University Club Records
Scope and Content
The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.
Series 1 includes meeting minutes and history. The second series comprises contracts, certificates, and the club constitution. Administrative correspondence makes up the third series. Series IV is comprised of account books as well as credit and payment books. Budget material can be found in Series V. Financial records constitute the sixth series. Tax information is located in Series VII. Workbooks are included in the eighth series. Management records are organized in the ninth series. Series X stores operational records. Construction records are filed in Series XI. Series XII contains community and outreach records. Fundraising material is situated in Series XIII. Personal correspondence and images can be found in the fourteenth series. The fifteenth series includes guest books. Membership operations material is located in Series XVI. Series XVII contains registers. Series XVIII contains Residence and Use material. Social events records are filed in the nineteenth series, and Series XX is made up of Steinway Piano material.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 2000
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from University Club Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
A Virginia Tech faculty group organized the University Club in 1925. The club house, located on Otey Street, was built on land leased from the university. In June 1929, construction began on the clubhouse. Soon the club gained 125 members and has continued to grow throughout the years. It was completed in 1930 at a cost of $38,000. It contains 8,773 square feet. It once contained a dining room, which ceased operations in 1935 when the old Faculty Center dining room opened. On December 2, 1953 at the annual meeting members burned the last of the bonds representing the indebtedness of $40,000 incurred in building the clubhouse on campus. The building was valued at $70,000 in 1953.
Since the founding, the membership has included Nobel Prize winners, University Presidents, corporate and civic leaders, and distinguished artists and professors. The club's mission is to "provide programs to enhance the cultural and social life of its members and maintain a suitable clubhouse."
Full Extent
13.6 Cubic Feet (9 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of papers detailing the founding, construction, administration, finances, and membership of the University Club at Virginia Tech.
Arrangement
The records are arranged into series by the type of material. Within each series, materials are arranged chronologically. Box 4-Folder 39 and Box 9-Folder 1 have been removed to Oversize Folder 1.
Acquisition Information
The University Club Records was donated to Special Collections in May 2006.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the University Club Records was completed in April 2013. Please note: Box 4-Folder 39 and Box 9-Folder 1 were removed to Oversize Folder 1.
Subject
- Title
- University Club Records, 1925-2000
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Andrea Ledesma and Tyler Dodson, Student Assistants, and Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist
- Date
- © 2013 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu