Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
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Clare Carter, Student Assistant, and LM Rozema, Archivist
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
RG.11.01
Title
Records of the Dean of the College, Theodorick Pryor Campbell 1917-1924
Quantity
4.2 Cubic Feet, 3 boxes
Creator
Campbell, Theodorick Pryor, 1862-1928
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
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.
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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.
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 .
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.
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