Papers, 1891-1940.

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Papers, 1891-1940.

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These papers bulk with literary productions, both manuscripts and printed documents, dealing with agricultural topics and Knapp's academic positions. They also bulk with correspondence reflecting Dr. Knapp's work with universities and agricultural extensions, plus minor amounts of photographs, diaries, and scrapbook material. The photographs have been transferred to the University Archive Photographs collection. It consists of 11 postcards, 12 negatives, and 115 prints of images concerning agriculture, the Knapp family, an aerial view of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Poultry Farm (1929), food canning, animal husbandry, rice threshing, and farm demonstration work.

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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