National Historical Society.
Scope and Contents
The American Work Horse Museum Colleciton is largely composed of equine agricultural materials from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Buckardt. The Buckardts donated their workhorse artifacts to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech.
In addition to farming machinary and photographs still located at the museum in Lexington, the collection also contains newsletters from 1971 to 1981 featuring information on museum activities.
Other materials include an 1918 Army machine gun handbook, information on work horse teams, and a small collection of museum-related photographs.
American Workhose Museum: http://horsecenter.org/view.asp?id=workhorse
Virginia Horse Center: http://horsecenter.org/view.asp?id=home
Dates
- 1971 - 1999
Creator
- From the Collection: American Work Horse Museum (Lexington, VA) (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu