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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Kendall Weisiger Speech, Ms1987-055, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Kendall Weisiger Speech was donated to Special Collections prior to 1987.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Kendall Weisiger Speech commenced and was completed in 1987. Additional description was completed in June 2009.

Biographical Note

Kendall Weisiger was born on February 14, 1880, to Samuel C. and Bettie C. Weisiger. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1896 to 1900, graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1933, Weisiger served as the VPI commencement speaker. He was then the assistant to the president of Southern Bell Telephone. By 1941, when Weisiger spoke at commencement again, he was the vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph. He died in Georgia on September 18, 1960.

Scope and Content

The collection contains an excerpt from a speech given by Kendall Weisiger to the faculty at the University of Georgia, c. 1930s. Weisiger calls on faculty to eliminate the "non-essentials" from college education "so as to make room for content that would better equip the students to meet the needs of war, should they be called into its participation."

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by type of material.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Education, Higher
• Students and alumni
• University History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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