Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks,
Scope and Content
This collection contains the scrapbooks of Emmett Russell Price, professor of Agricultural Journalism at VPI, from 1910-1943. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about Blacksburg and VPI.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1943
Creator
- Price, Emmett Russell, 1874-1944 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Emmett Russell Price was born in 1874. He was an instructor and professor of Agricultural Journalism at VPI from 1920 until his death in 1944.
Full Extent
1.6 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the scrapbooks of Emmett Russell Price, professor of Agricultural Journalism at VPI, from 1910-1944. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about Blacksburg and VPI.
Arrangement
Clippings within scrapbooks are arranged chronologically. The scrapbooks are boxed in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to Newman Library sometime before 1969. The scrapbooks were eventually moved to Special Collections.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Emmett Russell Scrapbooks was completed in July 2013.
- Title
- Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks, 1910-1943
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Adrienne Glenney, Student Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2013 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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