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
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia,
and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology
history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative
fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive
of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern
cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and
technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech.
Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the
University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and
photographs.
Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and
provide access to them in their original form.