Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings
Scope and Content
B. Edwin Talley, Jr.’s six original pen and ink drawings depict the buildings of Virginia Tech’s Agriculture Quadrangle: Hutcheson, Price, Sandy, Seitz, Smyth, and Saunders. Each drawing is 10 inches x 13 inches.
Dates
- 2005
Creator
- Talley, B. Edwin, Jr. (Artist, Person)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Alumni Association (Sponsor, Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Drawings are not available for reproduction.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Drawings are not available for publication without explicit permission obtained from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Organization. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.
Biographical Note
The Alumni Association Board of the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences commissioned Virginia artist B. Edwin Talley, Jr. to create pen and ink drawings of the six buildings that form the historic Agriculture Quad. The drawings were commissioned as a fund-raising project. Prints of these drawings were available for purchase through the Alumni Association with proceeds benefitting the Ag Alumni Scholarship Fund.
B. Edwin Talley, Jr. has been creating pen and ink drawings for more than thirty years. He started out executing local scenes with which he had a personal connection. Later he began doing more notable landmarks, such as the University of Virginia's Rotunda, University of Maryland's Memorial Chapel, and other commissions.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Abstract
The collection includes Edwin Talley’s six original pen and ink drawings depict the buildings of Virginia Tech’s Agriculture Quadrangle: Hutcheson, Price, Sandy, Seitz, Smyth, and Saunders.
Arrangement
The drawings are arranged alphabetically by building title.
Source of Acquisition
The Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrange Drawings were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2005.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings was completed in November 2006.
- Title
- Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings, 2005
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections and University Archives Staff
- Date
- 2006 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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