Papers, 1861-1939.

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Papers, 1861-1939.

This collection contains correspondence relating to True's professional activities in the University of Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Plant Industry (Dept. of Agriculture), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, and to his publications. There is also much personal correspondence and some travel diaries.

ca. 6000 items (6 linear ft.).

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University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

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On 11 February 1785 John Beale Bordley and twenty-two other Philadelphians formed the Society for "promoting a greater increase of the products of land within the United States," confining their attention to agriculture and rural affairs. From the description of Circular letter to establish experimental farm, 1818 November 28. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32829655 Established in 1785 to encourage new developments on agricultural practice and...

United States. Bureau of Plant Industry

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The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) formed in 1901 as a major consolidation of several independent units that all had in common the research of plant and crop science. The BPI had a major focus on doing its experimentation on farms. For its first forty years, the main research center for BPI was the Arlington (Virginia) Experimental farm. In addidition, the bureau investigated problems related to crop pests, and it also provided instruction programs for farmers around the country. Other major are...

True, Rodney H. (Rodney Howard), 1866-1940

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Rodney Howard True was a botanist and physiologist. From the description of Papers, 1861-1939. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616135 The botanist Rodney Howard True (1866-1940) was born and raised in southern Wisconsin, the son of the transplanted New Englanders, John M. and Mary Annie (Beede) True. A farmer, occasional schoolmaster, and state legislator, John True instilled in each of his five children a strong interest in educ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...