Oregon State University. Dept. of Horticulture.
Biographical notes:
Classes in horticulture were taught at Oregon State University as early as 1874 by B.J. Hawthorne. The Department of Horticulture and Botany was established in 1888. By 1909, the Horticulture Department had been formalized as part of the School of Agriculture.
From the description of Horticulture Department photographs, 1900-1980 (bulk 1900-1930). (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 236218522
From the guide to the Horticulture Department Photographs, 1900-1980, 1900-1930, (Oregon State University Libraries)
Classes in horticulture were taught at Oregon State University as early as 1874 by B.J. Hawthorne. The Department of Horticulture and Botany was established in 1888. By 1909, the Horticulture Department had been formalized as part of the School of Agriculture.
The Oregon State Horticultural Society was formed in 1885 and incorporated in 1909 as an educational organization working for the advancement of horticulture. The staff of the Horticulture Department at OSU were closely associated with the society from its beginnings. The society's secretary was traditionally the extension horticulturalist.
Claude Isaac Lewis was a Professor of Horticulture at Oregon Agricultural College from 1905 until 1920. Henry Hartman joined the horticulture faculty in 1919 as a pomologist; he served as a Professor of Horticulture until his retirement in 1960.
From the guide to the Horticulture Department Records, 1908-1994, 1950-1985, (Oregon State University Libraries)
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- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural machinery
- Agriculturalmachinery
- Agriculture
- Camouflage (Military science)
- Campusplanning
- College buildings
- College buildings
- Universities and colleges
- Corvallis
- Crops
- Crops
- Fruit
- Fruit
- Fruit culture
- Fruit-culture
- Greenhouses
- Greenhouses
- Horticulture
- Horticulture
- Horticulture
- Horticulturists
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- Oregon
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- Portland
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
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