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Box Box 23

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 27
Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Records (1879-2011; 18.1 cubic feet) includes correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, reports, slides, and other materials documenting the work of the department.
Dates: 1879-2011; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2008

Letter to Dr. A. P. Wiancko, April 12th, 1927

 File — Box: Box 23, Folder: 12
Identifier: UA 27, series 17, file 9
Scope and Contents Rhum Phosphate and Chemical Company Producers of Tennessee Phosphate Rock MT. PLEASANT, Tennessee. Letter is to Dr. A. P. Wiancko, Agricultural Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. April 12th, 1927. Includes information about an experience with untreated phosphate rock and information on a booklet on soil building with ground phosphate rock. They sent the letter on hopes that Dr. A. P. Wiancko would read it on his leisure time and give feedback.
Dates: April 12th, 1927

Letter and handwritten notes, circa 1940s

 File — Box: Box 23, Folder: 13
Identifier: UA 27, series 17, file 10
Scope and Contents The first letter from July 9, 1945 was to the Dean of Agriculture and Textile School at Perdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. The letter consists of wanting to know information of experiments or studies of the national hemp industry. Sent from Dr. J. P. Bonner, Ass’s Chief Engineering Division, Office of defense Plants. The reply letter is to Dr. Bonner on July 12, 1945. H. J. Reed dean and director replies that there has not been any research and they do not have the funds to do so.
Dates: circa 1940s

Essays, 1961 - 1984

 File — Box: Box 23, Folder: 15
Identifier: UA 27, series 17, file 12
Scope and Contents “Liming Materials and Practices,” 1984; “How To Take A Water Sample,” 1990; “Hayseeds-Gotas-Atoms,” 1961; “Potash: The Sugar Maker,” 1947
Dates: 1961 - 1984

Newspaper Articles, 1899 - 1963

 File — Box: Box 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: UA 27, series 17, file 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes reports, newsletters, magazines, holiday greeting card, flyers, field tests and research results, letters, essays, and newspaper articles.
Dates: 1899 - 1963