Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, 1937-1966, RG.26.02b

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
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Caroline Harvey, Student Worker, Jenna Slezak, Student Worker, and LM Rozema, Archivist

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 in 1995, often shortened to the Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE).

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

Images available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, RG 26/2b, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs were acquired by Special Collections and University Archives in 1969.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs commenced in January 2019 and was completed in February 2019.

Some negatives are unprocessed but accessible by the negative no., which is listed on photograph. Contact Special Collections and University Archives staff for more information.

Historical Note

A University-wide Extension Division was established on July 1, 1966, by the General Assembly. Extension work at the university can trace its roots to 1906 when an extension program was established in Virginia. When the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 was passed, authority for extension, or demonstration, work was transferred to Virginia Tech and it became known as the Agricultural Extension. In 1995, the Extension Division became the Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station Division, often shortened to the Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE).

Scope and Content

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 collection contains photographs that were compiled into the book College of the Fields: Highlights of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service (cataloged as LD5655.E62 1987).