as well…

Letter from William H. Vaughan to Mr. John Williams.

Sheet music for the William Tell Overture, composed by Gioachino Rossini.

The collection consists of a single letter from Sgt William S. Tippett to his wife, Maggie. Written from a parole camp in Annapolis, Maryland, the letter opens with Tippett's comments on news from home. A majority of the letter, however,details his…

A status report given by Dr. Cutler to members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who helped to fundraise for the William Preston Memorial

Dr. Cutler poses with the certificate and medal recognizing his work on the William Preston Memorial Project

Dr. Cutler stands at a podium and gives a high five to another member of the Sons of the American Revolution

Dr. Cutler stands with two other members of the Sons of the American Revolution at the Phase I completion celebration

A group photo of members of the Sons of the American Revolution who were involved in the William Preston Memorial Project

Reverse of photo includes description of activities and information about Mrs. C.C. Miller and Mrs. Elizabeth Jones

This is a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing to his sister Martha from Richmond, Virginia, on July 11, 1863, Scott describes a recent skirmish…

The diary of William J. Pittenger, a soldier serving in the 93rd Illinois Infantry and the U. S. Army Signal Corps during the Civil War. The diary's entries span the first half of 1863 through 1864 and touch on such matters as camp life, the U. S.…

This letter was sent from William Hawhorn to Edgar Knapp on August 27, 1863.

Record of purchases made by William H. Young.

Record of what William H. Young owes to J. Fisher.

Bill from Waskey [?] to William H. Young.

Head of the Department of Veterinary Science, 1913-1923

http://www.unirel.vt.edu/history/administration/wine_william_e.html

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/bov/rectors/Wine.html

Photograph of William E. Wine, rector of the Board of Visitors, 1948-1952

Monument to William Addison Caldwell, first student admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, who graduated from VAMC in 1876.

First Student at VAMC 1873

Typed will and testament of Jacob Davis of London.

Very poor image of the will of Jonas Abraham Davis, A. J. Davis' father.

A will written by A. J. Davis in 1897, when he was living in OH.

Photocopy of the will of A. J. Davis from 1930. Davis was located in Norfolk, VA at the time.

A group photo of a Wilderness Society Governing Council meeting