Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings, 2005

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Drawings are not available for reproduction.

Terms of access:

Drawings are not available for publication without explicit permission obtained from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Organization. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings, Ms2006-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Talley, B. Edwin, Jr. and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Alumni Association
Abstract:
The collection includes Edwin Talley's six original pen and ink drawings depict the buildings of Virginia Tech's Agriculture Quadrangle: Hutcheson, Price, Sandy, Seitz, Smyth, and Saunders.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings, Ms2006-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

B. Edwin Talley, Jr.'s six original pen and ink drawings depict the buildings of Virginia Tech's Agriculture Quadrangle: Hutcheson, Price, Sandy, Seitz, Smyth, and Saunders. Each drawing is 10 inches x 13 inches.

Biographical / historical:

The Alumni Association Board of the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences commissioned Virginia artist B. Edwin Talley, Jr. to create pen and ink drawings of the six buildings that form the historic Agriculture Quad. The drawings were commissioned as a fund-raising project. Prints of these drawings were available for purchase through the Alumni Association with proceeds benefitting the Ag Alumni Scholarship Fund.

B. Edwin Talley, Jr. has been creating pen and ink drawings for more than thirty years. He started out executing local scenes with which he had a personal connection. Later he began doing more notable landmarks, such as the University of Virginia's Rotunda, University of Maryland's Memorial Chapel, and other commissions.

Acquisition information:
The Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrange Drawings were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2005.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Edwin Talley Agricultural Quadrangle Drawings was completed in November 2006.

Arrangement:

The drawings are arranged alphabetically by building title.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard