Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell
Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928
RG.11.01
4.2 Cubic Feet
3 boxes
1917-1924
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.
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 Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, RG 11/1, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
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.
Biographical Note
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.
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.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically. If there are several folders of the same subject, they are then arranged by date.
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University History
University Archives
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
Absences, Unexcused 1921-192411Absentees for Jan. 3rd192312Admissions1923-192413Advertising1922-192414Applications and Appointments1921-192415Association of Colleges of Secondary Schools of the Southern States1917, 1919-192016Board of Visitors1917-191917Burruss, Julian A., Pres, 1919-07-01-1920-07-0118Burruss, J.A., Pres.1920-07-01-1921-07-0119Burruss, Pres. Julian A.1921-07-1923-01110Burruss, J.A.1923-01-01-1923-07-01111Burruss, J.A. Statistical1920-1922112Burruss, J.A. - Statistical Papers1921-1922113Burruss, J.A. Pres - Statistical Papers1923-01-01-1923-07-01114Campbell, Dean T.P. - Training Detachments; Auto Mechanics 1st and 2nd1918-1919115Committee on Education and Special Training, 1st and 2nd Detachment1918116Contract, Estimates, and Vouchers - 1st and 2nd Detachment 1918117Concrete Work 1st and 2nd Detachment1918118Dean Campbell - Papers, Hazing1919119Demerits - Students with Excessive Number1921-1922120Demerits1922-1923121Demerits, Excessive1923-1924122Disciplinary Matters1921-1923123Eggleston, J.D.191821Eggleston, J.D., Pres1918-191922Engineering Enlisted Reserve Corps191823Faculty and Faculty Committees1917-192024Federal Board Contracts and Vouchers1919-192025Federal Board for Vocational Education191926Federal Board - M.C. Kibler Co-Ordinator1921-192227Federal Board192128Heating Plant - Dining Hall191529Karr, J.E.1916210Miscellaneous1918211Misc. Correspondence 1st and 2nd Detachments1918212Miscellaneous1922-1924213Probation1922-1923214Recommendation, Letters of1921-1923215Recommendation, Letters of 1923-1924216Requests for Outside Work1921-1924217Requisitions1923-1924218Rhodes Scholarships1922-1924219Rolls and Grades - 1st Detachment1918220Rolls and Grades, etc. - 2nd Detachment1918221Science Group - Comments on Reports1923-192531Shops Dept. 191832Skuse, Capt. John C. - Misc. Papers191833State Students' Loan Fund1921-192434Students' Naval Training Corps1918-10-1918-1235Summer School Papers and Credits1924-192536Summer School Pupils (State Teachers)1923-192437Student Army Training Corps1918-191938Veterans' Bureau1922-192339Veterans' Bureau1923-1924310Waiterships1923311Waitership Applications and Appointments1924312War Department1919313Wireless Construction Instructor1918-1919314YMCA1918315