State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications,
Scope and Content
The collection contains publications on topics including, but not limited to: war-time food use and victory gardens, home planning and organization, food and cooking, home demonstration, and household management. Although the emphasis in on Virginia state and local agencies, materials may also originate from around the United States.
Dates
- 1934-present
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications must be obtained from publishers of individual pamphlets.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications are arranged by state. Within each state, publications are arranged alphabetically by organization and chronologically within each organization. Each state or region has a bibliography of holdings.
Acquisition Information
Materials making up the original core of the collection were donated to Special Collections prior to 2009. Additional publications were donated in 2010 and 2012. Future donations will be incorporated as they are accrued.
Processing Information
The original donations prompting this collection were removed from a previously created collection. The processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in August 2012. Additional description is expected as future donations are accrued.
- Title
- State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications, 1934-present
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2012 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- 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