A Collection in Special Collections Collection Number RG
26/2b
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434) 560 Drillfield Drive Newman Library, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 USA Phone: (540) 231-6308 Fax: (540) 231-3694 Email: specref@vt.edu URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
2019 (CC0).
Processed by: Caroline Harvey, student worker, Jenna Slezak, student worker, and
Laurel Rozema, archivist
Special Collections
Repository
Special Collections, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Va.
Collection Number
RG 26/2b
Title
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, 1937-1966
DIGITAL CONTENT
This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Physical Characteristics
4.5 Cubic Feet;
10 boxes
Language
English
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).
Permission to publish material from Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs
must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, RG 26/2b, Special Collections,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs were acquired by Special
Collections prior to 2001.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Cooperative Extension
Service Photographs commenced in January 2019 and was completed in February 2019.
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).
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).
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