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Eight pages of handwritten notes from Lucy Lee Lancaster about the admission of full-time women students, early achievements, and "firsts."

This newsletter contains articles about the department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech, and a biography on Virginia Hummel. Attached is a newspaper with an additional article about Hummel, as well as an obituary.

This is an email exchange between Carmen Bolt and Glenn Bugh about a research project on Virginia Hummel.

This is a photograph of the first five full-time women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (left to right): Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, Ruth Terrett, Lucy Lee Lancaster, Louise Jacobs, Carrie Taylor Sibold. An additional seven women enrolled…

This set of pages from the Septemer 18, 1921, Board of Visitors meeting notes the need for funds for a women's dormitory on campus and the use of the President's residence for such a purpose.

This page from the June 8, 1926, Board of Visitors meeting notes the plan to use an additional faculty residence for a women's dormitory and the hope of expanding the existing women's dorm dining room.

This page from the June 22, 1922, Board of Visitors meeting notes the enrollment of 12 women in the previous academic year.

This page from the close of the January 18, 1921, Board of Visitors meeting records the vote to admit women to the university.

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Minutes from the January 18, 1921, Board of Visitors meeting included a short report on the educational needs of women and a summary of the Board's consideration for the admission of women students. The end of this section calls for definitive action…

This page from the August 12, 1925, Board of Visitors meeting notes the use and remodeling plans of the "large residence in the grove" for use as a dorm for women students.