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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], Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., Memorabilia Ms1987-022, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., Memorabilia was donated to Special Collections in 1987.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., Memorabilia was completed in January 2016.

Biographical Note

Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., was born on August 14, 1904, in Wythe County, Virginia, and died on May 6, 1996, in Chester, Virginia. In the 1920s, he attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) as an undergraduate and was a member of the Corps of Cadets. He graduated in 1926 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and in 1931 with a Master of Science degree at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M). From 1937 to 1972, Dent was a member of the faculty at VPI's College of Engineering, serving first as Associate Professor of Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry. In 1959, he became Professor of Graphics; in 1964, Professor of Industrial Engineering; and from 1969 until his retirement in 1972, Professor of Engineering Fundamentals. Following his retirement, he published Fundamentals of Engineering Graphics in 1974.

Scope and Content

The Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., Memorabilia contains Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) memorabilia from the 1920s, including a recruitment letter from VPI President Burruss, hardware and patches from a Corps of Cadets uniform, event programs, a dance card, and photographs of student life.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by item type. The recruitment letter is in the front, followed by uniform patches and hardware, event programs, and scrapbook pages.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Joseph Baker Dent, Sr., Memorabilia by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).