Collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from the Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook, Ms2013-009, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections in June 2005.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook was completed in February 2013.
Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
From Fairfield, Virginia, Mary "Jo" Josephine Hartwick attended VPI from 1924 to 1929, studying home economics during her time at university. Josephine was one of the first women to attend VPI, and helped found the women's basketball team. Hartwick also participated in the creation and publication of the
The Mary Josephine Hartwick VPI Memorabilia and Scrapbook contains a scrapbook filled with photos of the VPI campus as well as inlaid tickets to both on and off campus events in the mid 1920s. The photos feature the scrapbook creator, Mary Josephine Hartwick, along with her friends during her tenure at VPI. The time in which Hartwick attended VPI was a trying one for women. One of the first female students at VPI, she endured having water thrown at her by cadets and was forbidden from being in the school yearbook. Included in the collection are a VPI tie tack and belt buckle, a track medal for shot put, and a plaque that reads "Founding Members." In addition to the scrapbook, there are many loose photographs stored in the collection.