Records, 1887-1980.

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Records, 1887-1980.

Contains records of both the College and the Experiment Station, generally created and maintained as a single body of records due to the policy of joint administration of both activities. Includes accounts, 1908-1921; annual reports, 1921-1967; experiments, 1905-1955; meteorological records, 1887-1893; correspondence, 1924, 1951-1980; articles; speeches; presentations; and photographs. Includes records of the Office of Dean and Director from the tenures of Marion J. Funchess, 1924-1951; E.V. Smith, 1951-1972; and Charles F. Simmons, 1951-1980.

74.33 cu. ft. (74 records center cartons and 1 archives box, legal) and.45 v. ; 54 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7257153

Auburn University.

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Auburn University. Dept. of Agriculture.

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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...

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Courses in agriculture have been taught at Auburn since the school became a land-grant institution in 1872; agricultural research at Auburn started with the creation of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1883, subsequently reorganized under the Hatch Act of 1887. Teaching functions of the College and research functions of the Experiment Station have been administered jointly throughout most of the 20th century. The College of Agriculture was established in 1985; it was previously know as the...

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