RG 23/1/3 - Frank Shirk, Library Director, Records, 1955 - 1970
Scope and Content
This collection contains budget material (1961-70), gifts and memorial funds (1960-71), Library Committee minutes (1962-70), Library Committee self-study reports and memoranda (1966-68), memoranda to faculty (1964-68), policy statements (1965-69), VPI Interschool Library Committee report (1961), and correspondence dealing with the VPI Archives (1949-70). Also included are the correspondences of the Associate Library Director (Frank Shirk, 1955-61, and Robert Stephenson, 1964-70).
Dates
- 1955 - 1970
Creator
- From the Record Group: Robb, Seymour, 1901-1961 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Rudolph, Gerald A. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Shirk, Frank (Person)
- From the Record Group: Bechanan, H. Gordon (Person)
- From the Record Group: Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Gherman, Paul M. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries (Organization)
- From the Record Group: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries. Special Collections Department (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The colleciton is open for research, except for RG 23h/13 which is restricted due to potential confidential material. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.
Biographical Note
Frank Shirk assumed the duties of head of the library upon Seymour Robb's death in 1961. Shirk had been with the library since 1948 and had been Associate Library Director since 1955. Accomplishments of his tenure included an increased book budget, beginnings of automation, and adoption of the Library of Congress classification system to replace the Dewey Decimal system. Shirk stepped down in 1970.
Extent
4.2 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
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