Skip to main content

Virginia Tech Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-079

Scope and Content

The collection contains a scrapbook with more than 100 photographs of Blacksburg, Virginia, and VPI activities. Photographs are dated between 1912 and 1916. Most are captioned. Many depict the Corps of Cadets and their campus activities, as well as the growth of the campus in the period.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912 - 1916

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech Scrapbook must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Biographical Information

The scrapbook may have been compiled by Mary Katherine Cook Derring, but no biographical information is available.

Full Extent

0.75 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains a single scrapbook of photographs of VPI and the area surrounding Blacksburg, Virginia, from about 1912 to 1916.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically. The photographs in the scrapbook were, for the most part, arranged chronologically by the creator, and the scrapbook has been left in its original order.

Acquisition Information

The Virginia Tech Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections in 2009.

Related Material

Additional photographs of Virginia Tech and its history, as well as those of Blacksburg, Virginia, and the surrounding areas are available on Imagebase and in the University Archives Photograph Collections.

General Physical Description note

1 box; 0.75 cu. ft.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tech Scrapbook commenced and was completed in May 2009.

Title
A Guide to the Virginia Tech Scrapbook, 1912-1916
Status
Completed
Author
Lora Settle
Date
© 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308