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University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture records
- Date
- 1901-1974
- Extent
- 45.0 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Agriculture--Kentucky.
- Fairs--Kentucky.
- Home Economics -- Kentucky.
- Livestock--Kentucky.
- Tennessee Valley Authority -- Kentucky.
- Tobacco--Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- The College of Agriculture records are arranged in nine series by subject and format
- Preferred Citation
- 0000UA014 : [identification of item], University of Kentucky College of Agriculture records, 1901-1974, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Land Grant College Act (the Morrill Act) to foster the founding of a college in each state supported in part by public funds. Three years later, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky University was formed. Studying agriculture however, was difficult as the subject as an academic discipline had not yet come into being. It wasn't until after the agricultural experiment stations were established and in operation that a sufficient body of knowledge of agriculture would be learned. In 1862m President Patterson hired the first professor of agriculture, William Ashbrook Kellerman as professor of economic botany, agriculture, and horticulture. This was the beginning of the Agricultural Department. However, Kellerman resigned after one year and over the next decade, four different men were to hold the agricultural professorship.
- In 1885, President Patterson attended a convention to consider the question of experiment stations. Patterson immediately recommended to the Executive Committee that the State College establish an experimental station, to which they agreed and special agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Melville Amasa Scovell was hired as director. Scovell quickly set up the station in the basement of the College Building (the present Scovell Hall) and began publishing bulletins reporting the results of their experiments for farmers. In 1890, the first Agricultural Experiment Station Building was completed (now Ezra Gillis Building).
- With the name change of the State College to "State University, Lexington, Kentucky" in 1908, six divisions were formed including the College of Agriculture. Two years later the College of Agriculture and the Experiment Station merge under the leadership of M.A. Scovell. As the two continue to grow and new research activities are conducted, leadership changes occur with the new Dean and Director J.H. Kastle in 1912, then Thomas Poe Cooper in 1918. In 1923, Robinson Forest is given to the University of Kentucky (name officially changed in 1916) by E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund. A year later the Robinson Substation is founded as a branch of the Agricultural Experimental Station. In 1955, the Eden Shale Farm is given to the College of Agriculture by the people of the area to further research. In the next three years, three more farms are purchased by the College of Agriculture; South Farm, Coldstream Farm, and Maine Chance Farm.
- Scope and Content
- The College of Agriculture records are comprised of both paper and photographic materials dating from 1901 through 1974. The paper materials were created by individuals associated with Agricultural Extension at the University of Kentucky as well as agriculture throughout the state. Correspondence, reports, public papers, soil studies, and personal papers were created by University of Kentucky professors, employees of the Experiment Station, and state employees. Other topics include home economics, ESAR, soil study, Experiment Station, and tobacco materials. The photographic portion of the collection is comprised of lantern slides, negatives, glass negatives, transparencies, and prints. Subjects include Tennessee Valley Authority, crops, livestock, farm operations, farm structures, advertisements, 4-H, Agriculture Train, the Kentucky State Fair, and home economics.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The intellectual rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Administration, 1905 - 1974
Scope and Contents note
The Administration series consists of various papers divided into 8 subseries. A description of each subseries follows.
William Darney Valleau, 1905 - 1956
Scope and Contents note
The William Darney Valleau subseries consists of personal papers in connection with the school of Agriculture. Papers include correspondence, reports, lists, and contracts with various tobacco companies. William D. Valleau was Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology for the College of Agriculture.
Bacterium Pruni of Peaches
Correspondence - General, 1919-1935
Correspondence - Valleau, 1939-1948
Agriculture - Agronomy, 1940-1944; 1957
Correspondence found in Publications
Correspondence, 1949-1965
American Tobacco Company, 1944-1953
Black, L.M. re: club root, 1945-1947
Tobacco By-Products Company, 1944-1946
Aromatic Tobacco, 1943-1946
Blue Mold, 1936 - 1959
Valleau, W.D. - Blue Mold, 1938, 1944-1945, 1960-1961
Blue Mold Eradication, 1944 - 1954
Low Nicotine Tobacco, 1945 - 1959
Frank Borries, Jr., 1960 - 1965
Scope and Contents note
The Frank Borries, Jr. subseries consists of personal and public papers in connection with the school of Agriculture. Papers include news articles, lists of courses, and military material.
Public Information, 1966 - 1968
Special Stories, 1962 - 1965
Courses, 1949
Tape Tips
County News
Dana G. Card
Scope and Contents note
The Dana G Card subseries consists of papers pertaining to various committees and clubs Card was involved in. There are also correspondence, bulletins, and other miscellaneous material. Dana G. Card was Professor of Agricultural Economics for the College of Agriculture.
Marketing Clinic Programs
Misc., bulletins, etc.
Agriculture Economics Reports, 1963-1967
Research Club, 1934-1965
Post-War Salary Planning, 7/30/1954
AAUP, leaves of absence, correspondence, 1960 - 1962
Postwar Needs and Opportunities
Alpha Zeta, 1938 - 1960
Manuscript Committee, 1938
Correspondence, 1936-1937; misc. 1924-1961
Founder's Day Committee
Banquet Material
Dinner for President Donovan
New York Tobacco Exchange, 1934
Earl Robert Young, 1953 - 1974
Scope and Contents note
The Earl Robert Young subseries consists of correspondence dealing with various topics. Earl R. Young worked for the Agricultural Engineering Section of the College of Agriculture.
January 1958 - December 1959
September 1967 - August 1968
September 1968 - August 1969
September 1969 - August 1970
September 1970 - August 1971
September 1971 - December 1972
January 1973 - June 1974
Miscellaneous, 1953 - 1967
T.R. Bryant, 1911 - 1944
Scope and Contents note
The T.R. Bryant subseries consists of correspondence and reports in connection with Agricultural Extension. Thomson R. Bryant was Associate Director of Extension for the College of Agriculture.
Correspondence 1912
Correspondence 1913 - 1944
Weekly County Agent Reports 1912 - 1913
Correspondence 1912 - 1914, 1938 - 1944
Miscellaneous 1911 - 1912
E.J. Nesius, 1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents note
The E.J. Nesius subseries consists of reports in connection with Agriculture Extension and his foreign assignments dealing with several countries including the Middle East. Ernest J. Nesius worked for the Experiment Station Farm Economics Department.
Foreign Agriculture Official Study at U.K.
Foreign Assignment - E.J. Nesius
Yugoslavia - Austria
Nesius, Ernest - personal
ICA Consultant trip
Reports on foreign assignment
Nesius - Middle East assignment
Cooperative Extension Work 1955 - 1958
Extension Work 1959
Extension Work 1960
Extension Work 1961 - 1963
Extension Education Guiding Program
Bob Ford, 1947-1955
Scope and Contents note
The Bob Ford subseries consists of correspondence and other papers dealing with various state fairs held in Kentucky.
Correspondence -- C. A. Lewis
State Fair 1947
State Fair 1948
State Fair 1949
State Fair 1950
State Fair 1951
State Fair 1952
State Fair 1953
State Fair 1954
Joe Williams, 1955-1960
Scope and Contents note
The Joe Williams subseries consists of correspondence and visual aids pertaining to various state fairs held in Kentucky.
Audio Visual 10/55 - 6/56
Audio Visual 7/56 - 12/56
Visual Aids 1957
Correspondence 1958
Correspondence 1959
Correspondence 1960
State fair UK photos 1941 - 1960 (paper copies)
State Fair 1956
State Fair 1957
State Fair 1958
State Fair 1959 - 1960
J. Allan Smith, 1950-1962
Scope and Contents note
The J. Allan Smith subseries consists of papers pertaining to several committees including the Centennial committee, as well as correspondence between Smith and President Dickey, the Board of Control, and others. J. Allan Smith was editor of publications for seventeen years and head of the Department of Public Information for fifteen years in the College of Agriculture.
Blazer Lecture the L-G coll, February 15, 1962
Address by President Dickey - An Educational Revolution
Article for Alumnus Magazine, 1962
Centennial Committee - Land Grant correspondence with National Office and others
Correspondence with National Office and others
Centennial Committee - Plans for UK; notes & corres.
Consult with President Dickey, May 13, 1961
Centennial Committee - Johnson to Smith on Kansas City Meeting, November 1961
Centennial letter nos. 1-14 (missing 3,1) 3/1960 - 10/10/1961
Correspondence of Director 9/1950 - 7/1951
Constitutions 1915, 1958 revision
Correspondence from President George Church's File 10/5/1950 - 7/30/1952
Correspondence; Secretary-Treasurer 8/1951-7/1952
"Charters-By-Laws, Agenda" Kellogg Fund Proposal
Correspondence of Directors and officers 7/29/1952-6/19/1953
President's column in ACE 1952-1953
Correspondence 9/1954 - 4/16/1957
A.A.A.C.E. Board of Control Project
Board of Control Correspondence 2/1953-3/1955
Train the Trainer Program 1955-1960
Take-over Committee 8/1956
Correspondence (end of project) 1953-9/1962
NPAC-AAACE, Board meeting in Chicago, 2/12-13/1959 Annual Reports to board of Control 3/5-6/1954
Annual Report of NPAC (18 months) 2/28/1955
Program development conference - fact finding reports, correspondence 5/52
Kellogg Proposal 1st (7/52) and 2nd drafts
Proposal Brief and covering letters notebook 1952
Kellogg Proposal Materials correspondence 1952
Correspondence on location of Agriculture Comm. Center 7/29/1952-3/1953
Soil Study
Scope and Contents note
The Soil Study series consists of soil studies conducted by Dr. Peters in every county of Kentucky. Each county has its own folder and are arranged alphabetically. There are also small, handwritten notebooks documenting Dr. Peters' studies before he put them into report format.
Adair-Hopkins
Jackson-Scott
Shelby - Woodford
Miscellaneous soils
Chemical Analysis
Other States
Handwritten Notebooks
Agricultural Extension, 1920 - 1949
Scope and Contents note
The Agricultural Extension series consists of several folders dealing with public relations for the College of Agriculture as well as programs from banquets and conventions. There are also a few folders with public information dealing with personnel and also reports and correspondence from the Home Economics Department.
Home Economic Reports
Home Economic and Demonstration Misc.
Home Economics Correspondence 1940-1968
Agriculture Economics Correspondence
Agriculture Economics Reports
Banquet Programs
Agriculture Economics - H.B. Price
Farm Economics Personnel 1920 - 1931
Farm Economics Personnel 1935 - 1940
Farm Economics Personnel
Marketing and Rural Finance 1928 - 1937
Personnel Questionnaires by County 1936
AAA Farmington KY News Stories Washington 1937
Drought
Corn, cotton, potato, rye, tobacco, wheat
Experiment Station Celebration 1936-1937
AAA 1936
Questionairs of Agriculture students by county
Fayette, Jeff, Boone, and out of state
Graduates of Agriculture Coll. 1934
Reports to CWA
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
State Farm records
Tennessee Valley Authority
Banquet Programs
Correspondence, 1905-1974
Scope and Contents note
The Correspondence series consists of letters and memorandums arranged alphabetically and in some cases by subject pertaining to the College of Agriculture.
Agriculture Economics A - Individuals
American Institute of Cooperation
Articles - Miscellaneous
B
C
D & E
G
H - J
K - L
Miscellaneous, 1904-1969
Scope and Contents note
The Miscellaneous series consists of several different formats including committees, reports, and programs that were conducted around a variety of topics including tobacco, printing, postwar activities, and dedications. There are also a number of folders dealing with courses offered as well as articles or reprinted publications that were distributed among the classes.
ARC 122-23 Tobacco Barn Risher, Wells Spring 1967
ARC 122-23 Addenda & Modifications, Spring 1967
ASAW Editor's Section sec./trea. 1966-67
A.D.S.A. Publicity Comm. 6/20-23/1965
Displays
Committee on Printing 1966-67
Committee on University Printing 1963
Committee on K.P.A. luncheon 1/1968
Committee on Public Relations for Agriculture
Committee on filing manual 1967
Post-War needs & opportunities in KY Agriculture Experiment Station 12/1943
Views of College and Station Exhibit - St. Louis 1904
Dedication of W.A. Seay Auditorium (with reel of tape)
50th Anniversary of Agriculture Experiment Station 9/25/1935
Lectures; 1st & 2nd Annual Stud Managers Course 1951-52
Course in Scientific Agriculture
Preliminary Report Postwar Programs for Agriculture
First Approximations for a Unified State Agricultural Program to Meet Impacts of War
Coldstream Farm
Annual Livestock Field Day 7/17/1957
Handbook for Students and Advisors
Tobacco & Health Workshop 2/5-6/1969
VITAE 1967; Food Processing Opportunities in Kentucky
Burley Tobacco
Dean
Papers on Agricultural Economics, markets, & rural finance
Animal Husbandry & Animal Science
Entomology & Botany articles
Forestry - Articles & Pamphlets
Poultry - Misc. Publications
Tobacco - Misc. Publications
Veterinary Service - Misc. Publications
Agriculture Experiment Station - Chemistry
Agricultural Train 1912
Agronomy
Animal Husbandry
Cattle - Dairy, Beef
Farm Engineering
4-H Club History
History of Kentucky Extension Experiment Station 1952
Home Demonstration
Horticulture
Limestone Fertilizer
Pig Clubs
Poultry
Plan for Educational Program for Bluegrass Area
Animal Husbandry Seminars
ESAR, 1922-1962
Scope and Contents note
The ESAR series consists of several boxes arranges chronologically and alphabetically and are labeled with either a name or a subject. File contents are mainly correspondence, but also include reports.