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School of Agriculture Records, 1885-1961

Summary Information

Title: School of Agriculture records
Dates: 1854-1961
Creator: University of Minnesota. School of Agriculture.
Extent: 28 boxes (28.5 cubic feet)
Language: Collection materials in English
Collection Number: uarc 343
Abstract:
The School of Agriculture records consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, student lists, service records of school faculty members, statistics, committee materials, meeting minutes, club record books, materials relating to school activities including livestock judging, cultural programming and sporting events, records of student projects and yearbooks from the School of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, also known as University Farm.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:
The collection was transferred to University Archives from 1953 to 1981.
Access Restrictions:
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright:
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.
Processing Information:
This collection was processed with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Preferred Citation:
School of Agriculture records, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Historical Note

The University provided agriculture education at multiple levels during its early decades but made a concerted effort in the late 1880s under President Cyrus Northrop’s leadership to establish a technical high school-level curriculum in agriculture. On the recommendation of a committee chaired by President Northrop, the Board of Regents approved the opening of the School of Agriculture at its March 6, 1888, meeting. The 1887-1888 Board of Regents Biennial Report to the Governor stated, “…young men should be trained to the work of the farm, and it is evident that some school in which they can be thus trained, and can acquire at the same time a good general education while keeping in mind their purpose to become farmers, is very desirable…”

The School of Agriculture opened on October 18, 1888, on the University Farm in St. Paul, with 17 students registered for the fall term. The School’s administrative home was the College of Agriculture, and the School would remain a part of the College’s administrative structure throughout its existence.

The University Announcement for 1888-1889 described the School of Agriculture’s two-year program: the first year covered subjects such as English, arithmetic, algebra, botany, and mechanical drawing with lectures in farm management, farm architecture, and horticulture; and the second year covered geometry, civil government, political economy, agricultural chemistry, and animal physiology with lecture in grains, soils and fertilizers, stock and dairying, horticulture, and veterinary.

Admission was given to “students who have completed a common school course in English, Arithmetic, U. S. History and Geography, as prescribed by the State department of public instruction. Students will be received without examination in subjects for which they can furnish the certificates of high schools or of county superintendents.”

William W. Pendergast was selected as the first principal, and he reported after the School’s first year of operation that it had “an enrollment of 76 and the number is constantly increasing.” In 1891, the program was expanded to three years to include laboratory work in chemistry, zoology, and botany.

Women were accepted into the School’s program starting in October 1897. Men and women shared course work in the sciences, with the women taking courses separately in “sewing, cooking, laundering, physical culture, home economy, and household arts” (Board of Regents Report to the Governor, 1899).

By 1900, the School was described in the annual Course Catalog as “a training school for practical farm life and in domestic economy” open to both young men and women. In the 1938 course catalog, the School’s purpose is described as “neither a high school nor a college but rather a vocational agricultural school, the objective of which is to give a practical education to young men and women. It offers a course of study designed to fit young men and young women for successful farm life, and aims to give its students the necessary preparation for useful citizenship.” Additional branches of the School of Agriculture were opened in Crookston (1906), Morris (1909), Grand Rapids (1921), and Waseca (1952).

At their meeting on May 12, 1960, the Board of Regents, on recommendation of the President, voted “to authorize the beginning of a four-quarter Technical Certificate Program in Agriculture in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics in place of the present St. Paul School of Agriculture, effective with the academic year 1960-61.” The 1958-1960 President’s Biennial Report noted the program’s discontinuation was made in response to the School’s students and alumni demanding college credit and that “it is expected the change to a college program will serve to expand the usefulness and influence of the old School of Agriculture program.”

Warren W. Pendergast; Principal; 1888-1893

Henry W. Brewster; Acting Principal and Principal; 1893-1900

Frederick D. Tucker; Principal; 1900-1903

Dexter D. Mayne; Principal; 1903-1929

J.O. Christianson; Acting Principal, Principal, Superintendent; 1930-1960

Collection Scope and Content Note

The School of Agriculture records consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, student lists, service records of school faculty members, statistics, committee materials, meeting minutes, club record books, materials relating to school activities including livestock judging, cultural programming and sporting events, records of student projects and yearbooks from the School of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, also known as University Farm.

The collection contains eight series: History, Correspondence, Club Files, Miscellaneous, Reports, Student Projects, Publications and Scrapbooks.

Series 1, History, includes histories of events leading up to the establishment of the school and the early years of the school’s operation. The series includes the Juanita Sheppard collection, compiled by a former School of Agriculture faculty member, containing correspondence, historical plans for a Home Economics building, and drafts of “Home Economics at the University Farm from 1894-1914” with notes. Other materials include texts of bills and memorials concerning the establishment of the School of Agriculture and experiment stations, papers relating to the Morrill Act, biographical materials on early supporters and administrators of the School, including C.P. Bull, J.D. Scofield, Charles Lacy, D.D. Mayne and Andrew Boss, and information files for classes graduating between 1890 and 1958. Of special interest in the “class of” materials is correspondence between Superintendent J.O. Christianson and former students who had joined the military, and between godparents and students still at the School.

Series 2, Correspondence, includes general correspondence, as well as correspondence between the School and specific organizations, individuals, and topics. The series is arranged alphabetically. Significant subject areas include scholarship information, the correspondence of J.O. Christianson, the principal and superintendent of the school between 1929 and 1960, committee correspondence concerning curriculum and facilities, and the department of Home Management and Practical Nursing. Most correspondence in the series dates between the early 1930s and late 1950s.

Series 3, Club Files, contains materials generated by the numerous student clubs that formed the backbone of social and cultural life at the School. Clubs provided opportunities for students to socialize, create small communities based on mutual interests and learn skills that would have useful application in the community. Subject areas represented in addition to agricultural include sports, theater, public speaking, student council, literature and religion. Materials in the Club Files include photographs, newsletters, announcements and flyers, minute books, constitutions, membership records and activity reports.

Series 4, Miscellaneous, contains school artifacts, including pennants and cushions, bulletins and programs for all-school special events such as commencements, dances, and sporting events.

Series 5, Student Projects, contains record books of student projects performed over summer break. Project reports were created by course instructors, and become increasingly detailed over time, giving information about student garden, home, animal husbandry and crop projects, which were graded and for which students earned credit towards graduation. Notebooks for 1920s through the 1940s contained detailed comments by instructors on student projects: several have plant samples collected by the students and preserved by the project instructors. Notebooks from the 1950s contain more information about the overall program administration, including enrollments by county, directory information, sample forms and sample project ideas.

Series 6, Reports, contains reports from student and faculty committees looking at different aspects of campus life, including governance, transportation, and student jobs and veterans issues. Notable in this series are the Survey of Schools of Agriculture reports, which provide narrative information about each of the schools of agriculture and popular perceptions of the time about secondary agricultural education on the St Paul campus.

Series 7, Publications, consists of runs of yearbooks and newsletters from Minnesota’s schools of agriculture, including The Senior and The Agrarian yearbooks and AgReview monthly newsletter from University Farm School in St. Paul; The Aggie (supersedes the Red River Aggie) yearbook from the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, and the Aggie Cultural yearbook from Southern School of Agriculture in Waseca. The series also contains two volumes on self governance for boys and girls rooming in farm school campus housing, and miscellaneous US Department of Agriculture publications on secondary education and agriculture.

Series 8, Scrapbooks, includes scrapbooks from clubs, anniversary celebrations and the graduating class of 1904. In addition to photographs in scrapbooks, small amounts of individual photographs will be found in folders in the Club Files and Correspondence series.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Agricultural students -- Minnesota.

Brewster, Henry Webb

Pendergast, William Wirt, 1833-1903

University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station.

University of Minnesota. School of Agriculture -- Archives.

Detailed Contents

Location Title

History

Box 10
Historical Material and Notes 1907-1919 Box 10

Box 1
Liggett, William M. undated, 1904 Box 1
Note Dean Liggett's report to the University regents on the needs of the school and a transcript of his speech.

Judging Contests 1928-1931 Box 1

Land Grant Official Documents 1854 Box 1

School Histories 1887-1888, 1913-1920 Box 1
Note Several of these are articles which appeared in Farm, Stock and Home

Schools of Agriculture Background Material 1957 Box 1

Juanita L. Sheppard Collection 1894-1917 ( 3 volumes ) Box 1
Note Early histories of agricultural education in Minnesota

Establishment of a State Agricultural College 1858 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Establishing an Agricultural Experiment Station and Land Transferral 1885 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Morrill Act, Papers Related to 1910 ( 1 volume ) Box 1
Note Compiled by W.M. Hays

Chowen, W.S., Statement Relating to the Curriculum of the School of Agriculture circa 1900 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Scofield, J.D., Biographical Sketches of 1914 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Correspondence from W.M. Hays Relating to J.D. Scofield 1915 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Co-education, Miscellaneous Items Relating to 1890-1897 ( 1 volume ) Box 1

Miscellaneous Papers 1916-1923 ( 2 volumes ) Box 1

Miscellaneous Biographies circa 1900 ( 1 volume ) Box 1
Note C.P. Bull temporary loan of notes concerning A.M. Bull and W.S. Chowen

Miscellaneous School of Agriculture Histories 1941 Box 1

Biographical Information 1882-1917 Box 1

Golden Anniversary Celebration 1976 Box 1

Songs of the School undated Box 1

Colors of the School 1880-1944 Box 1

Graduating Class Information 1890, 1892, 1899-1900, 1902-1906, 1910-1911, 1913, 1915, 1917-1921, 1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1935, 1937-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1953-1956, 1958 (47 folders) Box 1

Box 2
Bull, C.P., Notes by 1916 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

Letters from H.W. Brewster to C.P. Bull 1915-1918 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

Letters from C.Y. Lacy to D.D. Mayne 1926 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

The Minnesota Farm School by J.A. Vye circa 1913 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

Genesis of the School of Agriculture by C.R. Barnes circa 1910s ( 1 volume ) Box 2

"History of School of Agriculture" by C.P. Bull and Anniversary Address by H.W. Brewster 1913 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

Letters and Petitions Relating to Co-education in the School 1895 ( 2 volumes ) Box 2

Student Societies, SAUM 1921-1924 Box 2

Class Ledgers 1944-1953 ( 6 volumes ) Box 2

Student Societies, SAUM 1906-1920, 1922-1929, 1946-1955 ( 15 volumes ) Box 2

Graduating Class Information 1921 ( 1 volume ) Box 2

Correspondence

Box 3
A. General Correspondence 1951-1956 Box 3

Administration, Policy, Procedure 1924-1959 ( 4 folders ) Box 3

Agriculture Union 1945-1955 Box 3

Agriculture Union Building Fund 1953-1955 Box 3

Agriculture Union Board 1957-1959 Box 3

Agrarian 1948-1956 Box 3

Box 20
Alumni Correspondence undated Box 20

Box 3
Athletics 1958-1959 Box 3

Awards and Scholarships

Box 3
Abraham A Pols Loan Fund 1927-1928 Box 3

American Bankers Association 1953-1955 Box 3

Augustus Searle Scholarship 1956-1960 Box 3

Awards and Scholarships 1929-1960 Box 3

Bankard Scholarship 1953-1954 Box 3

Brewster Scholarship 1932-1941 Box 3

Caleb Dorr Scholarship Committee 1923-1935 Box 3

Community Betterment Contest 1934-1950 Box 3

Danforth Leadership Scholarship 1941-1942 Box 3

Gold A Awards 1939-1960 ( 3 folders ) Box 3

Hagerman Award 1960-1961 Box 3

Honors and Awards Recognition 1939-1960 Box 3

Land O'Lakes Scholarship 1946-1955 Box 3

Loan Fund for Nurses 1952-1959 Box 3

Ivar Calminder Scholarship 1951-1952 Box 3

Memorial Fund 1925-1952 Box 3

Minnesota Valley Canning Company Award 1930 Box 3

Montgomery Ward Scholarship 1936-1941 Box 3

Red Owl Scholarship Fund 1952-1959 ( 2 folders ) Box 3

Rural Electrification Project Northern States Award 1944-1957 Box 3

Sears Roebuck Scholarship, Appointments 1937-1950, 1958-1960 ( 5 folders ) Box 3

Sears Roebuck Scholarship, Correspondence 1937-1951 (3 folders) Box 3

Sears Roebuck Scholarship, Reports undated Box 3

Tozer Scholarship Foundation 1952-1958 Box 3

Vine Scholarship 1937-1942 Box 3

William McKerrow Scholarship 1932-1958 Box 3

Woman's Club Scholarship Fund 1934-1939 Box 3

Box 4
B General Correspondence 1953-1956 Box 4

Bailey, Dean C.H.- Radio Talks 1943 Box 4

Bailey, Dean C.H.- Correspondence 1946-1948 Box 4

Board of Regents 1937-1959 Box 4

Board of Regents Cancelled Notes 1935-1949 (2 folders) Box 4

Buildings and Groups 1956-1958 Box 4

Bureau of Veterans Affairs 1945-1952 Box 4

Business Department and School of Agriculture 1943-1949 Box 4

C General Correspondence 1953-1956 Box 4

Certificates from the Sub Committee on University 1952-1955 Box 4

Christianson, J.O.

Box 9
American Vocational Association 1931-1937 Box 9

American Swedish Institute 1953-1954 Box 9

Building and Land Needs Committee 1937 Box 9
Note Proposed trip to Sweden

Cadet Battalion 1890-1941 Box 9

Centennial Planning Committees 1918-1941 Box 9

Congressional Lay Group of Minnesota 1946-1956 ( 2 folders ) Box 9

European Trip 1935-1956 Box 9

General Motors 1950-1954 Box 9

Honorary Degrees from G.A. College 1950 Box 9

Box 10
Land Grant College Course Surveys 1949-1950 Box 10

Land Grant College Meeting, Columbus, Ohio 1953 Box 10

Box 8
Minnesota Committee on Mental Health 1952 Box 8

Minnesota Historical Society 1944-1955 Box 8

Minnesota Fire Conference 1947 - 1953 Box 8

Box 9
Miscellaneous 1954-1962 ( 5 folders ) Box 9

Box 8
National Committee for Character Education 1940-1948 Box 8

National Conference of Christians and Jews 1944-1955 Box 8

Box 9
Personal 1947-1956 ( 3 folders ) Box 9

Box 8
Radio, Listener Response 1945-1953 Box 8

Rhetoric 1937-1950 Box 8

Box 10
Rural Builders Course Scholarship 1943-1949 Box 10

Box 9
Rural Overseas Bulletin: CROP 1949-1953 Box 9

Rural Overseas Program 1949-1957 Box 9

Box 10
Speaking Engagements 1946-1957 ( 10 folders ) Box 10

Box 9
Speeches 1951-1954 Box 9

Veterans' Educational Council 1946 Box 9

War Manpower Commission 1943 Box 9

Box 8
Windom Community Club 1928 Box 8

Box 4
Christmas Program 1949-1956 Box 4

Coffey, President 1941 Box 4

Commencement 1940-1950, 1956-1959 ( 4 folders ) Box 4

Commencement Talks undated (2 folders) Box 4

Comments and Suggestions 1940-1945 Box 4

Committees

Box 7
Advising Vets 1943-1951 ( 2 folders ) Box 7

Box 4
Advisory 1924-1945 ( 2 folders ) Box 4

Agriculture Education 1945-1946 Box 4

Box 8
Agriculture Museum 1940-1957 Box 8

Box 4
Curriculum 1933-1959 ( 4 folders ) Box 4

Box 7
Curriculum 1922-1923 Box 7

Box 8
Curriculum 1951 Box 8
Note Minutes included

Box 4
Curriculum Revision 1949-1959 ( 2 folders ) Box 4

Dining Facilities 1954-1956 Box 4

Box 5
Disciplinary Counseling 1957-1959 Box 5

Box 4
Faculty 1940-1958 ( 2 folders ) Box 4

Box 7
Governor's Advisory Committee on Recreation 1946-1948 Box 7

Box 4
Miscellaneous 1938 -1955; 1960-1961 ( 3 folders ) Box 4

Nursing Resources 1950-1951 Box 4

Student Activities Center Fund Drive 1958 Box 4

Box 7
Students Work 1948-1959 Box 7

Box 8
Students Work 1933-1939 Box 8

Box 4
Summer Project 1936-1957 Box 4

Conference undated Box 4

Congress 1951 Box 4
Note Correspondence between the School of agriculture and the United States Congress.

Convocations 1957-1960 Box 4

Curriculum 1918-1959 (2 folders) Box 4

Box 5
D General Correspondence 1952 - 1956 Box 5

Box 7
Dean 1917-1956 Box 7

Box 5
Delta Theta Sigma Alumni Club 1958 Box 5

Box 8
Demolition of Old Farm House 1941-1942 Box 8

Box 5
Department of Agriculture, Bailey, Dean C.H. 1939-1952 Box 5

Department of Agriculture Fenske, Theodore 1951-1953 Box 5

Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous 1935-1946 Box 5

Dormitories

Box 5
Administrative, Policy and Procedure 1932-1958 ( 2 folders ) Box 5

Committee, Rehabilitation 1952-1955 Box 5

Housing of College Groups 1938-1956 Box 5

Improvements 1925-1955 Box 5

Miscellaneous 1923-1960 ( 2 folders ) Box 5

Open House 1940-1951 Box 5

Use by Outside Groups 1939-1957 ( 5 folders ) Box 5

Use During World War 2 1943-1945 Box 5

Use of Alpha Zeta House 1943-1945 Box 5

Dramatics 1940-1950 Box 5

E General Correspondence 1942-1956 Box 5

Employment 1947-1957 Box 5

Box 7
Entrance Test 1945-1950 Box 7

Box 5
Exhibit at State Fair 1954 Box 5

F General Correspondence 1951 -1952 Box 5

Faculty 1950-1959 Box 5

Box 7
Faculty 1944-1951 Box 7

Box 5
Faculty Load Survey 1950-1955 Box 5

Faculty Meetings 1950-1959 ( 2 folders ) Box 5

Fees 1938-1956 Box 5

Fees, Committee on 1952 Box 5

Box 7
15th Anniversary Commencement 1937-1939 Box 7

Folk Arts Foundation 1942-1952 ( 3 folders ) Box 7

Box 5
Food Service 1923-1958 Box 5

Food Technician Training Program 1944-1960 ( 2 folders ) Box 5

G General Correspondence 1950-1955 Box 5

Grange 1939-1947 Box 5

Greater University Fund 1949-1958 Box 5

Box 6
H General Correspondence 1945-1956 Box 6

Health Services 1936-1946 Box 6

History of the School of Agriculture undated Box 6

Box 10
Hoganson, Johanna, Honduras 1923-1943 Box 10

Box 6
Home Economics 1935-1940 Box 6

Home Management and Practical Nursing Course

Box 6
Accreditation 1951-1960 Box 6

Advisory Course 1939-1949 ( 2 folders ) Box 6

Advisory Committee 1949-1952 ( 2 folders ) Box 6

Catalogs 1951-1952 Box 6

Certificates 1952 Box 6

Faculty Committee 1939-1949 ( 2 folders ) Box 6

Farm Bureau Contributions 1951-1952 Box 6

Miscellaneous 1951-1959 ( 7 folders ) Box 6

Publicity 1949-1956 Box 6

Red Owl Scholarship 1952-1956 Box 6

State Scholarships 1951-1958 Box 6

Uniforms 1954-1959 Box 6

Honor Roll 1936-1958 Box 6

I General Correspondence 1939-1955 Box 6

Indian Studies 1949-1951 Box 6

Information Requests 1943-1951 Box 6

J General Correspondence 1945-1956 Box 6

Johnson, Elmer 1940-1952 Box 6

K General Correspondence 1945-1956 Box 6

L General Correspondence 1949-1956 Box 6

Laundry Fees and Regulations 1948-1951 Box 6

Box 28
Letters to Faculty undated Box 28

Box 6
Loans Set Up and Procedure 1930-1960 Box 6

M General Correspondence 1942-1956 Box 6

Box 8
Masonic Cancer Hospital 1955-1957 Box 8

Midcentury White House Conference of Children and Youth 1950-1951 Box 8

Box 7
Military Service and Deferments 1943-1951 Box 7

Box 9
Miscellaneous Undated Box 9

Box 7
Missionary Training Program 1951-1957 Box 7

Morrill, President James 1945-1949 Box 7

Music Department 1947-1959 Box 7

N General Correspondence 1944-1956 Box 7

Box 8
National Youth Administration 1934-1943 Box 8

Box 7
Nunn, W.L., University Relations 1946-1954 Box 7

O General Correspondence 1946-1956 Box 7

Old Home Building 1938-1952 Box 7

P General Correspondence 1942-1956 Box 7

Parents' and Visitors' Day 1957-1959 Box 7

Parking 1953-1959 Box 7

Box 8
Pendergast Day 1939 Box 8

Box 7
Physical Education Department 1932-1956 ( 5 folders ) Box 7

Physical Education and Gymnasium 1956-1958 Box 7

Box 8
Promotion 1925-1935 Box 8
Note Dramatic debate

Box 7
Publicity 1948-1959 Box 7

Box 8
Publicity 1918-1951 ( 3 folders ) Box 8

Box 7
Publicity, Radio 1936-1949 Box 7

Box 8
Q General Correspondence 1951-1955 Box 8

R General Correspondence 1946-1956 Box 8

Box 7
Radio 1951-1960 Box 7

Box 8
Radio 1938-1942 Box 8

Box 7
Radio, Friendly Road 1960 Box 7

Box 8
Radio, University of Minnesota 1943-1955 Box 8
Note Includes broadcast scripts

Registration Procedure 1940-1956 Box 8

Box 7
Rental of Equipment 1942-1955 Box 7

Box 8
Reorganization and Change 1932-1936 Box 8

Reunion at University Farm 1951-1959 Box 8

Box 7
Rotary Club 1953-1961 Box 7

Box 8
Rural Unemployed Youth at School of Agriculture 1933-1934 Box 8

S General Correspondence 1939-1956 Box 8

Box 7
Sample Forms undated Box 7

Box 8
Schools of Agriculture, Crookston, Morris, Grand Rapids 1936-1954 Box 8

Schools of Agriculture, Districts 1918-1943 Box 8

Box 7
Schools of Agriculture, Out of State 1959-1960 Box 7

Box 8
Schools of Agriculture, Out of State 1936-1953 Box 8

Box 4
Schmitz, Dean Henry 1952 Box 4

Box 8
Schmitz, Dean Henry 1948-1950 Box 8

Self Government, Girls 1925 Box 8

Box 9
Self Government, Student 1934-1935 Box 9

Box 7
Senior Receptions 1938-1960 Box 7

Box 8
St. Anthony Park and Historical Association 1946 Box 8

Box 7
Stanton Ford, Guy undated Box 7

State Fair 1948-1957 Box 7

Box 8
Statistics and Surveys 1919-1941 Box 8

Box 7
Student Council 1956-1958 Box 7

Student Faculty Reception 1951-1959 Box 7

Student Center 1956-1960 Box 7

Box 8
Sunday School Management Course 1945-1953 Box 8

Superintendents Conference 1927-1950 Box 8

Superintendents Meetings 1950-1951 Box 8

Survey 1944-1949 Box 8

Box 7
Surveys 1954 Box 7

Box 9
T General Correspondence 1936-1956 Box 9

Textbooks Committee and Bookstore 1930-1951 Box 9

Transportation of Students 1936-1941 Box 9

Transportation of Students, Senate Committee 1946-1948 Box 9

Box 8
Tuition and Transportation Aid 1935-1950 ( 2 folders ) Box 8

Box 9
U-V General Correspondence 1942-1953 Box 9

University, Miscellaneous 1941-1955 ( 2 folders ) Box 9

Box 7
Veterans' Administration 1959 - 1060 Box 7

Box 9
Veterans' Agriculture Training 1946-1941 Box 9

Veterans' Training Program 1949-1954 Box 9

Box 7
Visits, Foreign 1955 Box 7

Box 9
W General Correspondence 1945-1956 Box 9

WPA Projects 1935-1939 Box 9

X Y Z General Correspondence 1943-1956 Box 9

Club Files

Box 17
4 -H Club 1924-1946 ( 3 folders ) Box 17

Box 19
Adelphic Literary Society 1898-1928 ( 8 folders ) Box 19

Box 16
Adult Farmers 1941 Box 16

Agrarian Year Book undated Box 16

Box 20
Alumni Association undated Box 20

Box 19
Alumni Literary Club 1897-1901 Box 19

Box 16
Alumni Memorial Plaque 1952-1954 Box 16

Alumni Minute Book 1928-1953 Box 16

Box 17
Athenian Literary Society 1910-1912 Box 17

Beaver Literary Society 1921-1929 Box 17

Bible Class 1948-1949 Box 17

Box 16
Bible Study Club 1946-1951 Box 16

Box 17
Boys Athletic Association 1921-1927 Box 17

Boys Self Government Dinning Hall Dorm 1935-1952 Box 17

Box 16
Camera Club 1946-1958 Box 16

Chorus 1948-1959 Box 16

Crops Judging Plant Science Club 1933-1952 Box 16

Dairy and Livestock Club 1946-1950 Box 16

Box 17
Dairy and Livestock Club 1917-1960 ( 4 folders ) Box 17

Box 16
Dances 1938-1959 Box 16

Dining Hall Committee 1956 Box 16

Box 17
Dramatic Club 1932-1933 Box 17

Dynamo-Owl Literary Society 1906-1948 ( 3 folders ) Box 17

Eagle's Literary Society 1928-1934 Box 17

Electi Militibus 1911-1920 Box 17

Estelle Literary Society 1911-1922 Box 17

Box 16
Extemporaneous Speaking Contest 1922-1958 Box 16

Box 17
Future Farmers of America 1951-1952 Box 17

Box 16
Future Farmers of America Alumni Chapters 1943-1954 Box 16

Girls Athletic Association 1947-1954 Box 16

Girls Dormitory Self-Government Association 1912-1939 Box 16

Box 17
Girls Self Government Brewster Hall 1929-1951 ( 3 folders ) Box 17

Girls Swimming Club 1920-1921 Box 17

Box 19-20
Gopher Literary Society 1899-1939 ( 7 folders ) Box 19-20

Box 17
Honor Scholarship Society 1927-1931 Box 17

Box 16
Indoor Track and Field Meet 1930-1960 ( 2 folders ) Box 16

Box 18
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of the United States. Prohibition League 1909 - 1912 Box 18

Box 16
International Relations Club 1932-1952 Box 16

Box 17
International Relations Club 1933-1938 Box 17

Box 18
International Relations Club 1942-1956 ( 2 folders ) Box 18

Last Man's Club Undated Box 18

Box 16
Letterman's Club 1925-1958 Box 16

Box 18
Letterman's Service Club 1948-1952 Box 18

Box 19
Literary Society 1899-1938 ( 5 folders ) Box 19

Box 18
Literary Union 1941-1942 Box 18

Box 16
Livestock Judging Contest 1953-1957 Box 16

Livestock Judging Team 1942-1951 Box 16

Box 18
Lutheran Student Association 1948-1958 Box 18

Box 16
Men's Self-Government Association 1912-1956 Box 16

Box 18
Men's Student Council 1926-1927 Box 18

Men's Student Council, Composition Book 1918-1926 Box 18

Box 16
Midwest Crop Judging Contest 1956-1958 Box 16

Box 18
Minnehaha Literary Society 1910-1922 ( 2 folders ) Box 18

Box 17
Minnesota Literary Society 1909-1911 Box 17

Box 28
Minnesota Literary Society 1905-1908, 1922-1927 ( 3 folders ) Box 28

Box 18
Newman Club 1934-1937 Box 18

Box 28
North Star Literary Society 1898-1938 ( 4 folders ) Box 28

Box 16
Old Fashioned Dance Party 1922-1952 Box 16

Box 18
Practical Nurses and Home Management Club 1949-1954 Box 18

Box 16
Practical Nursing Club undated Box 16

Religious Organizations 1935-1959 Box 16

Rifle Club 1947-1954 Box 16

Box 18
Rooster's Club 1920-1921 Box 18

Box 16
Rural Theater Players 1938-1959 Box 16

Box 18
Rural Theater Players Club 1938-1947 Box 18

Box 16
Rural Youth Organizations 1940-1949 Box 16

Box 19
School Entertainment Association 1924-1930 Box 19

Box 18
Script of Plays, Alumni undated Box 18

Self Government, Secretary Book 1934-1935 Box 18

Box 19
Ski-U-Mah Literary Society 1947-1948 Box 19

Box 16
Student Activities, Miscellaneous 1944-1958 Box 16

Box 18
Students Debating Society 1890-1896 ( 3 folders ) Box 18

Box 16
Toasters Club 1954-1958 Box 16

Box 18
Toasters Club 1949-1954 Box 18

Box 16
Wrestling Tournament 1946-1951 Box 16

Box 18-19
Young Woman Christian Association 1913-1920, 1943-1950 (2 folders) Box 18-19

Miscellaneous

Box 10
Aggie wool pennant 1917 Box 10
Note Pillow/cushion cover

Box 21
Alumni Register 1925-1933 ( 3 volumes ) Box 21

Box 28
Announcements undated Box 28

Box 20
Class List 1890-1958 Box 20

Box 28
Commencement Programs 1890-1960 Box 28
Note Some years missing

Faculty Meetings, Minutes undated Box 28

Final Assembly undated Box 28

Box 10
Glass negatives undated ( 13 negatives ) Box 10

Hoganson, Johanna, World Federation of Education Conference, Switzerland 1929 Box 10

Box 28
Home or Summer Project materia undated Box 28

Box 10
ICA Program 1957 Box 10

Box 28
Indoor Track and Field Meet undated Box 28

Little Journeys to the school of Agriculture undated Box 28

Box 16
Meat Market Ledgers Undated ( 6 volumes ) Box 16

Box 28
Miscellaneous Class Directories undated Box 28

Old Fashioned Dance Party undated Box 28

Student Activities Programs 1938-1956 Box 28
Note Some years missing

Student Work Committee Minutes undated Box 28

Surveys undated Box 28

"What's doing in your school of Agriculture" undated Box 28

Writing 1953,1955 ( 2 volumes ) Box 28

Reports

Box 4
Biennial Report to Dean of Agriculture 1920-1952 Box 4

Box 8
General Reports with Correspondence undated Box 8

Box 28
Student Self Government 1934-1935, 1945-1946 ( 2 folders ) Box 28

Student Work Committee undated Box 28

Sunday School Management Course 1945-1953 Box 28

Survey of Schools of Agriculture 1944-1949 Box 28

Transportation of Students and Staff Committee 1946-1948 Box 28

Veterans Education Council 1946 Box 28

Student Projects

Box 11
Field Record Book. Project work 1924-1932 ( 12 volumes ) Box 11

Box 12
Field Record Book. Project Work 1933-1937 ( 10 volumes ) Box 12

Box 13
Field Record Book. Project work 1938-1945 ( 9 volumes ) Box 13

Box 14
Field Record Book. Project work 1946-1952 ( 6 volumes ) Box 14

Box 15
Field Record Book. Project work 1953-1958 ( 6 volumes ) Box 15

Box 11
Projects Undated ( 2 folders ) Box 11

Publications

Box 20
Aggie Cultural 1957-1971 ( 5 volumes ) Box 20

Box 23-25
The Agrarian 1912-1959 ( 48 volumes ) Box 23-25

Box 20
The Agrarian 1960 ( 1 volume ) Box 20

Box 23
Agreview 1924-1940 ( 5 volumes ) Box 23

Box 25
Department of Agriculture Publications 1938,1980-1981 ( 2 volumes ) Box 25

Box 20
Faculty Regulation and Information for Students undated ( 1 box ) Box 20

Box 26-27
Red River Aggie 1918-1960 ( 50 volumes ) Box 26-27

Box 25
Self Government, Constitutions undated ( 2 volumes ) Box 25
Note For both girls and boys and self government groups.

Box 23
The Senior 1910-1911 ( 2 volumes ) Box 23

Scrapbooks

Box 22
Golden Years 1950-1951 ( 3 volumes ) Box 22

Practical Nurse's and Home Management Club 1949-1958 ( 2 folders ) Box 22

School of Agriculture Scrapbook 1904 Box 22