Papers, 1897-1944, 2001-2002.

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Papers, 1897-1944, 2001-2002.

Papers of George Simon Wehrwein, a specialist in agricultural economics who served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, 1928-1944. Wehrwein participated in research, writing, and radio broadcasting on many topics, related to farms, agricultural policy, rural living, government, and economic aspects of the Bible. The materials document his education, academic career, writings, participation in professional groups and governmental organizations, and his personal and family life. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1897-1944, and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

8.4 c.f. (19 archives boxes and 4 volumes); plusadditions of 0.6 c.f.,109 photographs,0.8 c.f. of negatives, and1 piece of ephemera.

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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) ...

Wehrwein, George S. (George Simon), 1883-1945

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George S. Wehrwein (1883-1945) was a long-time professor of land economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He also worked for the Department of Extension and taught agricultural economics at the University of Texas at Austin, ca. 1914-1917 and worked for the Office of Farm Markets at the University of Washington in Pullman, ca. 1918. From the guide to the George S. Wehrwein Albums 69-110., 1910-1929, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Au...