Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute
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found: NUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. Blacksburg Community Federation (Blacksburg, Va.). Records, 1926-1957(name not given; Virginia Polytechnic Institute)
found: LC man. auth. cd.(hdg.: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg; founded and opened in 1872 as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College; name changed in 1895 to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute; in 1944 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and in 1970 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
found: VPI historical data book, 1964:p. 67-68 (After the name of the college was changed from V.A.M.C. by the 1895-96 General Assembly and Polytechnic Institute was added, the legal name became the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. The cumbersome new name was immediately shortened in popular usage to Virginia Polytechnic Institute; V.P.I.)
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- [Old catalog heading: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg]
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Change Notes
1992-06-18: new
1999-09-30: revised
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