Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell

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 Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, RG 11/1, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
4.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
Creator:
Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928
Abstract:
This collection contains records of Theodorick Pryor Campbell, the dean of the college at Virginia Tech from 1920-1924. This collection consists primarily of correspondence with faculty, educational organizations, parents, presidents Julian A. Burruss and J. D. Eggleston, students, and government entities. Subjects include advertising, budget, disciplinary matters, hazing, and land purchases. Some correspondence dates to 1917-1919 when Campbell was Dean of the Faculty.
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 Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, RG 11/1, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, including letters to and from the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, Engineering Enlisted Reserve Corps, faculty, Federal Board of Vocational Education, parents, presidents Julian A. Burruss and J. D. Eggleston, students, the U.S. War Department, and the Veterans Bureau. Subjects covered in the correspondence include advertising, budget, demerits, disciplinary matters, hazing, heating plant, land purchases, letters of recommendation, Shops Department, statistics, and VPI's Army Training School. Included within some of the folders are correspondence from 1917-19 when Campbell's title was Dean of the Faculty.

Biographical / historical:

Theodorick Pryor Campbell (1862-1928) worked at Virginia Tech from 1889 to 1924 as a professor of modern languages, dean of the Academic Department (1903-1905), dean of the general faculty (1914-1920), and dean of the college (1920-1924). Health issues caused Campbell to resign as dean but he continued to teach until his death in 1928.

Please note: Campbell's first name is spelled various different ways, also shortened to Theo. Theodorick is the most widely accepted spelling.

Source: Cox, Clara B. "In retrospect: Theodoric Pryor Campbell: With a name like Theodoric...", Virginia Tech Magazine, vol. 30, no. 4, Summer 2008. Accessed March 26, 2020. https://www.vtmag.vt.edu/sum08/retrospect.html.

Acquisition information:
The Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2002.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell was completed in February 2020.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically. If there are several folders of the same subject, they are then arranged by date.