Records of the University Club

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of the University Club, RG 29/4, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
13.6 Cubic Feet 9 boxes and 1 oversized folder
Creator:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Club (1925-)
Abstract:
The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of the University Club, RG 29/4, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.

Series I includes meeting minutes and history. The second series comprises contracts, certificates, and the club constitution. Administrative correspondence makes up the third series. Series IV is comprised of account books as well as credit and payment books. Budget material can be found in Series V. Financial records constitute the sixth series. Tax information is located in Series VII. Workbooks are included in the eighth series. Management records are organized in the ninth series. Series X stores operational records. Construction records are filed in Series XI. Series XII contains community and outreach records. Fundraising material is situated in Series XIII. Personal correspondence and images can be found in the fourteenth series. The fifteenth series includes guest books. Membership operations material is located in Series XVI. Series XVII contains registers. Series XVIII contains Residence and Use material. Social events records are filed in the nineteenth series, and Series XX is made up of Steinway Piano material.

Biographical / historical:

A Virginia Tech faculty group organized the University Club in 1925. The clubhouse, formerly located on Otey Street, was built on land leased from the university. In June 1929, construction began on the clubhouse. Soon the club gained 125 members and has continued to grow throughout the years. It was completed in 1930 at a cost of $38,000. It contains 8,773 square feet. It once contained a dining room, which ceased operations in 1935 when the old Faculty Center dining room opened. On December 2, 1953 at the annual meeting members burned the last of the bonds representing the indebtedness of $40,000 incurred in building the clubhouse on campus. The building was valued at $70,000 in 1953. The Virginia Tech Foundation purchased the clubhouse in December 2017, and it was demolished the following year.

Since the founding, the membership has included Nobel Prize winners, University Presidents, corporate and civic leaders, and distinguished artists and professors. The club's mission is to "provide programs to enhance the cultural and social life of its members and maintain a suitable clubhouse."

Acquisition information:
The Records of the University Club were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in May 2006.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the University Club was completed in April 2013.

Please note: Box 4-Folder 39 and Box 9-Folder 1 were moved to Oversize Folder 1.

Arrangement:

The records are arranged into series by the type of material. Within each series, materials are arranged chronologically. Box 4-Folder 39 and Box 9-Folder 1 have been moved to Oversize Folder 1.

  • Series I: Board of Directors, Minutes, and History, 1929-1999
  • Series II: Contracts, Certificates, and Constitution, 1925-1986
  • Series III: Administrative Correspondence, 1930-1991
  • Series IV: Account Books & Credit and Payment Books, 1926-1978
  • Series V: Budget, 1986-1999
  • Series VI: Financial Records, 1929-1999
  • Series VII: Taxes, 1989-1999
  • Series VIII: Workbooks, 1952-1957
  • Series IX: Management, 1980-1999
  • Series X: Operations, 1984-1999
  • Series XI: Construction, 1927-1998
  • Series XII: Community and Outreach, 1965-2000
  • Series XIII: Fundraising, 1983-1998
  • Series XIV: Personal Correspondence and Images, 1956
  • Series XV: Guest Books, 1982-1987
  • Series XVI: Membership Operations, 1974-1999
  • Series XVII: Registers, 1984-1998
  • Series XVIII: Residence and Use, 1957-1998
  • Series XIX: Social Events, 1981-2000
  • Series XX: Steinway Piano, 1989-1991