Edwin C. Voorhies Papers 1925-1966

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Edwin C. Voorhies Papers 1925-1966

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Edwin C. Voorhies (1891-1967) served as Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California (1925-1958) and Dean of Students and Vice-Chair of the Statewide Department of Agricultural Economics (1952-1957). His papers contain correspondence, lecture notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and materials relating to the history and planning of the University of California, Davis.

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University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections

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Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927

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Voorhies, Edwin C. (Edwin Coblentz), 1891-1967

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