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University Archives

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "University History," too.

Found in 328 Collections and/or Records:

Records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia 4-H Horse Program

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-26-04-02
Abstract

The collection include photographs, slides, negatives, and audiotapes from Virginia 4-H State Shows, State Fairs, and other events throughout the state. 4-H programs began in Virginia in 1908, and since then, the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University have hosted the Virginia 4-H Horse Program, which emphasizes equine selection, nutrition, management, riding, and horsemanship.

Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1959-2002, undated

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute Financial Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-012
Abstract

The collection includes ledgers and pages of ledgers with financial records of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. It contains a listing of receipts from 1901-1906, a listing of Bond Holders under the Act of March 5, 1900, a listing of expenditures from 1900-1908, and insurance records and valuations for policies commencing 1906-1914.

Dates: 1900 - 1914

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Cadet Jacket

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: Textile-2021-006
Abstract

This jacket beloged to Cadet (later Commandant of Cadets and professor), Adam T. Finch, and likely dates to about 1892/1893.

Dates: c.1893?

Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Farm Family Study (Grayson County, Virginia)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-023
Abstract

The collection contains data from a cooperative study of Grayson County, Virginia, conducted by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics. The study includes raw and tabulated data on family members, education, health, income and expenditures, employment, housing, food, clothing, and household furnishings and supplies.

Dates: 1931

Records of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-25-01
Abstract The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) was established in 1886 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the federal Hatch Act of 1887 for the purpose of providing practical and useful information on agricultural and scientific subjects. The collection includes 114 surveys books for ten counties in Virginia from 1931 through 1940, as well as files dated 1903-1947 of weather reports, annual reports of investigations of the field laboratories, and a large amount of...
Dates: 1903 - 1947

Records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension

 Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-26
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, including correspondence, reports, financial documents, slides, videos, and the records of Bob Swain and Edwin J. Jones. The collection also documents the VCE's role in Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Virginia Association of Extension Secretaries, and their work within rural communities.

Dates: 1862 - 1997

Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-26-02b
Abstract The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, RG 26/2b, contains approximately 5,000 photographs of activities of the Agricultural Extension Service from 1937 thru 1966, primarily in the 1950s. Photographs depict 4-H activities, home demonstration work, food, breeding, field stations, gardening, poultry, dairy, and other subjects. The Extension Division, which was established in 1966, became the Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station Division...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1937 - 1966

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 Collection — Frame 1 (2 copies)
Identifier: Art-153
Scope and Contents

Lane Hall and other campus buildings; two copies; images silkscreened onto stretched cloth

Dates: n.d.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 Collection — Frame 1 (2 copies)
Identifier: Art-154
Scope and Contents

War Memorial and other campus buildings; two copies; images silkscreened onto stretched cloth

Dates: n.d.