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Gathering Blacksburg History: Lancaster – Helm – Sibold (website + presentation)
The goal of this site is to organize gathered historical information about Blacksburg, VA and the surrounding Montgomery County. The site features helpful primary online sources, provides a platform for document transcriptions, captures local history…
Generations of Women Leaders at Virginia Tech: 75th Anniversary of Women at Virginia Tech
This is a 1996 book published for the 75th anniversary of the admission of women to VPI.
"Against the Odds: Women at VPI" speech
This is the text of a Founder's Day talk by Laura Jane Harper, April 11, 1980.
"Where Have Women Come from at VPI and Where Are
They Going?" speech
This is the text of remarks by Laura Jane Harper from 1985 on women at VPI.
"How Times Have Changed: A Conversation," program text
Program for the luncheon meeting of the Women's Chapter of the VPI Alumni Association, April 4, 1964. This is a transcript of an interview with Lucy Lee Lancaster, one of the first women admitted to VPI in 1921 and a long-time university librarian.…
History of Co-eds at VPI
An early history of women students on campus (note: this history does not cover much of the history of part-time women students before 1921) from about 1921 to the early 1960s.
Notes from a conversation about women's history on campus
This item includes approximately 60 pages of handwritten notes created by Lucy Lee Lancaster while documenting women's history on campus. The first part contains her transcripts of conversations between early women students and women students in the…
Handwritten highlights of early women's history on campus
Eight pages of handwritten notes from Lucy Lee Lancaster about the admission of full-time women students, early achievements, and "firsts."
Handwritten notes regarding admission of women and some women's "firsts"
Two pages of notes created by Lucy Lee Lancaster with highlights from women's history on campus.