Department of Soils records 1911-1990s

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Department of Soils records 1911-1990s

Department of Soils records consists of committee, project and research reports, department reviews, planning documents, building information, correspondence, maps, field notebooks, data tables, newsletters, soil surveys, talks and writings, and photographs.

16 boxes (16.0 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618859

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Soil Science.

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The College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts section of the 1871 University Almanac included an instruction plan that noted students would study chemistry with the practical application of the “nature and origin of soils and their analysis.” The study of soils was included under the Agricultural Chemistry Course of Study in the College of Agriculture until the early 1900s, and in the 1906-1907 University Bulletin, Agricultural Chemistry and Soils was listed as a Cour...