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Collection of Agricultural publications

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 20

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of agricultural publications collected by the Purdue University College of Agriculture. Most publications are either published by the College of Agriculture, or contributed to by College of Agriculture staff. The subjects of the publications are primarily on agricultural studies, practices, and history at Purdue, as well as in Indiana more generally. Types of materials present in the collection include booklets, reports, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, and announcements.

Dates

  • 1889-2011
  • Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Access Information

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Some material in this collection are in the public domain, while other material copyrights are held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.

Historical Information

In accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862, Purdue was founded with a focus on agricultural and industrial education.  The inaugural course catalogue, for the 1874-75 year, listed various agricultural classes and offered a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture.  But agricultural studies at Purdue struggled during the university’s early years.  It was 1879 before the first professor in Agriculture was hired.  Student enrollment in Agriculture waned over the next twenty years.  In fact, the first Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree was not conferred until 1895.  The new century, however, brought steady growth to Purdue’s agricultural program.  Purdue awarded its first Master of Science in Agriculture in 1908, and PhD of Science in Agriculture in 1928.  The School of Agriculture, as well as the Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, enjoyed increased state and federal funding beginning in the 1910s, which solidified Purdue’s place as the center of Indiana agriculture.  Enduring a significant decrease in student enrollment during World War II, Purdue Agriculture rebounded in the postwar years and began to offer fresh areas of study in such fields as agricultural meteorology, environmental science, farm and business management, feed, fertilizer, and machinery development, food engineering, landscape agriculture, pest control, and resource conservation.

Note written by John Michael Foster

Extent

3.60 Cubic Feet

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Arrangement Note

Materials in this collection are organized into a single series and largely arranged chronologically by document type.

Acquisition Information

Purdue University records transfer from the Purdue University Libraries and the College of Agriculture by Chris Sigurdson, Agricultural Communication, on March 08,2008.

Addition 1 was purchased from the Smith family, March 5, 2013.

Tippecanoe County Historical Association newsletter was gifted to the Archives by Fred Whitford on October 31, 2023.

Separated Materials

The School of Agriculture 1989-1990 Annual Report was moved to UA 44, College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture records.

Processing Information

All materials are housed in acid-free folders and manuscript boxes.  Collection identifier updated from UA 14.01.01 to UA 20 as of November 3, 2015. When appropriate, materials have been moved to related resources; this is indicated in the collection description.
Title
Collection of Agricultural publications
Status
Completed
Author
John Michael Foster, Jennifer Sdunzik, and William Niner
Date
03/05/2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Third edition. Collection description was first competed 2013-03-05.

Revision Statements

  • 2018-05-14: Addition 1 added to resource record by Jennifer Sdunzik.
  • 2020-05-05: Collection description updated by Adelle Rogers.
  • 2023-08-03: Pamphlet (1883) was added into folder 6 in box 7 by Emily Jones.
  • 2023-12-13: Tippecanoe County Historical Association newsletter added and description updated by William Niner.
  • 2024-03-01: File entries added to Administrative Records, Sub-Series 3 by Amelia Simpson

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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