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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of the Office of the President, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, RG 2/7, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Records of the Office of the President, Joseph Dupuy Egglestonl were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in March-June 1973 and June 1978.
The headings on the original folders were retained in the inventory even though the language at times is archaic, such as the use of the word "colored."
The processing, arrangement, and description of Records of the Office of the President, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston was completed prior to 1979. Additional processing, arrangement, and description was completed prior to 2000.
Joseph D. Eggleston was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1867. He attended college at Hampden-Sydney College, completing his degree in 1886. He taught at schools in several southern states before becoming the superintendent in Asheville, North Carolina in 1891 and later superintendent of schools in Farmville, Virginia. During his tenure as state Superintendent of Public Instruction (1906-1912), he worked hard for improvements in rural schools. In January of 1913, he began work with the Field Service in Rural Education in the US Office of Education. The same year, he resigned to take the post of VPI President (1913-1919).
Eggleston became the seventh president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1913. His six-year administration was most notably marked by the development of the agricultural extension program at VPI. In 1914, the Agricultural Extension Division was established. The Virginia General Assembly transferred control of agricultural demonstration work to VPI, so the Home Demonstration program began in 1915. Much of Eggleston's presidential tenure was during the years of World War I. The college became a training school for both the army and navy during this time. A Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program was established at VPI in 1916. In January 1919, the college was designated by the War Department as one of twelve "Distinguished Colleges" in the nation for its contribution to the war effort. In the spring of 1919, Eggleston resigned to become president of Hampden-Sydney College, his alma mater. He served there from 1919 to 1939. Eggleston died in Farmville, Virginia, in 1953.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence (1913-1919) including letters to and from state and national political figures; correspondence signed by Eggleston as Acting Director of the Extension Division (1913-1916); correspondence between Eggleston and principals, board members and others of various agricultural high schools relating to financial requests, personnel, etc. (1916-1919); correspondence with county agents and state and national personnel connected with agricultural programs; correspondence with Carneal and Johnston, architects, concerning construction of Shop building, Gymnasium, Professor Vawter's residence, VPI Chapel, McBryde building, Athletic building, and Field House. Other material in the collection includes: Sophomore Court matters (1913-1914); reports of annual meetings of agents (1913-1916); Agricultural Experiment Station reports (1914); U.S.D.A. Weekly Demonstration Work Reports (1914); financial forecasts (1914-1915); annual reports (1915); Smith-Lever salary vouchers, 1915; reports of demonstration agents (1916); departmental needs (1917); telegrams (1917-1919); resolution creating Athletic Director position (1918); Houston property deeds and contracts; speeches and articles. Education for women and African American extension and Y. M. C. A. work are among the issues addressed in the correspondence.
This collection has been divided into three separate series. The collection has been kept in the original order in which it was received even though this order in not consistently alphabetical or chronological.
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Letter concerning a summer session at VMI.
Letter concerning the organization of vocational classes for women.
Notable letterhead of the Hotel Roanoke.
Reports on African-American agents; notable letterhead of H.O. Lyne, merchant miller; flier for Loves Mill school fair
Houston Deed (1914)
Notable letterhead of Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Signed letter from Booker T. Washington (1914)
Notable letterhead of Richmond Public Schools
Notable letterhead of Appomattox Barred Rock Association; notable letterhead of Dixie Fire Insurance Company
Notable letterhead of Hotel Rueger
Notable letterhead of Murphy's Hotel
Notable letterhead of Hotel Stumpf
Notable letterhead of Delco-Light Products; notable letterhead of Murphy's Hotel
Notable letterhead of the Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates; notable letterhead of the Commonwealth of Virginia, State Chamber
Notable letterhead from R.C. Beverly Heating Company
Notable letterhead of Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Notable letterhead of Maryland State Board of Agriculture
Notable letterhead of Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Notable letterhead of Central Fredrick Farmer's Club
Notable letterhead of Norfolk and Western Immigration Association
Notable letterhead of League to Enforce Peace
Notable letterhead of Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety
Notable letterhead of Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia
Notable letterhead of Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Notable letterhead of Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia
Notable letterhead of Merchants National Bank of Richmond; notable letterhead of United Daughters of the Confederacy; notable letterhead of Daleville College
Notable letterhead of Baptist Church, Wytheville, Va.
Notable letterhead of the James River Clarion
Notable letterhead of Department of Health, Richmond, VA
Notable letterhead of Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Notable letterhead of Sydnor Pump and Well Company
Notable letterhead of Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
Notable letterhead of Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates; notable letterhead of Murphy's Hotel
United States Department of Agriculture
Notable letterhead of Stacy's Poultry Farm
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General; Commonwealth of Virginia, Auditor of Public Accounts
Notable letterhead of the New Willard Hotel, Washington
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dairy and Feed Division
Notable letterhead of Hatcher-Perry Company, Inc.; United States Department of Agriculture; notable letterhead of Richmond Automobile Club; notable letterhead of Carolina Hotel; notable letterhead of the Law Offices of Pollard and Smith; notable letterhead of Aerial League of America; Shops Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Road Builders' Association
Richmond Public Schools
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Modern Languages; Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Notable letterhead from the Times-Dispatch
Notable letterhead of the Southern Summer School
Notable letterhead of National Electric Association and Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Notable letterhead for the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering
State Board of Education, Department of Public Education
Co-Operative Education Association of America; National Security League, Committee on Patriotism through Education
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
"Meeting Much interest: The Demonstration Train Has Many Visitors in the Southwest;" "A Land of Opportunity: What Demonstration Work Is Doing for the State;" Tribute Paid to Professor Davidson;" "Eggleston's Accomplishments as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Virginia;" "What Is 4-H Club Work;" "An Extract from President Eggleston's Address to the Graduating Class, May 31, 1917"
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
State Normal School, Harrisonburg, VA; Virginia State Teacher's Association, Office of President
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Chemistry
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Commonwealth of Virginia, State Board of Health, Bureau of Inspections
Notable letterhead from Equal Suffrage League of Virginia; notable letterhead from the
Notable letterhead from National Fire and Insurance Company of Hartford, CT
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Notable letterhead from La Fayette Hotel
Commonwealth of Virginia, State Board of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering; Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health
Co-operative Education Association of Virginia
Grand Lodge of Virginia I.O.O.F., Office of Grand Secretary; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Notable letterhead from Orange Judd Company; notable letterhead from Portsmouth Businessmen's Association
Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dairy and Food Division
Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office; National Soil Fertility League
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber
Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Office of the General Claim Agent, Casualty Department
Notable letterhead from the J.P. Bell Company, INC; State Normal and Industrial School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Appointment Committee; State Normal and Industrial School, Harrisonburg, VA, Office of the President; Co-operative Education Association of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Athletic Association; Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Mathematics; Virginia Polytechnic Institute Office of the Secretary of the Faculty; Virginia Agricultural Experiment
Southern Conference for Education and Industry
Notable letterhead from the London Assurance Corporation
State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction; Virginia Polytechnic Institute Office of the President
State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction; Co-Operative Education Association; Notable letterhead from Hotel Main; General Education Board; Notable letterhead form Hotel Zinzendorf
Virginia State Livestock Sanitary Board
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office; National Institution for Moral Instruction; notable letterhead from the Fastoria Incandescent Lamp Division; National Lamp Works of General Electric Company
Norfolk & Western Railway Company; Notable letterhead from R.F. Johnson Publishing Company; Notable letterhead from Chase City Manufacturing Company
Notable letterhead from the Hotel Richmond; notable letterhead from The Alvarado
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President
Changes in the Virginia Experiment Station
Notable letterhead from the Southern Express Company; notable letterhead from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Experimental Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Commandant
Commonwealth of Virginia, Commission of Fisheries; Notable letterhead from A.W. Kemp, INC.; Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia; Virginia State Teacher's Association, Office of the Vice-President
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dairy and Feed Division; Lawrence Priddy Insurance
Notable letterhead from Murphy's Hotel; notable letterhead from Hotel Richmond
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Dean of Faculty; Lewis-Gale Hospital
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Biology; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President; Virginia Agriculture Experiment Station
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Veterinary Science
Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Notable letterhead from the (Roanoke)
Department of Experimental Engineering; Department of Metallurgy and Metallography; Department of Mathematics; Department of Electrical Engineering; School of Graphics; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Shops Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Dean of Faculty
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Dining Hall Department; Notable letterhead from Harris, Woodson Co. Inc.;
Office of the President; Department of Modern Languages; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Shops Department; Department of Electrical Engineering; Department of Biology; Department of Experimental Engineering; Department of Chemistry; Department of Mining Engineering; Department of Physics; Department of Geology; Department of English; Department of Rhetoric; Department of Civil Engineering; Department of Metallurgy and Metallography; Department of Mathematics; Department of Veterinary Science; School of Graphics
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; New York State Department of Health; Commonwealth of Massachusetts--State Board of Insanity
Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of the State Corporation Commission; Co-Operative Education Association
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Commandant
Southern Express Company
Letter to the Appropriations Committee regarding College of William and Mary holding summer sessions at VPI; Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates; Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber; Letterhead from Algoma Orchards; State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction; Notable letterhead from
Sewage disposal plant for college and town; Proposed highway engineering curse; Estimated expenses of Engineering Department, 1914-1915
Department of Dairying and Animal Husbandry; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Organization of Animal Husbandry Department; History of infection abortion in the VPI herd; Letter re: commercial management of Dairy Husbandry, Animal Husbandry, Farm, and Creamery Departments
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Veterinary Science--appropriation
Status of Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of State Veterinarian; Invitation to the State Veterinary Medical Association Luncheon
Natural occurrence of copper ore under buildings; College water supply; Automatic signals for classes; Proposals for Department of Geology, including museum; Letterhead for Congrès Géologique International
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, College of Agriculture and Experiment Station; VPI Creamery balance sheet, 1912-1913; Skimming station at Vawter's Store; Annual Report, VPI Creamery
"The VPI and Arbor Day," Virginia Polytechnic Institute begins annual Arbor Day Festivities
Stock judging contest proposed; Proposed expenditures for livestock management
Expenditures of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Experimental Engineering; Letter from C.E. Allen, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, General Alumni Association, Secretary's Office; Apparatus needed for Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering; Letter regarding improvements underway at VPI (July 29, 1914); Letter regarding upcoming address by Jackson Davis on "industrial side of public school work for Negroes"
Assistant librarian position and salary; Letter to Claudius Lee (Department of Electrical Engineering) regarding need for uniform system of central time
Proposed remodeling of Professor McBryde's cottage; Statement of present condition and needs of the Chemical Department (June 1914); Chart of cost per year of operating VPI Chemical Department for session 1912-1913 with similar departments at other institutions
Statement of need of funds for repair of college buildings (January 1914); Water works department appropriations; Expenditures on the new shops; Septic tank constructions; Power plant service; Library heating
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Athletic Association; Financial Standing of the Field House; Proposed funds for permanent athletic buildings
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Engineering Division; Department of Veterinary Science; School of Mining Engineering; Farm Machinery; Letter from Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College regarding Farm Machinery Course; United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry regarding poultry industry; Dairy and Animal Husbandry Departments; Need for poultry work; Need for Agricultural Engineering Department; Office of D.O. Matthews, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, Heat and Power, Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry regarding power plant needs; Registrar's chart of matriculates, 1911-1912 to 1915-1916
Needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Rhetoric
Letter regarding erection of Shops Department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Repairs of various buildings; Shop work in Civil Engineering course; Repair funds
Apparatus and equipment needed for Department of Electrical Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
Notable letterhead from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Mechanical Engineering; VPI Student branch of the American Society of Engineers; Economic management of the power plant
Letterhead, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, School of Graphics; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station--dogs on campus, college spring
Letter from Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Dairy and Food Division regarding testing cows for tuberculosis; Board of Visitors, July 23, 1914
Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the State Crop Pest Commission, Crop Pest Law; Guernsey bull controversy
Needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Biology for 1914-1915; List of the more important trees and shrubs on VPI campus
Appropriations for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Department of Physics
Question of permitting cadets to go to the library after "call to quarters"
Value of student military training; Notable letterhead from the
Office of the Commandant, Shops Department; Department of Chemistry; Department of Veterinary Science; General Alumni Association, Executive Secretary's Office; Department of Rhetoric; Department of Biology; Office of the Dean of Faculty; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Department of Mechanical Engineering; W.L. Andrews, Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber
Davidson house
Sewage disposal plant
Letter regarding inspection of other colleges
Equipment for Shops Department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Letter regarding town spring; Arc lamps, conditions of water, septic tank
Proposed machinery hall; High School girls and boys basketball teams use of the field house
Creamery Matters
Students aggravating the bulls
Lady wants course in agriculture
Needs of Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering; local chapters of national fraternities; Faculty travel
Notable letterhead from H.W. Johns Manville Co.; Estimates; Letterhead of the Barrett Company; Letterhead of the Richmond Lumber Company, Inc.; Letterhead of Enochs Bros.; Letterhead of Nelson Hardware Company; Notable letterhead of the Farrar Lumber Company
State Normal School for Women, East Radford, Virginia
Walks, Street Lights, List of all lights in town to which college is furnishing free current
Notable letterhead from Coast Artillery School, Department of Engineering and Mine Defense, Fort Monroe
Letter from Mannassas Industrial School for Colored Youth
Shops Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1916); Department of Graphics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Notable letterhead of Lawrence Priddy Insurance; notable letterhead from Wichita Mill and Elevator Company
Notable letterhead of Hotel Continental
Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the State Crop Pest Commission
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Commandant
Office of the Registrar; Notable letterhead from Alphons Custodis Chimney Construction Company; Notable letterhead from American Lead Pencil Company
Needs of the Department of Metallurgy and Metallography
Condition of roads to the mines
Business card from the Travelers Hotel
Industrial Commission of Virginia; Bills to provide vocational education; Workers' compensation
Boys agriculture club
Coal car tracer; Pocahontas Coal Sales Company; United States Fuel Administration; Power Plant; Coal shipments; United States Railroad Administration; Opening abandoned milk
Correspondence regarding article about wheelbarrow to be sent to move plant to Charlottesville and Harrisonburg State Normal appropriations
Letterhead of Philadelphia Wood and Textile Association and George Bryan correspondence
Student fees and protocol for reporting grades and absences
Waiters appointed for the session of 1917-1918
Search for Commandant of Cadets
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Dean of Faculty; Office of the Treasurer
Demerits
Dean of General Faculty; Statistics
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Notable letterhead from Troy Laundry Machine Company Ltd.; Notable letterhead from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Treasurer; notable letterhead from American Surety Company
Building renovations and erection of "shops"
Summer session proposed; College of William and Mary Summer session
Letterhead from the
Student policy
Notable letterhead from Semora Supply Company
Notable letterhead from the Jacobson Printing Company
Office of the Dean of Faculty; Library; Shops Department; Office of the Treasurer
Power plant; expenditures on new "shops;" working hours
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Dean of Faculty; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of English
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Athletic Association; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Modern Languages; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President
State Normal School for Women
Requests for repairs in college buildings, roads; Coal orders
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dairy and Feed Division; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President
Agricultural High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mining Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Department of Interior, Bureau of Mining
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Agricultural Education; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Registrar
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service
Virginia truck experiment station
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Lecture rooms
Norfolk and Western Railway Company; controversy over L.L. Jewel's will
Funds appropriated by General Assembly; Schenectady chapter of VPI Alumni Association
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Office of the Registrar; Dining Hall Department; Commonwealth of Virginia, Bureau of Insurance; Office of D.O. Matthews, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, Heat and Power, Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry; Office of the Commandant; Shops Department; Department of Civil Engineering; Department of Physics; Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering; Department of Geology; Department of Biology; Office of the President; Department of Electrical Engineering; Department of Graphics; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Veterinary Science; Office of the Treasurer; Electric Light Department
Department of Civil Engineering; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Office of the Registrar; Office of D.O. Matthews, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, Heat and Power, Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry; Dining Hall Department; Farm Department
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
Notable letterhead from Robert E. Lee Hall of the Blue Ridge Association; YMCA
Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Treasurer; Coal contract information
VPI General Alumni Association
Office of the Commandant; Office of the Registrar; Office of the Dean of the General Faculty; Department of Geology; Department of Modern Languages
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Notable letterhead from the Chase City Manufacturing Company
Notable letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Scholarships
Notable letterhead from Merchants' and Farmers' Bank
Notable letterhead from the
Notable letterhead from Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia State Livestock Sanitary Board, State Veterinary Department; permit for medicinal whiskey
Agricultural high schools
YMCA--sex education
Letterhead from Town of Blacksburg; Septic tank
Notable letterhead from the John C. Winston Company; views of women in agriculture
Powerhouse boilers
Notable letterhead from the Florida Normal Institute and Commercial College
Department of Interior, Department of Education
Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
Notable letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Coal Delivery
Purchasing
The Royal Society of Literature; Norfolk and Western Railway Company; State Board of education, Department of Public Instruction; Southern Railway System
Agricultural High School for Coloreds; Notable letterhead from Murphy's Hotel
Workers' Compensation Act; Hazing; Appropriations from General Assembly; Coal
Coal; United States Fuel Administration
Salary increases for employees at Virginia agricultural Experiment Station; Annual Report--Experiments Performed
Appropriations, Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Electric lighting; act to promote vocational education
Shops Department; Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Summer School; Department of Metallurgy and Metallography; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Requests for appropriations for Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; College for colored youths
Department of Geology; Shops Department; Student fines; Examination schedule; Classroom time; moving picture apparatus
Notable letterhead from Virginia Polytechnic Institute Athletic Association; Office of D.O. Matthews, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, Hat and Power, Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry; Office of the Treasurer; Department of Modern Languages; Heating the library
Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Institution's progress along military lines; Major Lloyd W. Williams; Alumnigram
Creamery matters
Notable letterhead from Herbert Hoover, Washington D.C.; church participation in food conservation
Memorandum regarding importation of nursery stock into the United States
District extension agents in agricultural and home economics
Water rent; Coal mine
Notable letterhead from Cedarville Stock Farm; women extension agent controversy--Miss Scott affair
Cooperative extension work; notable letterhead from Hotel Harrington; Negro farmers; notable letterhead from Negro Teachers' Association
Miss Scott affair
Program clock
Notable letterhead from Allegheny Ore and iron company; notable letterhead from Miller, Rhoads, and Swartz Dry Goods, Inc.; notable letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company; notable letterhead from Sydnor Pump and Well Company; notable letterhead from Virginia Livestock Sanitary Board, State Veterinary Department
Proposed annuity increases; notable letterhead from Allegheny Ore and Iron Company; notable letterhead from Miller, Rhoads, and Swartz Dry Goods, Inc.; notable letterhead from Shenandoah Life Insurance Company; Shops Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; notable letterhead from Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber
Christiansburg Hospital; correspondence regarding volume of autograph letters
Association of Virginia Colleges; Smith-Hughes Act
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations; Fuel--coal, coal mine
Women Extension agents in Virginia; Miss Scott Affair; Girls' club and home demonstration work
Office of the Dean of Faculty; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Requests for repairs and renovations; Electric lighting
Field House
Correspondence regarding the use of Mumford's
Correspondence from Robert Moton, principal, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute regarding disposition of German African colonies; Training of colored young men and women
Dining hall rates
Shops Department of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Power plant; Parrott's shop duties controversy; Price increases for faculty
Four issues of Boys' Club letter
Hazing incident--John Fox; VPI in war time
Notable letterhead from Lawrence Priddy Insurance; financing new college shops
Notable letterhead from Pocahontas Coal Sales Company Coal
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering; Heating; Plunkett coal mines; Water supply; Coal consumption; Vocational Education
Letter regarding Stockton Heath shot in Professor Vawter's home
Notable letterhead from the Grove Stock Farm; notable letterhead from Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute; Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Employment Bureau; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the President; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Veterinary Science; Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
Cost of dining hall supplies
Cheese industry at Spring Valley (Grayson County); treatment for "Black Head" disease in turkeys; local fruit culture
Letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Notable letterhead from War Camp Community Services; Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General; Coal
Telegraph Service
Telephone Service
Commonwealth of Virginia, State Board of Education; Agricultural high schools for Negroes; Proposed school in Blacksburg; Rosenwald Fund for rural schools for colored children; Smith-Hughes Act
Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates; Commonwealth of Virginia, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Office of the State Commissioner of Prohibition; Georgia Land and Livestock Company
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry; State agent for home demonstration work; Smith-Lever fund; Miss Scott affair
Correspondence regarding women's share in Smith-Lever appropriations
Women's clubs; Report of the Demonstration Plot at the State Normal School for 1915, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Virginia State Livestock Sanitary Board, State Veterinary Department
Notable letterhead from Buick; notable letterhead from Federal Motor Truck Company
Question of professional players on football team; controversy over "Bumps" Turner, professional wrestler, on the football team; Letter from the Office of the Commandant regarding fire hazards in the Student Pressing Club
Notable letterhead from the
Correspondence from Department of State, Washington regarding detention of VPI instructor in Italy for military service; Request for salary of V.P.I. Cadet Band for 1918-1919
Notable letterhead from J. Hoge Woolwine regarding V.P.I. competition with the merchants of Blacksburg; Anna Campbell, teacher; Correspondence from G.R. Ragan, architect regarding plan for Blacksburg Public School; Town use of water; Letter from D.H. Keister, Mayor of Blacksburg regarding Main Street, delivery carts, and other town matters
Notepaper from Hotel Roanoke; Correspondence from American League to Limit Armaments; Hazing incident
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
Notable letterhead from Hunt Club Shoes
Letter to J.E. Williams regarding Eggleston's accomplishments during his administration; notable letterhead from the Executive Committee of Publication of the Presbyterian Church in the united States, Editorial Department; Correspondence from Christiansburg Industrial institute regarding Dr. Eggleston's election to Board of Directors of Christiansburg Colored Hospital; notable letterhead from City of Asheville, North Caroline; South Carolina Cotton Association
Correspondence from Commonwealth of Virginia, Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, Commissioner's Office regarding work hours of women employed in the laundry; notable letterhead from the National Automatic Sprinkler Association
Notable letterhead from
Student expenses; Tabulated Comparative Lists of College Fees etc., 1891-1916
Notable letterhead from the
Staff and Officers from 1872 to July 1, 1919
Letter from Eggleston regarding requirement to sign pledge before signing for matriculation and order of the Board of Visitors disbanding fraternities; permission to organize Delta Sigma Sigma fraternity
Letter from R.H. Price, member of the Public School Board, Blacksburg District, regarding fraternities
Letterhead from Herman Hecht, Baker of Fine Breads and Cakes
Correspondence from the
Letterhead from the
Norfolk and Western Railway company public relations
Name of the college
Induction in the military
Notable letterhead from Pyrene Manufacturing Company; William L. Pierce insurance statement; Hauling crushed stone on the Norfolk and Western Railway; Proposal for steam heating apparatus
Notable letterhead from the Hotel Carroll; pasteurization of milk
Analyses of the college and town springs
Correspondence from Aubrey E. Strode, 19th Senatorial District (Amherst) Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber; notable letterhead from Equal Suffrage League of Virginia; notable letterhead from Stonewall Jackson College (for Women), Abington
National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States, Department of the East; Negro work in Virginia; correspondence from Paul N. Derring, General Secretary; Annual Report of the Student Department of the State Young Men's Christian Association, April 1, 1917-April 1, 1918