RG 23/1/3 - Frank Shirk, Library Director, Records, 1955 - 1970
Scope and Content
This collection contains budget material (1961-70), gifts and memorial funds (1960-71), Library Committee minutes (1962-70), Library Committee self-study reports and memoranda (1966-68), memoranda to faculty (1964-68), policy statements (1965-69), VPI Interschool Library Committee report (1961), and correspondence dealing with the VPI Archives (1949-70). Also included are the correspondences of the Associate Library Director (Frank Shirk, 1955-61, and Robert Stephenson, 1964-70).
Dates
- Creation: 1955 - 1970
Creator
- From the Record Group: Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Rudolph, Gerald A. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Shirk, Frank (Person)
- From the Record Group: Bechanan, H. Gordon (Person)
- From the Record Group: Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Gherman, Paul M. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries (Organization)
- From the Record Group: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries. Special Collections Department (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Colleciton is open for research.
Biographical Note
Frank Shirk assumed the duties of head of the library upon Seymour Robb's death in 1961. Shirk had been with the library since 1948 and had been Associate Library Director since 1955. Accomplishments of his tenure included an increased book budget, beginnings of automation, and adoption of the Library of Congress classification system to replace the Dewey Decimal system. Shirk stepped down in 1970.
Full Extent
4.2 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
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