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Collection: Selections from the Historical Photograph Collection at Special Collections

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Hillcrest Hall, the first women's dormitory on the VPI campus, completed in 1940. Hillcrest was often referred to as the "Skirt Barn" by the campus community in its early years.

Photographs relating to early Home Economics history on campus, including images of the labs in 1921 and the building that housed the program in 1931

Photograph of Jean Harshburger and Representative William C. Wamper.

Jean Harshburger was the first women elected class president, by the class of 1974. In this photograph, Harshburger is pictured with then Representative William C. Wamper.

Photographs of Patricia Miller, c.1959

In 1959, Patricia Ann Miller was the first woman to receive a commission at VPI. Each semester, she enrolled in Corps classes, but was denied. She eventually applied for a commission from the Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps and was commissioned…

Photograph of women students with sheep

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