Augustus Jackson Brundage papers, 1910-1980.

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Augustus Jackson Brundage papers, 1910-1980.

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, newsletters, programs, films, slides, printed materials, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and other papers, relating to Brundage's attendance at Connecticut Agricultural College, his interest in university history, long career with the extension service (under its various names) including his promotion of state 4-H clubs, and family affairs. Includes materials concerning the deaths of his sons, Granville and Roger Brundage, both killed in action during World War II; and papers of his wife, Ruth (Miller) Brundage including scrapbook documenting her student days at Connecticut Agricultural College and files of Storrs Cemetery Association.

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Brundage, Augustus Jackson, 1890-

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College teacher and employee of University of Connecticut, Extension Service, of Storrs, Conn.; originally of Danbury, Conn. From the description of Augustus Jackson Brundage papers, 1910-1980. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28413242 Born in Danbury, Connecticut, on 19 August 1890, Augustus Jackson Brundage attended the Danbury public schools before entering the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs in September 1906. Brundage graduated in...

Connecticut Agricultural College. Extension Service

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Storrs Cemetery Association (Storrs, Conn.)

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University of Connecticut. Agricultural Extension Service

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Connecticut State College. Extension Service

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Connecticut Agricultural College

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Brundage family.

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University of Connecticut. Cooperative Extension Service.

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Three acts signed by President Lincoln in 1862 shaped the U.S. Agricultural history: the act authorizing a U.S. Department of Agriculture ; the Homestead Act, encouraging settlement of public domain lands; and the Morrill Act establishing land grant colleges in every state and placing instruction in agriculture and home economics in higher education. The history and formation of the Cooperative Extension Service dates back to The Hatch Act of 1887 which established a coo...

Brundage, Granville

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Brundage, Roger

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University of Connecticut.

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In 1931, the faculty of the University of Connecticut voted to offer comprehensive examinations in most degree programs to graduating seniors, and outgrowth of a report to the Committee on the Study of Honors (11/6/1930). The departments reported the results of the examinations and their recommendations to the Registrar and the Committees on Scholastic Standing and Degrees with Distinction. Degrees would then be awarded without distinction, with distinction or with highest distinction. The progr...