Charles R. Burnham papers 1922-1993

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Charles R. Burnham papers 1922-1993

Collection contains papers, research notes and correspondence of Charles Burnham, professor of agronomy and cytogenetics at the University of Minnesota.

9 boxes (9.0 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619344

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Burnham, Charles R. (Charles Russel)

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Charles R. Burnham B.S., M.S., Ph.D.(1929), University of Wisconsin. National Research Fellow (1929-1938) at Cornell, Harvard, and the California Institute of Technology; Professor (1938-1972), Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. From the description of Charles R. Burnham papers, 1922-1993. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 748328950 Charles R. Burnham B.S., M.S., Ph.D.(1929), University of Wisconsin. Nat...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.

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Courses in field crops and seeds, crop breeding, thremmatology, and farm management were taught at the University’s College of Agriculture beginning in the 1890s, but Agronomy first appeared as a College of Agriculture course in the 1907-1908 University Catalogue. The 1911-1912 President’s Report noted that “the rapid growth of the collegiate attendance (in agriculture-related courses) has required considerable work in the organization and administration of the collegiate curriculum...