Welcome to the Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) guide to Virginia Tech History Resources! This guide features tools and information to help you locate unpublished and published resources about the university from its founding in 1872 thru today. Materials in SCUA include the following:
This guide will also highlight related resources located in SCUA, Newman Library, and other places.
We'll be adding to this guide as new resources arrive, but we also encourage you to contact us with questions as your research or interests develop.
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Below are the main places to look for materials held by SCUA. The items on other pages are primarily pulled from these databases, which you can search on your own by keyword for departments, individuals, and subjects for more.
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