Ben Madson papers, 1920-1956.

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Ben Madson papers, 1920-1956.

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The collection contains correspondence, field station research and progress reports, range management investigations and budgets, committee materials regarding the development of the University of California, College of Agriculture (now the University of California, Davis), and several photographs of field test plots.

0.4 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340664

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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