De Laval Separator Company Brochures

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.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the De Laval Separator Company Brochures must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: De Laval Separator Company Brochures, Ms2013-050, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
De Laval Separator Company
Abstract:
The collection contains a letter and broadside advertisement for De Laval Cream Separators, addressed to Mr. S. D. Stokes of Roanoke, Virginia, dated February 2, 1925, as well as a pamphlet for "The De Laval Cream Separator 'No. 10'."
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: De Laval Separator Company Brochures, Ms2013-050, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a letter and broadside advertisement for De Laval Cream Separators, addressed to Mr. S. D. Stokes of Roanoke, Virginia. The brochure includes images of various models and information about separators. The letter is dated February 2, 1925. The collection also includes a pamphlet "The De Laval Cream Separator 'No. 10'."

Biographical / historical:

Karl Gustaf Patrik De Laval, founder of the De Laval Separator Company, was a Swedish inventor born in Dalarna, Sweden on May 9, 1845. De Laval patented the centrifugal dairy separator in 1878. In 1888, the AB Separator Company was founded, renamed to De Laval. De Laval died February 2, 1913.

Acquisition information:
One De Laval Separator Company Brochures was purchased by Special Collections in April 2013. An additonal pamphlet was purchased in 2014.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the De Laval Separator Company Brochure was completed in August 2013. The additional pamphlet received in 2014 was added to the collection in July 2017.