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Inventory of the Papers of Joseph Dupuy Eggleston Seventh President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute

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BOX 6 (Eggleston)

• 450. Castle and Wilson [1918-19]
  • Powerhouse boilers
• 451. Cate, W. B. [1917-18]
  • Notable letterhead from the Florida Normal Institute and Commercial College
• 452. Chapman, H. Powell [1918]
• 453. Cholera Serum [nd]
• 454. Claxton, Dr. P. P. [1918-19]
  • Department of Interior, Bureau of Education
• 455. Clement, N. E. [1918]
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
• 456. Cook, J. W. [1918]
  • NotableLetterhead from Norfolk & Western Railway Company
  • Coal delivery
• 457. Cutherell, Milton [1918-19]
  • Purchasing
• 458. C - miscellaneous [1917-19]
  • The Royal Society of Literature
  • Norfolk & Western Railway Company
  • State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction
  • Southern Railway System
• 459. Dr. Charles W. Dabney [1918]
• 460. Dancing [1919]
• 461. Jackson Davis [1918-19]
  • Agricultural High School for coloreds
  • Notable letterhead from Murphy's Hotel
• 462. Governor of Commonwealth of Virginia - Davis [1918-19]
  • Workers' compensation act
  • Hazing
  • Appropriations from General Assembly
  • Coal
• 463. R. E. Denny [1918]
• 464. John C. Dillon, Assistant Fuel Administrator for Virginia [1918]
  • Coal
  • United States Fuel Administration
• 465. Drinkard, A. W. [1918-19]
  • Salary increases for employees of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Annual Report--experiments performed
• 466. Du Pont Company [1918]
• 467. W. E. Barlow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Metallurgy and Metallography [1918]
• 468. Board of Visitors [1918]
  • Appropriations
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
• 469. G. B. Bright [1917]
• 470. W. H. Burruss [1916-17]
• 471. T. P. Campbell - Dean of the Faculty
  • Electric lighting
  • Act to promote vocational education
• 472. C. C. Carson - Commandant [1917]
• 473. D. M. Clayd regarding Extension position [1916]
• 474. M. Cutherell [1917]
• 475. Department Heads, Virginia Polytechnic Institute--Expenses for Departments [1917]
  • Shops Department
  • Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Summer School
  • Department of Metallurgy and Metallography
  • Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• 476. A. W. Drinkard [1917]
  • Requests for appropriations for Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
  • College for colored youths
• 477. Extesion Work Historical Statement - 1916
• 478. Faculty Matters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute [1915-17]
  • Department of Geology
  • Shops Department
  • Student fines
  • Examination schedule
  • Classroom time
  • Moving picture apparatus
• 479. Field House (Student's Resolution) [1914-15, 1919-20]
  • Notable letterhead from Virginia Polytechnic Institute Athletic Association
  • Office of D. O. Matthews; Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings; Heat and Power; Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry
  • Office of the Treasurer
  • Department of Modern languages
  • Heating the library
• 480. F. D. Fromme, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station [1917]
• 481. G - miscellaneous [1917]
  • Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
• 482. Dr. W. F. Henderson [1917]
• 483. H. H. Hill, Executive Secretary, General Alumni Association [1917-18]
  • Institution's progress along military lines [1/5/1918]
  • Major Lloyd W. Williams
  • Alumnigram
• 484. C. W. Holdaway, Associate Dairy Husbandman [1917]
  • Creamery matters
• 485. Hon. Herbert Hoover [1917]
  • Notable letterhead from Herbert Hoover, Washington D. C.
  • Church participation in food conservation
• 486. D. F. Honston - Secretary of Agriculture [1917-18]
  • Memorandum regarding importation of nursery stock into the United States
• 487. J. R. Hutcheson [1917-19]
  • District extension agents in agricultural and home economics
• 488. T. B. Hutcheson [1917]
  • Water rent
  • Coal mine
• 489. Jesse M. Jones [1916]
  • Notable Letterhead from Cedarville Stock Farm
  • Women extension agent controversy--Miss Scott affair
• 490. Jesse M. Jones, part 2 [1917-19]
  • Cooperative extension work
  • Notable letterhead from Hotel Harrington
  • Negro farmers
  • Notable letterhead from Negro Teachers' Association
• 491. Dr. Bradford Knapp [1916-17]
  • Miss Scott affair
• 492. Dabney S. Lancaster [1917]
• 493. Claudius Lee
  • Program clock
• 494. Legislature Bond Issue and Annuity [1917-18]
  • Notable letterhead from Allegany Ore and Iron Company
  • Notable letterhead from Miller, Rhoads & Swartz Dry Goods Inc.
  • Notable letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company
  • Notable letterhead from Sydnor Pump and Well Co.
  • Notable letterhead from Virginia Live Stock Sanitory Board, State Veterinary Department
• 495. Legislature [1918]
  • Proposed annuity increases
  • Notable letterhead from Alleghany Ore & Iron Co.
  • Notable letterhead from Miller, Rhoads & Swartz Dry Goods Inc.
  • Notable letterhead from Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
  • Shops Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Notable Letterhead from Commonwealth of Virginia, Senate Chamber
• 496. E. A. Long - Principal. Christiansburg Industrial Institute
  • Christiansburg hospital
  • Correspondence regarding volume of autograph letters
• 497. L - miscellaneous [1916]
• 498. Chas. G. Maphis [1918]
  • Association of Virginia Colleges
  • Smith-Hughes Act
• 499. Thomas S. Martin - Senator [1918-19]
  • United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Fuel--coal, coal mine
• 500. O. B. Martin [1916-17]
  • Women Extension agents in Virignia
  • Miss Scott affair
  • Girls' Club and home demonstration work
• 501. D. O. Matthews, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings; Heat And Power; Electric Light Department, Water Works, Campus, Steam Laundry [1915-17]
  • Office of the Dean of Faculty
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Requests for repairs and renovations
  • Electric lighting
• 502. C. P. Miles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Athletic Association [1917]
  • Field House
• 503. J. H. Montgomery - Executive Secretary. The Co-Operative Education Society [1918-19]
• 504. Mrs. B. B. Munford (Mary C. B. Munford), [President, Co-operative Education Assoication] [1914-19]
  • Correspondence regarding use of Mumford's Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession in the schools
  • The Co-Operative Education Association of Virginia
  Admission of women to the university
• 505. M - miscellaneous [1918-19]
  • Correspondence from Robert Moton, principal, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute regarding disposition of the German African colonies
  • Training of colored young men and women
• 506. N - miscellaneous [1918-19]
• 507. J. J. Owens - Steward of Dining Halls [1917]
  • Dining hall rates
• 508. O--miscellaneous [1918]
• 509. J. R. Parrott [1917]
  • Shops Department of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Power plant
  • Parrott's shop duties controversy
  • Price increases for faculty
• 510. W. M. Perry [1916-18]
  • Four issues of Boy's Club Letter
• 511. E. R. Price [1918-19]
  • Hazing incident--John Fox
  • VPI in war time
• 512. H. L. Price, Horticulturalist, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station [1917]
• 513. Priddy, Lawrence [1913]
  • Notable letterhead from Lawrence Priddy Insurance
  • Financing new college shops
• 514. S. R. Pritchard as Chairman of Faculty Athletic Committee [1917]
• 515. P--miscelaneous [1917-18]
  • Notable letterhead from Pocahantas Coal Sales Company
  Coal
• 516. L. S. Randolph [1917-18]
  • 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
• 517. F. L. Robeson [1917]
  • Letter regarding Stockton Heath shot in Professor Vawter's home
• 518. R- miscellaneous [1919]
• 519. T. O. Sandy [1916-18]
  • 0Notable letterhead from The Grove Stock Farm
  • Notable letterhead from Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
  • Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics
• 520. Wm. D. Sanders [1917]
  • Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of the Employment Bureau
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office of President
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Veterinary Science
  • Norfolk and Western Railway Company
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's Office
• 521. J. H. Shultz - Steward of Dining Halls [1917]
• Cost of dining hall supplies
• 522. Chas. W. Sumpter [1916]
• Cheese industr;y at Spring Valley (Grayson County)
• Treatment for "Black Head" disease in turkeys
• Local fruit culture
• 523. Claude A Swanson (U.S. Senator) [1918-19]
• 524. S - miscellaneous [1918]
• Letterhead from Norfolk and Western Railway Company
• Notable letterhead from War Camp Community Services
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General
• Coal
• 525. Tyler, J. Hoge [1918]
• 526. Western Union [1916-18]
• Telegraph service
• 527. N. O. Wood C + P Telephone Co. [1918-19]
• Telephone service
• 528. J. E. Williams [1917]
• 529. Arthur D. Wright (Supervisor Colored Schools - VA) [1918]
• 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
• 530. W - miscellaneous [1918-19]
• Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Secretary of the Commonwealth
• Office of the State Commissioner of Prohibition
• Georgia Land & Live Stock Co.
• 531. Emma S. Yerby [1918-19]
• 532. Agnew, Ella [1914-18]
• United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
• State agent for home demonstration work
• Smith-Lever fund
• Miss Scott affair
• 533. Agnew, Ella G. - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 534. Annual Reports 1915-16
• 535. Atkinson, Sally J. [1915]
  • Correspondence regarding women's share in Smith-Lever appropriations
• 536. Batten, Mittie - Field Reports [1914]
• 537. Burke, Belle R. - Field Reports [1915-16]

Box 7 (Eggleston)

• 538. Hagy, Claudia M. (Miss) - Field Reports [1915-16]
• 539. Hardy, Mary B. - Field Reports [1914]
• 540. Herman, Bertha - Field Reports [1915-16]
• 541. Hodsden, Bessie M. - Field Reports [1915]
• 542. Hudson, Lessie - Field Reports [1914-16]
• 543. Hughes, Hallie G. - Field Reports [1915-16]
• 544. H - miscellaneous [1914-16]
• 545. Jayne, Beulah M. - Field Reports [1915]
• 546. Jenkins, L. A. (Miss) - Field Reports [1915-16]
• 547. Jerrall, Josephine - Field Reports [1914]
• 548. Johnson, Emily J. - Field Reports [1914-16]
• 549. King, Margaret (Mrs) - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 550. K- miscellaneous [1915]
• 551. McFarland, Mazie (Miss) - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 552. Madison, Suzie D. - Field Reports [1914]
• 553. Manning, E. M. (Miss) - Field Reports [1915]
• 554. Micon, Frances R. - Field Reports [1914-16]
• 555. Mortan, Nellie K. - Field Reports [1914]
• 556. M - miscellaneous [1914-16]
• 557. Phillips, Avie E. - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 558. P - miscellaneous [1914-15]
• 559. R - miscellaneous [1915]
• 560. St. Clair, Mary M. - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 561. Sale, Annie E. - Field Reports [1914-16]
• 562. Slocum, Sylvia H. - Field Reports [1914-15]
• 563. Stebbins- Field Reports [1915-16]
• 564. Stinson, Lorn - Field Reports [1914-16]
• 565. S - miscellaneous 1912-16
• 565a. Rhea Clarke Scott, Assistant State Agent, Home Demonstrattion Work [1912-16]
  • Women's clubs
  • Report of the Demonstration Plot at the State Normal School for 1915, Harrisonburg, Virginia
• 566. T - miscellaneous [1914-15]
• 567. Wallace, Jonnie F. (Mrs.) - Field Reports [1915-16]
• 568. Wills, Virginia D. - Field Reports [1914]
• 569. Woolfolk, Kate - Field Reports [1914]
• 570. Eggleston [1913-15, 1918]
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
• Virginia State Live Stock Sanitary Board, State Veterinary Department
• 571. German Club [1913]
• 572. Trucks [1914-15]
• Notable letterhead from Buick
• b. Notable letterhead from Federal Motor Truck Company
• 573. Smith-Lever Salary Voucher [1914-15]
• 574. Admission Requirements, Including Residency [1915]
• 575. Agriculture [1916]
• 576. Alumni [1915, 1917, 1919]
• 577. Appropriations [1917]
• 578. Athletic Association [1900, 1914-15, 1917]
• Question of professional players on football team
• Controversy over "Bumps" Turner, professional wrestler, on the football team
• Letter from Office of the Commandant regarding fire hazards in the Student Pressing Club
• 579. VPI-VMI [1919]
• Notable Letterhead from the Register
• Annual Thanksgiving football game
• 580. Band [1917-18]
• 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
• 581. Blacksburg [1913-18]
• Notable letterhead from J. Hoge Woolwine regarding V.P.I.'s 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
• 582. Board of Trade, Blacksburg [1915]
• 583. Ed Black - petition regarding land for high school [1913-14]
• 584. Board of Vistors [1913-14]
• 585. Commandant [1914-18]
• 586. Corps of Cadets [1913, 1915, 1918-19]
• a. Notepaper from Hotel Roanoke
• Correspondence from American League to Limit Armaments
• Hazing incident
• 587. Thompson, W. O. - ROTC [1916-17]
• Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
• 588. Crop Pest Commission [1913-14]
• Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates
• 589. Discipline [1917-18]
• Notable letterhead from Hunt Club Shoes
• 590. Eggleston, J. D. - Personal [1915-19]
• Letter to Dr. J. E. WIlliams regarding Eggleston's accomplishments during his administration (currently not available)
• 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
• b. Notable Letterhead from City of Asheville, North Carolina
• South Carolina Cotton Association
• 591. Employee Relations [1918-19]
• 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 National Automatic Sprinkler Association
• 592. Evolution of the College [1913, 1915]
• Notable letterhead from The Southern Planter
• Collegiate Training in Agriculture at V. P. I. (currently not available)
• 593. Expenses [1916]
• Student expenses
• Tabulated Comparative LIsts of College Fees &c, frm 1891 to 1916
• 594. Extension Work [1914, 1916]
  • Notable letterhead from the Farmer Boy
• 595. Faculty and Staff
  • Staff of Officers from 1872 to July 1, 1919
• 596. Fraternities [1915-16]
  • Letter (September 23, 1915) from Eggleston regarding requirement to sign pledge before signinig for matriculation and order of the Board of Visitors disbanding fraternities
  • Permission to organize Delta Sigma Sigma fraternity, letter of April 26, 1916
• 597. Fraternities [1916]
  • Letter from R. H. Price, member of the Public School Board, Blacksburg District regarding fraternities
• 598. Hazing [1914-15, 1919]
• 599. Honorary Degrees [1918]
• 600. Insurance [1915, 1918-19]
• 601. Jewish Holidays [1918-19]
  • Letterhead from Herman Hecht, Baker of Fine Breads and Cakes
• 602. Library [1918-19]
• 603. Literary Societies [1917]
  • Correspondence from The Bugle, 1918
• 604. Media Relations [1913-17]
• Letterhead from the Richmond Virginia
• 605. Price, E. R. [public relations, 1913-15]
• 606. Schubert, E. A. [1914-15]
  • Norfolk & Western Railway Comapny public relations
• 607. Public Relations - E. R. Price [1916]
• 608. Milton [n.d.]
• 609. Winston, J. R. [1918]
  • Name of the college
• 610. NCAA [1917]
• 611. Negro [1918]
  • Induction into the military
• 612. Physical Plant [[1911, 1915. 1917-19]
  • Notable letterhead from Pyrene Manufacturing Co.
  • William L. Pierce insurance statement
  • Hauling crushed stone on the Norfolk and Western Railway
  • Proposal for steam heating aparatus
• 613. Prohibition [1915-17]
• 614. Cannon, James, Superintendant, Anti-Saloon League of VIrginia--Prohibition [1917]
• 615. Rhodes Scholars [1919]
• 616. Roads [1916, 1918]
• 617. Smithfield [1919]
  • Proposed rent for Smithfield
• 618. Smith-Hughes Act [1918]
• 619. Southern Railway Co. [1915]
• 620. Swanson, Sen. Claude
• 621. Telephone and Telegraph [1915, 1918-19]
• 622. Trials and Tribulations [1915, 1918-19]
• Notable letterhead from Hotel Carroll
• Pasteurization of milk
• 623. Trinkle, E. Lee [1915]
• 624. Tyler, J. Hoge [1915]
• 625. VPI [1919]
• 626. Water Problems [1913]
• Analyses of the college and town springs
• 627. Women [1913-14, 1917-18]
• 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), Abingdon
• 628. Yellow Sulphur Springs [1918]
• 629. YMCA
• 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
• 630. Miscellaneous [1914]
• 631. Carneal and Johnson, Architects and Consulting Engineers [1915-19]

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