Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions

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
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
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Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions, 1851, Ms2013-078, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was printed in Salem, Virginia in September 1851, and it contains directions on how to use C. M. Burnett's patent beveled wheat fan.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions, 1851, Ms2013-078, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was printed in Salem, Virginia in September 1851, and it contains directions on how to use C.M. Burnett's patent beveled wheat fan. The document is a one page sheet of directions for using the wheat fan. The directions are split out by crop type and are for wheat, oats, corn, clover, flax, and timothy seed.

Acquisition information:
Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was acquired by Special Collections prior to 2006.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was completed in September 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard