College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Collection,
Scope and Content
The collection contains material collected by the Department of Agriculture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Materials include pamphlets, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, video tapes, invitations, and programs from department, college, and university events. An oversize framed picture from this collection, "Serious Considerations," is currently located in Special Collections art collection.
Dates
- c. 1900-2001
Creator
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
Agriculture classes have been offered at Virginia Tech since its first days as a university in the 1872. When the first major administrative divisions of the university emerged just after the turn of the century, the Department of Agriculture was among them, with the first dean being appointed in 1903. In 1921, division became known as the School of Agriculture; in 1964, the College of Agriculture; and in 1971, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Today, it includes more than a dozen academic departments. CALS remains closely connected to the Virginia Agricultural Experience Station (established in 1886) and the Virginia Cooperative Extension, established in 1914.
For information about the history of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences visit the college website at http://www.cals.vt.edu/about/history/index.html.
Extent
7 Cubic Feet (7 boxes, 1 framed oversize picture)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains material collected by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Materials include pamphlets, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, video tapes, invitations, and programs from department, college, and university events.
Acquisition Information
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Collection was donated to Special Collections in July 2011. Future accruals are expected.
Separated Materials
The following publications were cataloged for Special Collections Rare Book Collection:
Ecological Effects of Pest Resistance Genes in Manage Ecosystems, 1999
Virginia's Agricultural Experiment Station: 100 Years of Research, 1986
New Crops, New Uses, New Markets, 1992
The Virginia Horse Industry Directory Buyer's Guide, 2004
Agriculture in the Twenty-First Century, 1983
The New Power of Regions: A Policy Focus for Rural America, 2002
History of Bumpers College: Evolution of Education in the Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences in Arkansas
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Collection was completed in April 2013.
- University History
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Title
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Collection, c.1900-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tyler Dodson, Student Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2013 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 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