Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association Oral Histories.

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Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association Oral Histories.

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Interviews conducted in mid-1982 by Norwood Kerr under the sponsorship of the Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association. Interviewed are 11 men important in the development of Auburn's agricultural program: Frank Selman Arant, R.Y. Bailey, Wilbur B. DeVall, John Gray Goodman, E.L. Mayton, Robert Wallace Montgomery, Jesse Harold Neal, R. Dennis Rouse, E.V. Smith, Charles F. Simmons, and Dewey M. Turney.

10 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in., 1/4 in. tape and 11 transcripts.

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DeVall, Wilbur B.

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Smith, E. V. (Edwin Virginius), 1905-1984

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Smith took his Ph. D. in agriculture from Iowa State College in 1938. He served as assistant professor in plant biology at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), 1931-36, was promoted to associate professor in 1936, served as assistant dean and director of Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station (AES) 1949-51, and Dean of Agriculture / Director of AES 1951-72. From the description of Papers, 1941. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 45477622 ...

Montgomery, Robert Wallace.

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Simmons, Charles, 1924-....

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Arant, F. S. (Frank Selman), 1904-

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Arant was a native of Alabama who attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) then received his Ph. D. in entomology from Iowa State University (1937). After military service, 1942-46, where he worked in sanitation and public health, he taught at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Arant served as head of the Department of Zoology-Entomology, 1949-75. From the description of Papers, 1928-1986. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 38168797 ...

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Turney, Dewey M.

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Auburn University. College of Agriculture

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Goodman, John, engraver

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Rouse, R. Dennis.

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Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association.

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Neal, Jesse Harold, 1898-

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Mayton, E. L.

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Bailey, R. Y. (Richmond Young), 1893-

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Bailey was a pioneer of soil conservation programs for Alabama. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1916, and became the first state coordinator of the Soil and Water Conservation Service in 1934. He retired in 1957 after 41 years of state and regional soil conservation service. From the description of Papers, 1947-1978. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 22186500 ...