Record Group 2
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This subject is used to identify official records of the President at Virginia Tech, including but not limited to subgroups and other collections which contain a high percentage of the president's records. However, some relevant materials that are not official university records may also be included.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Records of the Office of the President, Paul B. Barringer
Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-06
Scope and Content
This collection contains mainly incoming and outgoing correspondence (1907-1913) concerning college activities and issues of Barringer's administration. Topics include academic standards; hazing; Hog Cholera outbreak (1908); fires; prohibition; water/sewage system; refrigeration plant; and advantages and dangers of football. A few letters from Barringer are to United States presidents: Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; and Woodrow Wilson. Also included with the collection are the...
Dates:
1900 - 1914