Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records,
Scope and Content
The records include correspondence, financial records, officers' job descriptions, newsletters, information about scholarships, cookbook sales, nursery operations, as well as annual scrapbooks of activities illustrated with photographs and newspaper clippings. Current holdings of records and papers date from the organization's beginnings in 1965 through 2008. The scrapbooks cover events from 1966 to 2008.
The collection is accompanied by printed annual yearbooks that include lists of members. (The yearbook volumes are cataloged and housed in Special Collections, call number HQ1905 V5 V5 SPEC).
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 2008
Creator
- Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club (1965-) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
This organization was founded in 1965 as a social group to promote fellowship among women associated with Virginia Tech. The club currently strives to expand the intellectual and social horizons of its membership through enlargement of friendships, engagement in adult educational activities, scholarships, and promoting the interests of Virginia Tech.
Full Extent
10.4 Cubic Feet (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collections consists of records and scrapbooks from the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged to two series: Series I: Records and Papers, 1965-2008 and Series II: Scrapbooks, 1966-2008. Series I: Records and Papers includes agendas, copies of cookbooks compiled by the group, correspondence, administrative records, membership information, meeting minutes, newsletters, and paper relating to programs, scholarships, and community activities. This series is arranged alphabetically by type of record.
Series II: Scrapbooks contains organization-created scrapbooks featuring photographs, newsclippings, programs, and materials relating to events. Each scrapbook is labeled with the year(s) covered. This series is arranged in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
The Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records have been donated to Special Collections in multiple accruals, beginning in 1997. Future donations are likely, as the organization remains active.
Separated Materials
Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records also include yearbook volumes, which are housed in Special Collections (call number: HQ1905 V5 V5 SPEC).
Processing Information
Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records has been completed incrementally as materials were added to the collection. The most recent processing, arrangement, and description, including the creation of a finding aid, was completed in April 2013.
Subject
- Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club (1965-) (Organization)
- Title
- Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records, 1965-2008
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tyler Dodson, 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