Vigfus Asmundson Papers 1932-1966

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Vigfus Asmundson Papers 1932-1966

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Vigfus Asmundson (1895-1974) served as Professor of Poultry Husbandry at the University of California, Davis from 1933-1967. His Papers contain two project files related to his research with poultry growth and reproduction in turkeys, as well as reprints of a number of his articles.

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

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University of California, Davis

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The University of California, Davis campus, originally known as the University Farm, was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1905. A committee appointed by the Regents purchased land near Davisville in 1906. The Regents officially took control of the property in September 1906 and constructed four buildings in 1907. By 1930, the campus had grown to 1,000 acres and by 1951, it had become 3,000 acres. In 2007, the campus has expanded to 5,300 acres, making it the largest UC campus in...

Asmundson, V. S. (Vigfus Samundur), 1895-1974

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Vigfus Samundur Asmundson was born on September 24, 1895 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He received a B.S. from the University of Saskatchewan (1918), an M.S. from Cornell University (1920), and a Ph.D in Genetics and Poultry Husbandry from the University of Wisconsin (1930). Asmundson joined the staff of the Poultry Husbandry Department at the University of British Columbia in 1920 and served there until 1932. He then came to the University of California at Berkeley as an associate in poultry husbandry...