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A black and white photograph of C and P Telephone Company manager Bailey Condrey (left) and the first dean of the college, Dr. Robert C. Provine, looking at a site plan for the new college.

Black and white photograph of nineteen of the twenty-two charter trustees, including Counsel Eastwood Herbert. The trustees were gathered at the Admiralty Hotel on Military Highway in Norfolk, Virginia for the organizing meeting of the Board of…

A black and white photograph of the location plan for the proposed college site that would become Virginia Wesleyan College.

An invitation from the Board of Trustees to attend the Virginia Wesleyan College groundbreaking ceremonies.

A black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's groundbreaking ceremony. Five Southeastern Virginia City mayors acted as shovel handlers and were each accompanied by a member of the board of trustees.

Virginia Wesleyan College first bulletin, which includes images and maps of the campus, notes from President Johnston, the academic calendar, a list of the trustees, a description of the campus setting and history, campus life, programs of study,…

Black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's first full-time faculty and staff.
From left, Donald Davis, admission director; Joseph Stevens, political science professor and acting dean; Ann Matson, bookkeeper; Lambuth Clarke, president;…

Mayor and President of the Council W. F. Duckworth's letter endorsing the idea of the Norfolk location for the proposed Methodist college.

The 1959 Higher education in the Tidewater area of Virginia : report of a survey for the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia and the Norfolk Junior Chamber of Commerce Higher Education Survey, page 81, notes the need for higher education…

The newspaper, vol. 1, no. 1, is Virginia Wesleyan College's first newspaper and was issued on December 9, 1966.

A second drawing of proposed Virginia Wesleyan College letterhead.

One of two drawings of a proposed Virginia Wesleyan College logo.

A second logo proposal for Virginia Wesleyan College.

"The cover page of a 1962 prospectus describing the Sawyer tract on Holland Road and the Wood farm on Centreville Turnpike, each contributing two hundred acres which could be offered without cost to the college" (Mansfield, 16).

A Virginian-Pilot newspaper photographer followed Larry Wright of Arlington, Virginia through a typical day during the first week of classes in September, 1966.

On September 8, 2016, Virginia Wesleyan College celebrated its first Founder's Day. This logo was used for the inaugural Founder's Day convocation. Virginia Wesleyan College was founded in 1961, and welcomed its first matriculating class in 1966.

On February 18, 1966, the Virginian-Pilot newspaper published an announcement about the first three students enrolled at Virginia Wesleyan College.

An invitation letter from President Clarke to a faculty member inviting him and his family to attend the informal open house on September 11th at 4:00 p.m. and the public open house on September 18th at 3:00 p.m. Both events were scheduled to take…

Villager, volume 1, 1968, is the first Virginia Wesleyan College yearbook and records the 1967-1968 academic year.

Villager, volume 2, 1969, is the second Virginia Wesleyan College yearbook and records the 1968-1969 academic year.