Virginia Tech Dining Services Records,
Scope and Content
The Virginia Tech Dining Services Records primarily comprise award submission scrapbooks for events and dinners hosted by the Dining Services department of the Division of Student Affairs that were compiled and submitted for awards from 1994 through 2013. Awards include the the National Association of College and University Food Services's Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, Most Innovative Nutrition Program Contest, and Vegetarian Marketplace Competition as well as Cuisine Creators's Vegan Recipe Contest and Most Creative Nutrition Month Promotion. A 2009 schematic design for the food court Turner Place at Lavery Hall is also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1994 - 2013
Creator
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Division of Student Affairs. Dining Services (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech Dining Services Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
The Dining Services department of Virginia Tech is a part of the Division of Student Affairs (DSA), lead by the Vice President for Student Affairs. It was previously known as the Culinary Services department and the Dining Programs department as well as being combined with what is now the Housing and Residence Life department, also within the DSA.
Full Extent
9.71 Cubic Feet (17 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Virginia Tech Dining Services Records comprises award submission scrapbooks for events and dinners hosted by the Dining Services department of the Division of Student Affairs that were compiled and submitted for awards from 1994 through 2013. A 2009 schematic design for the food court Turner Place at Lavery Hall is also included.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by type of material.
Acquisition Information
The Virginia Tech Dining Services Records were transferred to Special Collections in 2014.
Separated Materials
The following items were transferred to the Rare Book Collection:
The Grapevine / Virginia Tech Culinary Services.
LD 5655 .A781 R4 G73
- Vol. I, No. 15 (May. 28/June 3, [no year])
- Vol. I, No. 19 (June 25/July 1, [no year])
- Vol. I, No. 20 (July 2/8, [no year])
- Vol. I, No. 22 (July 16/22, [no year])
What’s Cooking / Virginia Tech Culinary Services. Vol. III, No. 12 (Nov. 11/17, 1991)
LD 5655 .A781 R4 W53
In Touch : Keeping Faculty and Staff in Touch with Virginia Tech / Virginia Tech Culinary Services.
- Undated [November 1991?]
- December 1991
- January 1992
Student Employee Handbook : In Step with Culinary Services. [Blacksburg, Va. : Residential and Dining Program, 1992].
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tech Dining Services Records was completed in May 2015.
- Title
- A Guide to the Virginia Tech Dining Services Records, 1994-2013
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Laurel Rozema
- Date
- © 2015 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- 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