Finding Aid for Departmental Histories, 1937-41, 1951-66 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Departmental Histories, 1937-41, 1951-66

ID: 8/1/52

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at U-C. College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Subjects: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural History, Agronomy, Animal Science, Dairy Science, Food Science, Forestry, Home Economics, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Vocational Agriculture

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Departmental Histories including histories of Agricultural Economics by Harold Case (1958) and Harold Halcrow (1966), farm management by R.C. Ross (1939), agricultural engineering (1964-66), agronomy by O.H. Sears (1960), animal science by L.E. Card (1963), animal genetics by Elmer Roberts (1937), animal nutrition by Harold Mitchell (1938, 1941), dairy science by W.W. Yapp (1964), cooperative extension service by Fred A. Painter (1966), extension information by Robert Jarnagin (1965), food science by Reid Milner (1965), forestry, home economics resident teaching and research by Lorena Neumann (1963), home economics extension (1963), horticulture by C. J. Birkeland (1963), plant pathology by Benjamin Koeler (1951), Halbert Thornberry (1958) and Elmer Roberts and vocational agriculture by Melvin Henderson (1962). The histories include lists of staff and advanced degree holders, publications lists and photocopies and reprints of historical publications.

Agricultural instruction was provided for in the Land Grant Act of Congress in 1862 and it was one of the chief aims of the university at its beginning.¹ In 1867, the Board of Trustees established the Agricultural Department, made up of the School of General Agriculture and the School of Horticulture, Fruit-growing, and Landscape Gardening.² It was formally recognized as a College and the dean's office was established in 1877.³ The dean is appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees and his duties include: preparing the budget; representing and reporting on the college to outside authorities; and coordinating the activities of the departments and special offices.⁴ The dean is also responsible for the operations of the Office of Publications and the Office of Agricultural Communications, both established in 1966,⁵ and the Office of International Agricultural Programs, which was established in 1966 to coordinate college-wide programs such as the International Soybean Program.⁶ In 1965, the title of the office changed from Dean of the College, Director of the Experiment Station, and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service to Dean of the College of Agriculture.⁷

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, Laws Concerning the Industrial University, Laws of Congress, p. 1-3; 1st Report, May 7, 1867, p. 47.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May 8, 1867, p. 50.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 9th Report, June 7, 1877, p. 45.

4. University of Illinois Statutes, May 17, 1972, p. 12-14

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, October 13, 1966, p. 169.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, September 21, 1966, p. 84.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393.

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural History
Agronomy
Animal Science
Dairy Science
Food Science
Forestry
Home Economics
Horticulture
Plant Pathology
Vocational Agriculture

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 3/30/76

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0801052.pdf

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