Record Group 13 - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)

Scope and content:

May include Bremo Plantation; Cephisus [Horticulture]; Certificates of Merit - Agriculture, 1923-1954; Holy Cross Abbey; Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR); Virginia State College (Petersburg) merger controversy; Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame; Virginia Tech Postbaccalaureate Research and Education Program (VT-PREP); Agency 229

Biographical / historical:

Agricultural training was one of the primary missions of the university from its beginnings. In the 1872 Catalog, Agriculture is listed as one of 13 courses of study, which would today be considered departments. The Department of Agriculture was one of the first four major administrative divisions created when Deans were appointed to the academic departments. In 1907, a School of Scientific Agriculture and a School of Agricultural Apprentices were established within the Department of Agriculture. In 1920, the title was changed to School of Agriculture, becoming the College of Agriculture in 1964. The name was changed to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1971.

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
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Parent terms of access:

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