Walter Castella Coffey papers 1885-1955

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Walter Castella Coffey papers 1885-1955

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Collection contains personal and professional correspondence, speeches and writings, biographical information and clippings underscoring Walter Coffey’s interests in sheep breeding, agriculture, education and religion.

5 boxes (5.0 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619169

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Coffey, Walter Castella, 1876-1956.

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Walter Coffey was an educator at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota, and president of the University of Minnesota and of Hamline University in St. Paul MN. From the description of Walter Castella Coffey papers, 1909-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300701 Walter Castella Coffey, B.S. (1906), M.S. (1909), University of Illinois. Dean, Department of Agriculture (1921-1940), President (1941-1945), Universit...

University of Minnesota. College of Agriculture

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Agricultural education was provided for in the organization of the University by the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1851. When the first state legislature convened in 1858, one of the items approved during the inaugural session was an unfunded proposal to establish an “Agricultural Experiment Farm and Agricultural College” at Glencoe. After a decade of inaction at the Glencoe site, the proposed college became part of the overall plan for the University of Minnesota, which co...