Agricultural Engineering and Physics was first listed as a Course of Study for the University's College of Agriculture in the 1908-1909 Catalogue. At their January 24, 1919, meeting, the University Board of Regents voted "to approve the plan of separation of the Division of Agricultural Engineering into two divisions to be known respectively as Division of Farm Engineering and Division of Drainage, as recommended by the Dean of the Department of Agriculture." These two divisions were part of a new administrative organizational structure within the College of Agricultural, Forestry, and Home Economics, and they were combined to form the Agricultural Engineering Group. Questions then arose within the College about this organizational structure for professional courses in science related to agriculture, and at the Regents Agricultural Committee meeting on September 21, 1923, the Committee voted to abolish the Agricultural Engineering Group. Agricultural Engineering returned to a Division within the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics.
From the description of Department of Agricultural Engineering records, 1912-2004 (bulk 1920-1945). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 747532896
