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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], Leander Dietrick Collection, Ms1989-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Leander Dietrick Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1989.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Leander Dietrick Collection commenced and was completed in January 2022.

Biographical Note

Leander Burton Dietrick, son of Irving F. and Sarah Lee Dietrick, was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania on September 13, 1897. Following military service during World War I, Dietrick earned a B.S. degree at Penn State University (horticulture, 1921). He joined Virginia Tech as an instructor in horticulture in 1923 and two years later became associate professor and specialist in vegetable gardening with the Agricultural Extension Service. He served in that position until 1944, meanwhile earning a master's degree in 1929. Dietrick married Mildred Engle (1900-1976) in Carbondale, ca. 1924; the couple had one child. In 1942, Dietrick became assistant to the director of the Extension Service and was promoted to acting director of the Extension Service in 1944. The following year, he was promoted to director. In 1952, Dietrick was named dean of agriculture at Virginia Tech, while continuing to serve as director of the Extension Service. He retired in 1962. Following the death of his first wife, Dietrick married Ruth Parks Jones on July 29, 1978. Leander Dietrick died August 27, 1988.

Scope and Content

This collection contains printed materials and photographs from the estate of Leander Dietrick (1898-1988), Virginia Tech dean of agriculture and director of the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service. Included are several publications apparently acquired by Dietrick during his military service in World War I. The collection also contains photographic studio portraits of Lona, Lora, and Corlis Chase, the children of Dietrick's maternal aunt, Ellen Henrietta Lee Chase.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Faculty and staff
• World War, 1914-1918

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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