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","\"Baseboard Electric Heater: Installing and Operating Instructions with Parts List,\" Sears, ","\"Capital Square Intelligence Newsletter,\" Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1969/1970","\"The Engineers Club of Huntington: Directory and Yearbook,\" 1974","\"Portable Parking Structures International\"","\"Before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Matter of the Application of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,\" 1970","\"Brief History of the James River and Kanawha Coal,\" 1933","\"Council for Reorganization of Washington State Government: Survey Report and Recommendations,\" 1965 (excerpt) ","\"Directory of Offices, Shop Facilities and Gasoline Supply Points,\" The State Road Commission of West Virginia, 1966","\"Governor's Management Task Force: West Virginia State Government,\" 1969","\"Outline of the Jame River and Kanawha Canal and the Principal Agreements and Leases for Water Rights in the Canal,\" 1960","\"Recommendation for Gasoline Pump Stations\"","\"Report on James River Canal Owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Between Richmond and Clifton Forge, on the Waters of James River and Its Tributaries\"","\"Report Writing Guide: Governor's Management Task Force,\" 1967","\"A Study of Surface Coal Mining in West Virginia,\" Stanford Research Center, 1972","William F. Drumeller, Jr., was born January 23, 1923, to William and Elizabeth Drumeller. Studying as a civil engineer, Drumeller attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a cadet from 1942-1943 and 1946-1949, taking a leave of absence in 1943 to fight in the U. S. Army during World War II, rising to the rank of Sergeant and earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He worked as a civil engineer with CSX Railway. Drumeller died March 25, 2006, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.","External sources:","\"Sgt William F. Drumeller Jr.\", Findagrave.com,  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15782743/william-f-drumeller , accessed July 5, 2023.","Obituary for William F. Drumeller Jr.,  Richmond Times-Dispatch , March 28, 2006,  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/william-drumeller-obituary?id=5404181 , accessed July 5, 2023.","The guide to the William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the William F. Drumeller, Jr., Collection was completed in February 2013. Additional materials were integrated in 2020 and description updated in 2023. Additional materials were integrated in 2024 and description updated in 2024.","See the  ,VPI Poster by William F. Drumeller, Jr.,  also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives in the Art Collection.","The collection includes Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) publications, school papers (including notes and notebooks), ephemera, painting, and photographs of William F. Drumeller, Jr., a civil engineering student and cadet at VPI from 1942-1943 and 1946-1949. The majority of the collection consists of student notebooks and paper relating to math and engineering courses. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (\u003ca href=\"mailto:specref@vt.edu\"\u003especref@vt.edu\u003c/a\u003e or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . 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