Virginia Tech Scrapbook,
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.
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
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu