Selections from the Historical Photograph Collection at Special Collections
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Selections from the Historical Photograph Collection at Special Collections
Description
Special Collections houses more than 60,000 historical photographs, the majority of which relate to campus and local history. The physical collection is organized be subject/topic. This digital collection contains a selection of photographs from different subjects that relate to women's history, including, but not limited to,
Source
A finding aid for this collection, with a complete list of subject headings, is available online. Please note: Portions of the Historical Photograph Collection have previously been digitized and are available through Imagebase.
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Photographs
Collection Items
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 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.
![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.](https://vtwomenshistory.lib.vt.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7b1e64fd6f1e7956ae71dfa29dce5f2a.jpg "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 of VPI from the 1920s
These photos offer a glimpse of what campus looked like in the first years that women students were admitted.
Photographs of Peggy Mezaros, the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost at Virginia Tech
In 1995, Dr. Peggy S. Mezaros was appointed as the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost of Virginia Tech. She held this position until 2000. Meszaros first joined Virginia Tech in 1993 as professor of family and child development and dean of…
Photographs of Sandra Sullivan, Virginia Tech's first woman vice president
In 1982, Sandra Sullivan was named Vice President for Student Affairs, becoming the first woman to hold a university-wide executive position on the campus.
![Photographs of "L" Squadron, the first women's squad of the Corps of Cadets](https://vtwomenshistory.lib.vt.edu/files/square_thumbnails/20b8495a24b29ad99b3dc8588dce404e.jpg "Photographs of "L" Squadron, the first women's squad of the Corps of Cadets")
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- Selections from the Historical Photograph Collection at Special Collections