Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Records of the Office of Vice-President and the Office of Executive Vice-President, Warren W. Brandt
Brandt, Warren William, 1923-2017
RG.03.04
25.2 Cubic Feet
18 boxes
1958-1969
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This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Warren W. Brandt in his capacity as Vice-President of Academic Affairs (1966-1968). However, it also includes many of his files from his period as Executive Vice-President (1968-1969) as well as material from his term as Vice-President and Dean of the Graduate School (1963-1965). There is material and correspondence concerning budget matters, Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and Math, Corps of Cadets, the Dean of Students, EDUCOM, Engineering Experiment Station, ROTC, Student Government Association, Student Activities Committee, Summer School, and Visiting Scholars Program.
The materials in the collection are in English.
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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 Office of Vice-President and the Office of Executive Vice-President, Warren W. Brandt, RG 3/4, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the collection began in October 2006 and was completed in January 2007. Additional materials were integrated and description was updated in October 2021.
Biographical Note
Born in Lansing, Michigan, Warren William Brandt (1923-2017) received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Michigan State University in 1944. He went on to pursue a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Illinois. Brandt came to Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) from Kansas State University in 1963. He served as Vice-President and Dean of the Graduate School from 1963 through 1965, when the office was split into two positions and he became Vice-President of Academic Affairs in 1966. He served in this role until 1968, when he became Executive Vice-President of the university. Brandt left VPI in 1969 to become the first president of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
For more information, see "Warren Brandt, VCU's president in a time of transition and turmoil, dies at 93", Virginia Commonwealth University, July 7, 2017, https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/Warren_Brandt_VCUs_president_in_a_time_of_transition_and_turmoil.
Scope and Content
This collection combines the records from Warren W. Brandt's tenure in the Office of the Vice-President (1963-1965; RG 3/4), Office of the Vice-President of Academic Affairs (1966-1968; RG 5/1/1), and the Office of Executive Vice-President (1968-1969; RG 4/1). The collection primarily contains correspondence concerning university business, including letters to Pres. T. Marshall Hahn, academic deans, faculty, parents, and students. Materials from the Academic Council, University Council, National Science Foundation, and the Visiting Scholar Program are also contained in the collection. There are also letters dealing with the rights of women, including a petition seeking to change the regulations governing female students attending the university. The collection also documents issues of racial equality, such as correspondence concerning the Bi-Racial Committee in Blacksburg, a group charged with evaluating the off-campus housing available to African American students.
Materials on the Virginia Associated Research Center (VARC) comprise correspondence, reports, and Governing Committee minutes. VARC was an off-campus graduate facility sponsored by Virginia Tech, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia, in cooperation with the Langley Research Center of NASA. It specialized in applied aerospace research and other basic research in related areas.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by series in approximate chronological order, and each series is arranged alphabetically.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Records of the Office of Vice-President and the Office of Executive Vice-President, Warren W. Brandt by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).
Appraisal
One folder, ca. 0.1 cubic feet, of faculty tenure and promotion records, dated February 1964-January 1966, were destroyed in accordance with Library of Virginia's Records Retention Schedule #GS-111, Series 200554 -- Promotion and Tenure Records: Supporting Documentation, Certificate of Records Destruction Form #8198.
Faculty and staff
University Archives
University History
Record Group 3 - Office of the Vice-President
Record Group 4 - Office of the Executive Vice-President
Record Group 5 - Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Brandt, Warren William, 1923-2017
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Office of Vice-President (1945-1965)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Office of the Executive Vice-President
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Office of Vice-President of Academic Affairs
Series I: Files1958-19641958-1968American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Bulletins1963-196411American Association of University Professors (AAUP)1963-196512-4Academic Council196315-6Academic Council196417-10Academically Deficient – Agriculture Department1963-1965111Academically Deficient – Architecture Department1964-1966112Academically Deficient – College of Arts and Sciences1964-1965113Academically Deficient – Business School1963-1965114Academically Deficient – Engineering College1964-1965115Academically Deficient – College of Home Economics1964-1966116Accreditation1964117Administrative Bulletins1963-1964118Admissions – Farrier, Lacy1963-1965119-20Agricultural Extension Service1964121-22Alumni Association1963-1964123-24American Council on Education1964125Annual Report Samples1961-1962126Annual Report1963127Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges1963-1964128-29Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges1964130American Society for Engineering Education (A.S.E.E.) Goals Study1964131Athletic Affairs Committee1963-1964132Atomic Energy Commission1964133Behavioral Science Commission1964134Bell, Wilson B.1963-1964135-36Biochemistry – R.W. Engel1963-1966237Biology Department – Orcutt1963-1966238Board of Visitors1963-1964239-40Brown, J. Gordon – Student Discipline1964241Burchard, Charles, Dean1964242California Institute of Technology1963-1964243Capital Outlay Planning1964-1965244Center for Economic Research1964-1965245-46Chemical Engineering – F.W. Bull1963-1964247-48Department of Chemistry1963-1964249-51Department of Chemistry1964252Civil Engineering Department1963-1964253-54Civilian Senate1964255Classroom Use of Buildings1963256-58College Blue Book Listings1964259Commencement1964260Community Colleges1963-1964261Computer Center1964262Computer Committee1963-1964263Conference on Student Needs and Concerns1964264Co-operative Program Evaluation Committee1963265Corps of Cadets1963266Council of Graduate Schools1963-1964267Dean, J.W. – Student Affairs1963268Dean, J.W. – Student Discipline1963-1964269-70Dean of Student Affairs1964271Dean of Student Affairs – Petition, Surveys, and Correspondence regarding the Rules for Women Students1964272Dean of Student Affairs1964273Dean of Student Affairs – Correspondence regarding Bi-Racial Committee in Blacksburg, VA1964274Derring, P.N. – Director of Religious Activities1963375Electrical Engineering1963-1964376Entomology Department1963-1964377Engineering Mechanics1963-1964378Department of English379Fabian, R. Craig1963-1964380-81Faculty Tenure Committee1963-1966381aForestry and Wildlife1963-19643824-H Club1964-1968383Geology Department1963-1964384Glee Club1964385Graduate Committee1960-1963386Graduate Committee1963-1964387Graduate Committee1964388Graduate School – Publications1963389Hahn, T.M., Jr.1964390Harper, Laura Jane, Dean1963391Health, Education, and Welfare - Correspondence concerning International Students1963-1964392Higgins, T.J.1964-1965393History and Political Science1964394Home Economics1963-1964395Horticulture Department1963-1964396IBM1963397Industry Engineering1963-1965398Johnson, Whitney L.1963-1964399Jones, Berwyn E.19633100-101Kansas State University1962-19643102Leadership Camp19643103Legislative Apprenticeship Program1961-19663104Library Acquisitions1963-19653105Library Committee1963-19643106Materials Engineering Science19643107Mathematics Department1963-19643108-109Mechanical Engineering19633110Metallurgical Engineering19633111Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference On State Science and Technology19643112Military Affairs Committee19643113Miller, Jim1958-19614114Mineral Research Lab19644115Mining Engineering Department1963-19644116Mitchell, H.H.19634117-119NASA Fellowship1963-19644120NASA – Major Proposal19644121NASA Proposal1963-19654122NASA Proposal – Pre-Doctoral Research Grants19644123National Defense Education Acts1963-19644124National Defense Education Acts – Fellowship Applications19634125National Education Association1963-19644126National Institute of Health1963-19654127National Science Foundation19644128National Science Foundation1963-19644129NSF – Academic Year Institutes19634130NSF - Computer Proposal1963-19644131NSF - Graduate Traineeship19644132NSF - High School Programs19644133NSF – Meeting, Washington, D.C.19634134NSF – Senior Foreign Scientist1963-19674135NSF – Undergraduate Research Proposal1963-19674136New Products19644137North Atlantic Treaty Organization19634138Philosophy and Religion1963-19644139Physical Education Department19644140Physics Department1963-19644141Placement and Guidance1963-19644142Placement Reports1963-19644143Position and Salary Commitments1963-19644144Poultry1963-19674145Religious Affairs Committee - Changes in On-Campus Religious Activities1963-19654146Requisition Form19644147Research Park1963-19644148Richmond Area University Center19634149Reserve Officer Training Corps19644150Roanoke Technical Institute1963-19654151Scheduling and Registration Committee1963-19644152Schewe, Gen. M.W.1963-19644153-154Solicitations19644155Southern Association of Colleges and Schools19634156State Council of Higher Education1963-19654157Statstics Department1963-19644158-159Student Activities Committee1963-19645160-161Student Organizations19635162Teaching Loads – Summer19635163Tech Festival Association1963-19645164The Techgram19635165Television Bulletins – ETV1963-196751663M/Age Award (Thermo-Fax)19635167Traffic Committee19635168Virginia Associated Research Center (VARC)1963-19645169VARC1963-19645170-172VARC – Correspondence and Minutes1963-19645173-175V.P.I. Faculty – Agricultural Economics19645176V.P.I. Faculty – Agricultural Engineering19645177V.P.I. Faculty – Agronomy19645178V.P.I. Faculty – Animal Science19645179V.P.I. Faculty – Biochemistry19645180V.P.I. Faculty – Dairy Science19645181V.P.I. Faculty – Entomology19645182V.P.I. Faculty – Extension Education/Administration19645183V.P.I. Faculty – Forestry and Wildlife19645184V.P.I. Faculty – 4-H Club19645185V.P.I. Faculty – Plant Pathology19645186V.P.I. Faculty – Promotions19645187Visiting Scholar Program – Department Scholars19645188VSP – University Scholar, Correspondence1963-19645189-190Exchange – Visitor Program19645191Water Resources Commission1963-19645192-193Water Resources Research Institute19646194-195Wesley Foundation19636196Wine Awards19646197Woodrow Wilson Foundation1963-19646198Worcester, Willis G., Dean1963-19646199-201Series II: Files1965-19661963-1968American Association of University Professors1965-19666202Academic Council19656203-211Academic Council19666212-219Academic Deans1965-19666220Aerospace Engineering1965-19667221Agency for International Development19667222Agricultural Experiment Station19667223Agricultural Extension Service19657224-225Agricultural Extension Service19667226American Institute of Cooperation1965-19687227American Men of Science1965-19687228Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges1965-19667229Association of Virginia Colleges1966-19677230Athletic Affairs Committee1965-19667231Athletic Department7232Bell, Wilson B.19657233-234Bell, Wilson B.19667235Budget1965-19667236Buildings and Grounds19657237Burchard, Charles19657238Capital Outlay19657239Cassell, Stuart K.19667240Catalog Committee1965-19667241Center for Economic Research and Business Services19667242Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and Math19667243Center for Urban and Regional Studies19667244-245Chemical Engineering1965-19667246Chemistry Department19657247Chemistry Department19667248Civil Engineering Department19657249Civil Engineering Department19667250Commencement1965-19667251Community Colleges1966-19687252Computing Center19657253Computing Center19667254Computer Committee1965-19667255Continuing Education Center1964-19687256Cooperative Program1964-19687257Corps of Cadets1966-19687258Counseling Center19667259County Schools19667260Dairy Science Department1965-19667261Danforth Foundation1964-19677262Dean, J.W. – Student Discipline1965-19667263Dean of Student Affairs - Letters to the Student Body Senate regarding the prohibition of women in men's dormitory lounges
19668264Dean of Student Affairs19668265Dean of Women - Numerous letters regarding the regulations of women students19668266Education – Dr. Beamer1966-19688267Electrical Engineering19658268Engineering Mechanics19658289Engineering Mechanics19668270Engineering Experiment Station1965-19668271English Department19668272Entomology1965-19668273Extension Division19668274Faculty Handbook19668275Ferrum College1966-19678276Ford Foundation19668277Forestry and Wildlife19668278Genetics19668279Geology Department19658280Governor's Day1966-19678281Geology Department19668282Grade Summary1965-19668283Graduate Committee1965-19668284Council of Graduate Schools19658285Graduate School Matters19658286Grants and Gifts1966-19678287Hahn, T. Marshall Jr.19658288Hahn, T. Marshall Jr.19668289Harbison Award19668290Harper, Laura Jane19668291Health, Education, and Welfare1965-19668292Health Sciences Advancement Award Proposal19668293Higher Education Facilities Act1965-19688294Higher Education Study Commission1965-19668295History Department1965-19668296Home Economics19658297Honors Program Committee1964-19688298Horticulture Department1965-19668299IBM19668300Immigration - Correspondence and forms regarding immigration regulations for faculty from other nations
1965-19668301Industrial Engineering19668302Institute for Academic Deans – Harvard University19658303-306Institutional Research1966-19679307Instructional Programs – Advisory Committee19669308Johnston, G. Burke, Dean19659309Judicial Committee1965-19669310Kansas State University1965-19679311Land Grant Colleges19669312Leaders in American Science19669313Library Acquisitions1965-19669314Library Committee1965-19669315Malpass, Leslie F., Dean1965-19669316Materials Engineering Science19669317Mathematics Department19659318Mechanical Engineering19669319Mechanical Engineering – Dr. S. T. Hsu1965-19679320Metallurgy1966-19679321Military Affairs Committee1965-19679322Mining Engineering19659323Mineral Research Lab19659324Mining Engineering Department19669325Mitchell, H.H.1965-19669326Molecular Structure Laboratory1965-19669327Midwestern University Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC)1965-19669328NASA19669329National Defense Education Act (NDEA)9330NDEA Major Proposal19659331-333NDEA1966-19689334National Science Foundation (NSF)19659335NSF1966-19679336NSF – Major Proposal – Newspaper19659337NSF – Major Proposal19659338-343News and Publications1965-196710344Office of Education196610345Operations Research Center196610346Optimization Committee196610347Oak Ridge Associated Universities196610348Payne, Alfred1966-196810349Personnel Regulations1966-196810350Philosophy and Religion1965-196710351Physical Education Department1965-196710352Physics Department1965-196710353Placement and Guidance1965-196710354Placement Reports1965-196710355Plant Pathology1964-196610356Political Science Department1965-196810357Principal's Committee1964-196610358Proposal - Graduate Incentive Fund196610359-363Psychology and Sociology1965-196610364-365Regional Educations Laboratory for the Carolinas and Virginia1966-196710366Research Division196610367Roanoke Symphony1965-196810368Rockefeller Foundation1965-196610369-370R.O.T.C.1963-196710371Salary Information1964-196610372Schewe, Gen. M.W.1965-196610373Scholarships1964-196510374Selective service - Selective service regulations
196610375Sigma Xi1964-196710376Social Sciences Committee196510377Sporn Award1965-196810378State Council of Higher Education196610379State Technical Services Act1965-196611380-381Statistics Department196511382Statistics Department196611383Student Activities Committee196611384-385Summer School196511386Teaching-Learning Issues196611387Tech Festival Association196511388Tech Festival Association196611389Thompson Ramo Woolridge, Inc.196611390Vet Science – Dr. Watson1965-196611391Virginia Academy of Science196511392Virginia Association Research Center (VARC)1964-196511393VARC196511394-395VARC196611396-397VARC1966-196811398-400Visiting Scholar Program – College Scholars196511401Visiting Scholar Program – University Scholars196511402-403Visiting Scholar Program – University Scholars1965-196611404Visiting Scholar Program – College and Department Scholars196611405Visiting Scholar Program – University Scholars196612406-407Water Resources Research Institute196512408-410Water Resources Research Institute196612411Wood Construction Department1963-196612412Worcester, Willis G., Dean1965-196612413Worcester, Willis G., Dean196612414Y.M.C.A.1964-196612415Series III: Files1967-19691964-1969American Association of University Professors1968-196912416Academic Deans1968-196912417Admissions1967-196812418Aerospace Engineering196712419Agency for International Development1967-196812420Agricultural Conference Board196812421Agricultural Economics1967-196812422Agricultural Engineering1967-196812423Agricultural Engineering Study Committee196812424Agronomy1967-196812425ALICE – Student Newspaper - Copies of an underground student newspaper
1968-196912426Alumni Association1967-196812427Alumni Association196912428American Council on Education1967-196912429Animal Science Department1967-196812430Appalachian Institute196912431Art Department196712432Associates, Visits and General Information1967-196812433-434Athletics Association196712435Athletics Association1967-196912436Atomic Energy Commission196912437Basic Policy Committee1968-196912438-439Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee196812440Bell, Wilson B.1967-196812441Berea College Enclosures, Appalachian Institute - Information on a conference on poverty in Appalachia
1968-196912442Biochemistry Department1967-196812443Biochemistry Department196912444Biology Department1967-196812445Black Students' Letters - Letter concerning Black student rights as well as information on educational programming concerning Black history
1968-196913446Board of Visitors196813447Bond issues196813448Brandt, Congratulations196813449Budget1967-196813450Budget Preparation196813451Building Committee196713452-454Building Committee1967-196813455-458Bull, Fred W.1966-196813459Burchard, Charles196713460Burchard, Charles1968-196913461Campus Governance Program1967-196813462Capital Outlay1967-196813463Catalog Committee1967-196813464Cassell, Stuart K.1967-196813465Centennial1966-196713466Center for Excellence Proposal Committee196813467Center for Research in College Instruction in Science and Math196713468Chairmen Meetings1967-196813469Chemistry Department196713470Chemical Engineering196713471Civilian Intermediary Council1967-196813472Civil Engineering1967-196813473Coffee Payments196813474College Committee on Advising196713475Commencement1967-196813476Computer Committee196713477Computer Committee196813478Consulting1968-196913479-480Corps of Cadets196913481Corps of Engineers Fellowship Program196713482Council of Deans – Meetings196813483Counseling Center1968-196913484Dairy Science Department196713485Dean J.W. – V.P. Students - Letter concerning the playing of "Dixie" and the flying of the confederate flag at Virginia Tech sporting events
1968-196913486Dean of Men - Letter concerning housing availability for women and African-Americans14487Dean of Women - Letter concerning the issue of interracial dating
1966-196814488Dean of Students196814489-490Dean of Students1967-196814491Dean of Students – Discipline196814492Development Council196814493Director of Development196814494Department of Economics1965-196814495Economics Department196914496Department of Education196814497Education Foundation196814498EDUCOM1967-196814499-500EDUCOM – Interuniversity Communications Council196714501Electrical Engineering196814502Energy Research Group196714503College of Engineering196814504Engineering Mechanics1967-196814505Engineering Mechanics Committee1966-196714506English – Speaking Union1965-196714507Enrollment Statistics196714508Entomology Department196814509ESSO – Education Foundation196714510ESSO – Education Foundation196814511Extension Division196714512-514Extension Division1967-196814515Faculty Handbook Recommendations196714516-518Faculty Senate Steering Committee196814519Ferrum Junior College196814520Foreign Languages Department1966-196914521Foreign Scholars1968-196914522Foreign Study1965-196714523Forestry and Wildlife1967-196814524Forestry and Wildlife196814525Fraternities and Sororities Subcommittee1968-196914526Geology Department1967-196815527Glee Club1968-196915528Governor's Day196915529Grade Changes196715530Grade Summary1967-196815531Graduate Committee Minutes1967-196915532Graduate School1967-196815533Hahn, T. Marshall Jr.196815534Harper, Laura Jane196815535Health, Education and Welfare Department1964-196915536Health and Physical Education196815537Higher Education Study Commission1968-196915538History Department196715539Honor Court1967-196915540Horticulture Department196815541Housing Conference196815542Industrial Engineering1967-196815543Information Services196815544Institutional Research196815545Institution Research196815546Instructional Programs Advisory Committe196715547International Education Committee196815548International Programs196715549Judicial Committee1967-196815550Letter to the Lilliputians196815551Library196815552-553Library – Acquisitions196715554Library Committee196715555Malpass, Leslie F., Dean1967-196815556-558Martin, James E.196815559Mathematics Department1966-196815560Mechanical Engineering1967-196815561Military Affairs Committee196815562Miscellaneous – Bulletins196715563Miscellaneous – Letters196815564Miscellaneous – Reports and Figures1964-196715565Mitchell, H.H., Dean196715566Mitchell, H.H., Dean1967-196815567-568Montgomery County Study Group196815569National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges1967-196815570National Research Council196815571National Science Foundation (NSF)196815572NSF196815573NSF1968-196916574NSF – Computer Proposal196716575NSF – Departmental Science and Development Proposal for Geological Sciences196916576NSF – Foreign Fellowship1967-196816577New Faculty1967-196816578-580Old Dominion College196816581Orchestra196816582Orientation Committee196816583Parents, Correspondence196816584Pass Fail letters196916585Personnel – Garber1967-196816586Physics Department1968-196916587Placement and Guidance196816588Plant Pathology196916589Plant Pathology Publications196816590Political Science Department1968-196916591Poultry Science1967-196816592Presbyterian Church196816593Promotions196716594Promotions of Faculty196716595Proposals196716596Proposals196816597-598Prospective Personnel1968-196916599Psychology196816600Psychology and Sociology196716601Quality Credit Averages1967-196816602Questionnaires196816603Recommendations for Students196916604Registrar – Keller196816605Requisitions196816606Requisitions – expenses and travel196916607Research Council Meetings1967-196916608Research Division196716609Research Division196816610-613Research Division196916614Research Division – Monthly Reports196816615Research Division – Monthly Reports1967-196816616Richmond Professional Institute1967-196816617Rockefeller Foundation196816618R.O.T.C.196816619Sabbaticals196816620Sea Grant Program196716621Smithsonian Institution196817622Sociology196817623Southern Association of Colleges and Schools196717624Southern Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities1967-196817625State Board of Education196817626State Council of Higher Education196717627-628State Council of Higher Education196817630Statements – Expenditures and Balances1967-196817631-632Statistics Department196817633Student Activities Committee1966-196717634Student Activities Committee196717635-637Student Activities Committee196817638Student Activities Committee1967-196817639Student Activities Committee196817640-642Student Activity Fee196817643Student Budget Board196717644Student Correspondence - Copies of underground student publications concerned with student rights196817645Student Government Senate Minutes1966-196717646Student Government Senate Minutes196817647-648Student Leaders196817649Student Life Committee196817650Student Rights and Freedom1967-196917651Student Union196817652Summer Orientation196817653Tayloe Murphy Institute196817654Tech United Ministries196817655Themis Proposal196817656TIAA-CREF196817657Traffic Appeals Committee196817658Travel Expense Vouchers196817659University Council196817660-674University Enterprises196818675University Research196818676Upward Bound196818677Urban and Regional Studies196718678Vandenburg, H.P.C.196818679Virginia Associated Research Center196818680Vice Presidential Openings196818681Visiting Scholar Honorariums196818682Visiting Scholar Program196818683-684Visiting Scholar Program – College and Department Scholars196718685Visiting Scholar Program – College and Department Scholars196818686Visiting Scholar Program – University Scholars196818687Wallops Island Group196818688Water Resources Research196818689Worcester, W.G., Dean196718690Worcester, W.G., Dean196818691-692