Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Agricultural Ephemera Collection must come from Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Agricultural Ephemera Collection, Ms2015-053, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

Initial materials for the Agricultural Ephemera Collection were purchased or donated in 2015. Additional materials are expected in the future.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Agricultural Ephemera Collection was completed in November 2016.

Scope and Content

The Agricultural Ephemera Collection was established in 2015. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats that relate to agriculture, farming, livestock, and poultry & fowl, dating from the late 19th century to the present (although many of the items are undated). Materials include: advertisements, order forms and blanks, postcards, clippings, receipts, and more.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into series by major topic. Within each series, materials are arranged by format. Additional series (and possibly subseries) are expected as the collection expands.

Series I: Agriculture & Food includes nursery and orchard ephemera in the form of a blank form.

Series II: Farms & Farming Equipment contains advertisements for various pieces of farmning equipments, parts for farm machinery, and receipts for purchases.

Series III: Livestock consists of advertisements for livestock feed.

Series IV: Poultry & Fowl includes advertisements for feed, poultry, and eggs, newspaper clippings, blank and used forms and record sheets (for tracking eggs laid), and some postcards/images of various types of chickens.

Related Material

Ms2013-028, Culinary Ephemera Collection. Finding aid available online.

Ms2011-002, Culinary Pamphlet Collection. Finding aid available online.

Ms2011-022, National Agricultural Publications. Finding aid available online.

Ms2012-040, State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications. Finding aid available online.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Agriculture
• Food Technology and Production
• History of Food and Drink

Genre and Form Terms:

• Advertisements
• Ephemera

Adjunct Descriptive Data