Papers, 1814-1931.

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Babcock, S. M. (Stephen Moulton), 1843-1931. Papers, 1814-1931.

Papers, 1814-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699495

Papers of Stephen Moulton Babcock (1843-1931), a University of Wisconsin professor and inventor of the Babcock milk fat content test, consisting of personal correspondence, account books, 1866-1926, Cornell University class books, brief and irregular diary entries for the years 1852-1882, memorandum books, 1906 lectures on dairy chemistry to the four-year agricultural students, a diploma of honorable mention from the Board of Lady Managers, the Columbian Exposition, December 27, 1894, a recipe book of May C. Babcock, and the recorded sound track from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Motion Picture Service film 161-T-B interviewing Babcock about his milk testing apparatus. The letters consist of early family correspondence of Stephen Babcock's father, Peleg B. Babcock, Bridgewater, New York, concerning his agricultural and dairy pursuits and political interests; letters from Babcock's classmates at Tufts College, Cornell, and Göttingen, Germany; some correspondence concerning chemical analysis and experimental dairy work; correspondence with his fiancee and wife, May Crandall, of Winfield, New York; letters of friends and relatives of both the Babcock and Crandall families; requests for autographs; letters from organizations and individuals soliciting funds; and letters from faculty colleagues and fellow scientists. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

5.3 c.f. (13 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and1 tape recording; plusadditions of 0.1 c.f. and9 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project