Finding Aid for Subject File, 1942-1999 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Subject File, 1942-1999

ID: 8/2/1

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Experiment Station

Extent: 92.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject and alphabetical and chonological thereunder

Subjects: Agricultural Research, Agriculture, United States Department of, Agronomy, Buildings, Campus Planning, Cooperative State Research Service, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, Food Technology, Illinois Crop Improvement Association, International Soybean Program (INTSOY), Music -- India - Agriculture and Natural Resources, North Central Regional Agricultural Research, Research, Rural Development

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Subject files including correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, minutes, agendas, studies, brochures, reprints, statements, bulletins, speeches, programs, lists, worksheets, questionnaires, computer printouts, news releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, maps, blueprints, legislative bills, legal papers, vouchers, invoices and account sheets relating to the Experiment Station; the College of Agriculture; University Committees; the college long-range plan; campus planning; land and buildings; federal, state and private research funding; North Central Agricultural Experiment stations; the Cooperative State Research Service; projects in India; Research Productivity Studies (1958-61, 1965-69); Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board; Illinois Corn Marketing Board; and the professional and committee files of directors Glenn W. Salisbury, Morell B. Russell, Reid T. Milner, Benjamin A. Jones, and Don A. Holt.  This series also includes Rockefeller Foundation Projects, Springer-Sangamon Environmental Research Projects.

Based upon the provision of the Agricultural College Act of 1862, Congress endorsed establishment of experiment stations by the Hatch Act in 1887. The University of Illinois organized a committee in 1887 for creating an experiment station to be named the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Illinois. The Station was to engage in research directly bearing upon the agriculture industry without involvement in the teaching of agricultural practices. Although the Board of Trustees had established the Station and appointed a four member Board of Direction to operate it in December, 1887, no further action could be taken due to an oversight of the Hatch Act until Congress appropriated financial resources in Februrary, 1888. The Board of Direction (now enlarged to nine members) assembled for the first time on March 28, 1888 with operation beginning in April. The Station was reorganized in June, 1896, by changing the name of the Board to the Experimental Station Advisory Board and establishing as Director the Dean of the College of Agriculture. Replacing the Dean as Director in February, 1965, the associate Director became the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Associate Dean of the College.

An experiment station was proposed for southern Illinois in August, 1933, became effective in 1934 as the Dixon Springs Experiment Station, entered the development phase in 1935, and was formally dedicated by the Dean of the College of Agriculture on October 8, 1938. Dixon Springs Experiment Station was reorganized on June 17, 1964 as the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center of the University of Illinois.

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 14th Report, Agricultural Experiment Station Report, p. 194.

2. Ibid., 14th Report, March 3, 1887, p. 34.

3. Ibid., 14th Report, December 13, 1887, p. 88-89.

4. Ibid., p. 88.

5. Ibid., 18th Report, September 4, 1895, p. 159.

6. Ibid., 14th Report, December 13, 1887, p. 88-89.

7. Agricultural Experiment Station Report, op. cit., p. 196-197.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 14th Report, March 21, 1888, p. 100.

9. Agricultural Experiment Station Report, op. cit., p. 196-197.

10. Ibid., p. 200.

11. Board of Trustees Transactions, 18th Report, June 9, 1896, p. 249-250.

12. Ibid., 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393.

13. Redeeming a Lost Heritage: The Development of the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center. By William G. Kammlade, P.W. Rexroat, and H.A. Cate. (Urbana: College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976), p. 30.

14. Board of Trustees Transactions, 38th Report, July 11, 1934, p. 4.

15. William G. Kammlade, op. cit., p. 31.

16. William G. Kammlade, op. cit., p. 33.

17.  Board of Trustees Transactions, 52nd Report, June 17, 1964, p. 1252.

Agricultural Research
Agriculture, United States Department of
Agronomy
Buildings
Campus Planning
Cooperative State Research Service
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Food Technology
Illinois Crop Improvement Association
International Soybean Program (INTSOY)
Music -- India - Agriculture and Natural Resources
North Central Regional Agricultural Research
Research
Rural Development

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 7/18/75; 3/19/79; 7/9/97; 9/99

Other Note: 43 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0802001.pdf

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