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…
Speech by Laura Jane Harper, "The Education of Women at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute: A Look at the Past and Present, with Predictions about the Future." It isn't clear where it was given, but it was first presented in 1962. It summarizes the…
This is a transcript of an interview with Dr. LaVerne "Freddie" Hairston Higgins, detailing her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.
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.…