Virginia Intermont in Print, 1894 to 1963

The story of Virginia Intermont College, in its own words

From Glider Innovations, a public sample built from the college's own publications. We analyzed 50 pages and 63 short passages, along with the full text of 61 volumes, and created a "Glider" that lets you explore this rich archive in many ways:

A Hallowe'en drawing in orange and black from the 1906 V.I. PennantRead what happened on this day in years pastThe editorial staff of the V.I. Pennant, 1906Look up a name across all 61 volumesThe maroon and gold cover of the 1910 PennantBrowse by kind of page and decadeAn engraving of the Southwest Virginia Institute building, 1894Follow a trailTwo students on the front walk, 1939Pick a year, from 1894 to 1963

Searches every page of every volume in this sample. For the 50 chosen pages below, use the search box further down.

Four ways in

Preview Pathways

All of this material can be seen through different lenses and explored along different pathways. Below are four ways in, each built for a different kind of visitor. They are fully customizable: we can work with you to design the pathways that best fit your needs.

Alumni and familiesStudents by name and face, and passages to share.Open this room →Local historiansBristol, the railroad, the war years, and the campus from the air.Open this room →Teachers and studentsPrimary sources for a class: calendars, diaries, wartime, and the Depression.Open this room →A college planning its anniversaryCovers, a 75th anniversary yearbook, and the school's own story of itself.Open this room →

Start with a kind of page

Buildings 8 pagesCalendars 8 pagesCampus life 6 pagesSports 4 pagesClubs and societies 3 pagesDrawings 5 pagesBristol 2 pagesAdvertisements 5 pagesCovers 9 pages

Three ways into the years

Pick a yearEvery year from 1894 to 1963, with its issues, pages, and passages.When the words arriveA slider through every year, and the first page each word was printed on.basket-ball in 1899, radio in 1924, and television in 1956

Annual of the Southwest Virginia Institute, session 1894-95: the cover1894 · The Annual "Southeast view of building", 18941894 · The Annual "A Glimpse of the City of Bristol", 18941894 · The Annual "To Bristol": a railroad advertisement, 18941894 · The Annual Sense and Nonsense, 1898: the cover1898 · Sense and Nonsense The Texas Club, 18981898 · Sense and Nonsense Hodges Art Gallery and Twin City Mills: advertisements, 18981898 · Sense and Nonsense The college calendar, 1905-061906 · The V.I. Pennant The editorial staff of the V.I. Pennant, 19061906 · The V.I. Pennant A Hallowe'en drawing in orange and black, 19061906 · The V.I. Pennant The Art Class in silhouette, 19061906 · The V.I. Pennant The Pennant, December 1907: the cover1907 · The Pennant "Locals and Society Notes," December 19071907 · The Pennant The Pennant, 1910: the cover1910 · The V.I. Pennant The Crimson Crackerjacks, a tennis club, 19101910 · The V.I. Pennant "The American Girl," 19101910 · The V.I. Pennant "Virginia Institute, Bristol, Virginia": the school's own advertisement, 19101910 · The V.I. Pennant The Intermont, 1915: the cover1915 · The Intermont The Sophomore-Freshman basketball team, 19151915 · The Intermont The Y.W.C.A. page, 19151915 · The Intermont The Glee Club, 19151915 · The Intermont Coca-Cola and "Golden Eagle" Flour: advertisements, 19151915 · The Intermont "The Canteen Bungalow", 19201920 · The Intermont "Athletics 1920"1920 · The Intermont A campus lawn, opening the Features section, 19201920 · The Intermont Calendar of Events, fall 19201921 · The Intermont Calendar of Events, 1921-221922 · The Intermont "Book One, Campus," 19271927 · The Intermont Pampas grass on the campus, 19271927 · The Intermont Three basketball teams, 19271927 · The Intermont Calendar, 1926-19271927 · The Intermont "Bunting's Drug Store": an advertisement, 19271927 · The Intermont The Intermont, 1931: the cover1931 · The Intermont The Intermont Hand Book, 1933: the cover1933 · The Intermont The class history "with apologies to Samuel Pepys," 1931-321933 · The Intermont The campus in silhouette, 19341934 · The Intermont The campus from the air, 19351935 · The Intermont "A Picture Record" of 19361936 · The Intermont Social Calendar, 1937-19381938 · The Intermont Two students on the front walk, 19391939 · The Intermont "Excerpts from My Diary," 1939-401940 · The Intermont A brick building with a clock, 19431943 · The Intermont A soldier, from the wartime Intermont of 19441944 · The Intermont From Southwest Virginia Institute to Virginia Intermont College, 19471947 · The Intermont "For three generations," 19471947 · The Intermont "Life at College": a diary of 1949-501950 · The Intermont "In Bristol Town," 19541954 · The Intermont The 75th anniversary Intermont, 19601960 · The Intermont "V.I.C.": the tower, 19611961 · The Intermont Science Hall nearing completion, 19631963 · The Intermont

Trails through the collection

The main building, 1894 to 1961

The same towered building in an engraving, an advertisement, a cover, and photographs.

A year on the calendar, 1905 to 1950

Eight calendars, class histories, and diaries that tell the school year day by day.

Teams and games, 1910 to 1927

A tennis club, two basketball pages, and a drawing for the athletics section.

Bristol around the college

The town in an engraving, railroad and shop advertisements, and a street sign.

Covers, 1894 to 1960

Eight covers and title pages across seven decades.