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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
RG.26.02b
Title
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs 1937-1966
Quantity
4.5 Cubic Feet, 10 boxes
Language
The materials in the collection are in 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).
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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.
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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