Papers, 1887-1936.

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Papers, 1887-1936.

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Papers of Edward H. Farrington, a professor of dairy science at the University of Wisconsin, including personal and business correspondence with his brothers, Oliver C. Farrington, curator and geologist of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and Wallace R. Farrington, governor of Hawaii (1921-1929), and others. Also included are articles, speeches, annotated manuscripts, clippings, and materials relating to his patent for a butter tester. The collection also contains a scrapbook relating to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, and a copy of the will of Stephen M. Babcock, University of Wisconsin agricultural chemist.

1.1 c.f. (3 archives boxes); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Babcock, S. M. (Stephen Moulton), 1843-1931.

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Farrington, Edward H., 1860-1934.

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Farrington, Oliver C. (Oliver Cummings), 1864-1933

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Farrington, Wallace R. (Wallace Rider), 1871-1933

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