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Inventory of the Papers of Paul Brandon Barringer,
Sixth President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute

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Box 1 (Paul B. Barringer, RG 2/6)

Note: items listed under individual folders are not inclusive of the contents. The listings give an indication of the kinds of materials in a particular folder or of materials that may be of interest.

Folder

• 1. A-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1908-1910
  • Edwin A. Alderman, president, University of Virginia (UVA)
  • Notable letterhead: Artesian Mfg. & Bottling Co.
  • Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company, including rate on coal Merrimac to Blacksburg; establishment of telegraph service from Merrimac to Blacksburg;
  • Virginia Railway Company regarding fares from Merrimac to Norfolk ($2.00 roundtrip) for the Thanksgiving Day football game
  • W. E. Addison, Lynchburg News (2-11-11) regarding Afro-American terminology
  • Arnold Totman, University Club, Chicago regarding refusal to place Virginia Polytechnic Institute on list of accredited institutions

• 2. B-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1908-1910
  • Joseph Bryan regarding Davis Bill and UVAıs preparation for extension of agricultural department to meet profits of the bill (1/11/1908)
  • Otto Burkhartıs appointment as professor of Mining Engineering
  • Notable letterhead: International Textbook Company, International Corrrespondence Schools (Scranton PA)
  • F. Donaldson Brown regarding possible move of Geological Survey Bureau from Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the University of Virginia
  • Notable letterhead: Baldwin Detectives‹letter regarding charges for Negro detective for whiskey cases
  • Hazing incidents
  • Cannon on lawn of Barringerıs former residence
  • Individual students
  • Notable letterhead: Blacksburg Power and Supply Co.
  • Crusade against tuberculosis at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Testing and treatment of cattle
  • J. M. Barker requesting collection of light tobacco for exhibition
  • W. M. Brodie, assistant to the commandant, regarding why the Military Department asked that the religious service be held in the dining hall instead of in the chapel

• 3. B-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1910-1911
  • Price of manure
  • Julian A. Burruss regarding problems with administration of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI)
  • Notable letterhead: Brown-Forman Co., Kentucky Whiskies
  • Southern Educational Association, H. E. Bierly, secretary
  • Notable letterhead: Great District Fair
  • W. K. Brainerd, Dairy Husbandman, regarding tuberculosis condition in the dairy herd

• 4. C-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1908-1910
  • Hazing incidents
  • Corporation Commission of Virginia regarding local rates for coal
  • Farmers Winter Course at VPI
  • Senior Class regarding foreign language requirement
  • Notable letterhead: Cyphers Incubator Company
  • Death of J. W. Churchman
  • Notable letterhead: Medical College of Virginia
  • Barringer to the Board of Trustees, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace regarding practicability of eliminating military tactics and training from the curriculum (5/15/1911)
  • Dairy herd records

• 5. C-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1912-1913
  • T. N. Conrad Memorial
  • Country school fairs
  • J. de la Cova, Compania de los Puertos de Cuba letterhead (12/28/1902)
  • Notable letterhead: Craddock-Terry Company
  • Notable letterhead: Hotel Patten
  • Notable letterhead: Clark Bros. & Co., Dealers in Leaf Tobacco
  • Lyman Carrier's recommendations for the Department of Agronomy
  • Salary for assistant to the librarian, Miss Ethel A. Lacy
  • S. B. Chumbley regarding Black property
  • Raven Society, with donation for memorial over the grave of Elizabeth Arnold Poe
  • Conference for Education in the South
  • Town Sergeant, Chas. W. Camper regarding Negroes in town selling whiskey to students (2/6/12)
  • Extensions of leave to students except for family sickness

• 6. D-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1908-1911
  • House and Senate bills, including Davis Bill
  • School of Mines
  • Safety of football
  • Commandant Dashiell regarding quality of Mess Hall food
  • G. H. Denny, Washington & Lee University

• 7. D-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1912
  • Coal supply
  • A.W. Drinkard
  • Entrance requirements
  • Notable letterhead: Dick's Hotel Agency
  • Donald Derickson indicating problems with Civil Engineering school
  • Notable letterhead: Monticello Hotel

• 8. E-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1907-1909
  • Notable letterhead: J. D. Eggleston, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Virginia Davis Bill
  • Teachers of the agricultural and mechanic arts
  • Proposal for inauguration of high schools for teaching of agricultural and manual training
  • Hazing crisis and dismissal of students involved
  • Establishment of experiment station at the State Farm
  • Proposed organization of a Graduate Department
  • Proposed summer school for high school teachers of agriculture
  • Bill appointing a committee to look into management of the state institutions
  • Mill Tax bill
  • Idea of placing VPI under same Board of Visitors as UVA (Barringer's letter to Eggleston, Superintendent of Public Instruction of June 4, 1908)
  • Farmersı Winter Courses
  • Property of Lebanon College
  • Bureau of lectures
  • Charges against the administration at VPI

• 9. E-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1910-1912
  • J. D. Eggleston, Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • United Agricultural Board Bill
  • Economy Shoe Repairing Co.
  • Charges against Barringer
  • S. W. Fletcher, director, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station regarding funding, budget, and salaries
  • F. W. Eheart, mayor, Blacksburg, regarding Sunday pumping charges
  • B. Ellison, steward--Mess Hall fare

• 10. F-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1908-1911
  • Improvement of the wagon road between the coal bins and the power house
  • W. O. Frith, Attorney-at-Law
  • J. G. Ferneyhough, State Veterinarian
  • Bonfire nuisance
  • Notable letterhead: Virginia Fair Circuit

• 11. F-Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1912-1913
  • D. F. Freeman, with treasurer's report on the value of state property at VPI
  • Hon. H. D. Floor, House of Representatives from W. Brainerd regarding relations to the dairy stock of the state
  • Water supply
  • Movable Schools

• 12. Fletcher, S. W., 1907-1911
  • Pamphlet, "Twelve Stereopticon Talks Upon Agriculture and Gardening"
  • Report concerning the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Installment of private branch telephone exchange upon the campus
  • Department of Bacteriology and Mycology
  • N & W Railway Farmers' Institutes
  • School fair work
  • eed for Department of Extension teaching
  • Proposed seed law
  • Agricultural High Schools
  • Crop Pest situation
  • Land for Experiment Station
  • Attendance at Movable Schools of Agriculture
  • Telegraph service

• 13. Ferguson, Meade, 1908-1909
  • Solitude House
  • Faculty housing

• 14. Fletcher, Meade, Director of Experiment Station, 1912-1913
  • Proposed Department of Forestry, Irrigation, and Drainage
  • Needs of the institution
  • Resolutions of the State Farmers' Institute
  • udget of State Fund
  • Proposed sites for local Experiment Stations
  • Weather observations at Blacksburg
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute Needs pamphlet

• 15. G-Miscellaneous, 1907-1911
  • Jason H. Gibboney, Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
  • Rison Bill
  • School of Mines bill
  • Shoes stolen from freshman
  • Notorized statements and correspondence regarding signals for plays at George Washington football game
  • General Alumni Association
  • Changes in the uniform

• 16. H-Miscellaneous, 1908-1911
  • Notable letterhead: Yellow Sulphur Springs, letter from J. H. Holt
  • Students' Contingent fee
  • Notable letterhead: Roanoke Transfer & Cab Co.
  • Report of the VPI Infirmary
  • Improvement of heating system
  • Notable letterhead: Evans, Almirall & Co. Engineers and Contractors
  • Report on heating systems for VPI from Evans, Almirall & Co.
  • Senator Jno. M. Hart (Jan. 20, 1912) regarding needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Barringer to President D. H. Hill (May 6, 1911) regarding movement to remove the words "and including military tactics" from prescribed instructions

• 17. H. D. Holt, 1908-1909

• 18. I-Miscellaneous, 1910-1912
  • William D. Ingles
  • Draper's Meadow Massacre site

• 19. J-Miscellaneous, 1907-1913
  • Exhibit at Jamestown Exhibition
  • Trespassing stock
  • "Better Farming Special" on the railway
  • Tuberculosis in Holstein cattle
  • Letter (April 24, 1909) to members of congress regarding appropriations to George Washington University
  • Letter to Captain G. H. Jamerson regarding morals of the Corps (Sept. 16, 1911)
  • Barringer to Hon. Chas. A. Johnston (Feb. 26, 1912) regarding desire to buy Edward Black farm and state legislature's funding of VPI relative to other state schools

• 20. K-Miscellaneous, 1908-1911
  • Notable letterhead: Monopol Tobacco Works
  • Notable letterhead: A. Black Company, Inc.
  • G. W. Koiner, commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Commonwealth of Virginia regarding why they should not be moved to the Library Annex
  • Rate slip for Virginia Polytechnic Institute from Virginia Department Office, South-Eastern Underwriters Association

• 21. L-Miscellaneous, 1908-1913
  • Sugar beet experiments
  • Local roads

• 22. M-Miscellaneous, 1907-1909
  • Student matters
  • John M. McBryde
  • Faculty resolution regarding the death of W. S. Martin
  • Refrigerating line and sewer lines
  • Tuberculosis situation in cattle

• 23. M-Miscellaneous, 1910
  • N. S. Mayo, Animal Husbandry
  • Inventory, Animal Husbandry Department
  • Tuberculous in cattle in the Department of Animal Husbandry
  • D. O. Matthews
  • Freight charges and handling
  • William Hodges Mann, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Winter course (one month) of instruction for practical farmers
  • Report of Dean of Engineering

• 24. M-Miscellaneous, 1911
  • William Hodges Mann, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • United Agricultural Board for extension work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Improvements in the facility for fire protection
  • Carlton McCarthy, State Accountant

• 25. M-Miscellaneous, 1912
  • W. Hodges Mann, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, Tech United Agricultural Board
  • Movable schools
  • Animal husbandry
  • Tuberculin tests of cows
  • Expression of interest in VPI by family of a Persian student

• 26. N-O-Miscellaneous, 1908-1912
  • Miss L. A. Neilson, Executive Clerk and Registrar at VPI
  • Letter to Governor Oddie of Nevada regarding establishment of Rural Constabulary ³by reason of the presence of the Negro in the South²

• 27. P-Miscellaneous, 1907-1908
  • Jamestown Exhibition materials
  • Shops Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Water system from Painter Spring
  • Advisability of building a hotel in Blacksburg
  • Notable letterhead: F. J. Kress Box Co.
  • Age of entrance is 16
  • Expense receipt
  • Contingent fee
  • Notable letterhead: Prairie State Incubator, Co.

• 28. P-Miscellaneous, 1909-1913
  • Connection of Virginia Anthracite Coal & Railway Co with the Virginian Railway
  • Price of coal
  • J. R. Parrot, Professor of Mechanical Arts and Director of Shops

• 29. R-Miscellaneous, 1907-1909
  • Rhodes Scholarship Proximity of privy to water supply

• 30. R-Miscellaneous, 1910-1913
  • Proximity of privy to water supply
  • Notable letterhead: Hotel Richmond
  • Professor L. S. Randolph's report on the proposed contract with Appalachian Power

• 31. S-Miscellaneous, 1907-1908
  • Mechanical Arts
  • J. H. Slusser & Sons, Brush Mountain Coal
  • Student affairs

• 32. S-Miscellaneous, 1909-1913
  • Notable letterhead: Eastern Viavi Co.
  • Cold Storage proposition
  • Faculty housing
  • Dairy farm, creamery, and College barn--permission to ship cream into Washington, D. C. revoked
  • Cattle sold by the institute, tuberculosis among cattle
  • Graduates who enjoy exceptional salaries [Barringer's letter of July 15, 1910]
  • Notable letterhead: Peninsular and Occidental Steamship Company
  • Montgomery County Medical Society

• 33. T, U, V-Miscellaneous, 1908
  • Notable letterhead: Decatur Chamber of Commerce
  • Creamery and cattle matters
  • State farm for utilitarian versus research uses
  • Barringer's letter to Dr. E. L. Trudeau regarding his attempt to cure tuberculosis in cattle [March 9, 1908
  • Freight rates for coal

• 34. T, U, V-Miscellaneous, 1909-1912
  • Scarlet fever situation
  • Bee keeping‹(Italian colonies)
  • Newspaper attacks on Experiment Station
  • Changes in the uniform

• 35. W-Miscellaneous, 1906-1913
  • College Estimates, 1906-07
  • College Estimates 1908-09
  • Equipment expenses, 1907
  • Notable letterhead: Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Company
  • Barringer to Dr. William H Welch regarding his research [March 6, 1908] and Trudeau method
  • Wilson & Foreman, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law regarding claim against the dairy business as conducted by VPI
  • Barringer's relationship to the literary societies
  • Dr. F. D. Wilson
  • Financial matters--institute out of debt
  • Bonfire nuisance
  • Intoxicants on campus
  • Dr. Walter F. Wilcox regarding racial relations [April 8, 1911]
  • Charles I. Wade, Secretary and treasurer, V. P. I.
  • Charge No. 9 against Barringer
  • Col. J. F. Ware, Commandant
  • Notable letterhead: Enterprise Foundry and Machine Works

• 36. Charles I. Wade, Secretary and Treasaurer, VPI, 1910-1914
  • Auditorıs report, 1910-1911

• 37. X, Y, Z-Miscellaneous, 1909-1913
  • Emma S. Yerby, principal, Blacksburg High School

• 38. Prospective Students, 1908-1909

• 39. Account Vouchers #38218-38277, 1908

• 40. Account Vouchers #60593-60632, 1912

• 41. Account Vouchers #60593-60632, 1912

• 42. Academic Evolution & Land Grant Politics, 1908-1912
  • Notable letterhead: Barker-Jennings Hardware, Co.

• 43. Advertisements, 1909-1910

• 44. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1912

• 45. Establishment of Agricultural High Schools, 1909

• 46. Alumni, 1907-1909

• 47. Alumni Gateway, 1909-1913

• 48. Animal Problems, 1915-1919

• 49. Athletic Association, 1911-1912

• 50. Applications for Positions, 1913

• 51. Barringer ­ Biographical, Genealogical, Personal, 1907-1912

• 52. Barringer ­ McBryde Transition, 1906-1907

• 53. ³Better Farming Train,² 1908-1909

• 54. Blanket Letters, Student Lists, 1908-1910
  • Farmersı Winter Course

• 55. Board of Visitors, 1904-1909
  • Dining Hall
  • English Department
  • Road improvements

• 56. Board of Visitors, 1908-1912

• 57. Burrussı Bid for Presidency, 1908

• 58. Carnegie Foundation, 1908

• 59. Cholera (Hog) Outbreak, 1908
  • Notable letterhead: Walter M. Carroll, Breeder of Thoroughbred Stock and Poultry

• 60. Cholera (Hog) Outbreak, 1908
  • J. G. Ferneyhough, State Veterinarian

• 61. Corps of Cadets, 1906-1911

• 62. William R. Dashiell, Commandant, 1909

• 63. Department Reports, 1911-1913

• 64. Discipline, etc., 1910-1912

• 65. Discipline, etc., 1910-1912

Box 2 (Paul B. Barringer, RG 2/6)

Folder

• 66. Education Commission of Virginia Tech, 1906-1912

• 67. Executive Council Minutes, 1904-1908 [bound book]

• 68. Faculty, 1908-1911

• 68a. Faculty, 1912

• 69. Faculty ­ Committees, etc., 1909-1911

• 70. Fires [Creamery], 1909

• 71. Fraternities, 1911-1913

• 72. Geological Survey, State, 1908
  • Proposed Rison Bill

• 73. Hazing, 1908-1910
  • J. M. Morris, president, Corps of Cadets regarding raid made by students on Negro settlement and damage to the property of Granville Smith

• 74. Inaugural Parade, 1909

• 75. Ingles, Mary, 1912

• 76. Inventories ­ Reports, Needs of Dept., Professors, 1908-1910

• 77. Inventories ­ Reports, Needs of Dept., Professors, 1908-1910

• 78. Inventories ­ Reports, Needs of Dept., Professors, 1908-1910

• 79. Investigation ­ Barringer, 1909-1910

• 80. Investigation by Welfare Committee, 1910

• 81. Investigation ­ Charges Preferred, 1910

• 82. Investigation ­ Richmond Times Report, 1910

• 83. Investigations ­ Court Report by Archer Johnson 1910

• 84. Investigations ­ Court Report by Archer Johnson 1910

• 85. Library, 1909-1910

• 86. Local, 1909-1913

• 87. Mess Hall, 1909-1912

• 88. Mess Hall Investigation (see also Investigations)--Applications for Dining Hall Steward, 1911-1912

• 89. Mess Hall Investigation, 1911-1912

• 90. Movable Schools, 1909-1911

• 91. North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts ­ Athletic Relations, 1909

• 92. Parrott, J. R., 1908

• 93. Policy, 1908

• 94. Publications, Student, 1908

• 95. Purchase Orders, 1909-1910

• 96. Priddy, Lawrence, 1908-1910
  • Correspondence regarding Andrew Carnegie

• 97. Prohibition, 1909

• 98. Quick Matters, 1907-1909
  • Notable letterhead Bluefield Inn
  • Notable letterhead: Murphyıs Hotel
  • Notable letterhead: Ebbett House Army & Navy
  • Notable letterhead: Interstate fair Association, Lynchburg, Virginia

• 99. Refrigeration Plant, 1906-1910
  • Notable letterhead: H. W. Johns-Manville Co.

• 100. Refrigeration Plant, 1906-1910

• 101. Railroad, 1909

• 102. Roosevelt, President Theodore, 1908

• 103. Scott Case, 1908

• 104. Smithfield, 1906-1911
  • Report on the operations of the college Farm and Smithfield farm for the fiscal year, 1905-1906
  • Sewage, washwater, and polution of the stream that flows through Smithfield
  • Walnut trees

• 105. Southern Railway Scholarship, 1912

• 106. State Entomologist, J. L. Phillips, 1907-1910

• 107. Swanson, Claude A., Governor of Virginia, 1907-1908

• 108. Taft, President Wm Howard, 1909

• 109. Telephones, 1908

• 110. Tyler, J. Hoge, Ex-Governor, 1910

• 111. War Department, 1906-1907

• 112. Water/Sewage Systems, 1907-1910

• 113. Wilson, Woodrow, 1911

• 114. YMCA, 1909
  • Notable letterhead: YMCA, VPI
  • Statement YMCA indebtedness fund, Nov. 18, 1906-March 31, 1909

• 115. Women, 1908
  • Letter to J. Ernest Walker indicating inability to accommodate ladies

• 116. Vawter, Charles Erastus

Box 3 (Paul B. Barringer, RG 2/6)

Folder

• 117. Hazing, 1908

• 118. Inventories, 1908-1911

• 119. Agricultural Board Development, 1907-1911

• 120. Leases and Contracts (1), 1900-1913

• 121. Leases and Contracts (2), 1900-1913
  • Notable letterhead: Hartford Steam Boiler
  • Notable letterhead: Hotel Astor
  • Water rights of C. M. Camper [Camper Spring]
  • Notable letterhead: Hygeia Herd

• 121A. Contracts, 1912-1918

• 122. Investigation ­ Reply from Wade, 1910

• 123. Investigations, 1910

• 124. Investigation ­ Letters to Alumni, 1910

Oversized Materials

Folder

• 125. Architectural blueprints of Virginia Polytechnic Institute feeding barn [three sheets originally in folder 120]

Last updated: June 20, 2005 (TK)