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Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings,

 Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-006

Scope and Content

In general, mounted clippings at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephermera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and the activities of members of the community or university.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1870s-c. 1960s

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Full Extent

64 Cubic Feet (147 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Mounted Clippings are arranged by subject, primarily alphabetically.

Acquisition Information

Newman Library staff collected materials for mounted clippings through the 1960s.

Related Materials

Vertical Files (successors to the mounted clippings, beginning around the 1960s):
  • Blacksburg Vertical Files
  • Montgomery County/Christiansburg Vertical Files
  • Southwest Virginia Vertical Files
  • Biographical Vertical Files (mostly relating to Virginia Tech and/or local history)
  • Record Group Vertical Files (history of Virginia Tech colleges, departments, administrative units, and organizations)

Title
A Guide to the Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings, c. 1870s-1960s
Status
Completed
Subtitle
A Collection in Special Collections
Author
Ryan Mair and 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

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