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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Sarah Pitt Collection, Ms2005-018, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Sarah Pitt Collection was donated to Special Collections in February 2005.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Sarah Pitt Collection commenced and was completed in August 2005.

Biographical Note

Sarah Pitt was an Extension Agent in Prince William County for the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Extension Division, from 1930-1936.

Scope and Content

The Sarah Pitt Collection is composed of related records during Pitt's term as Extension Agent in Prince William County for the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Extension Division.

A noteworthy component of this collection is 5 small notebooks in which Sarah Pitt recorded her thoughts, ideas, recipes and comments concerning 4-H and Extension activities. These notes are significant as they reveal farm-related activities during The Great Depression.

The collection also contains two radio broadcast scripts from the "National Farm and Home Hour". In the 1930s and 1940s, the "National Farm and Home Hour" broadcast nationwide from Chicago and was sponsored by the American Farm Bureau.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title. The individual folders are arranged chronologically.

Related Material

See the Maude E. Wallace letter to Sarah Pitts, Ms2011-019 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• University Archives
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)
• Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Sarah Pitt Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).