Papers, 1925-1968.

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Hughes, Harold De Mott, 1882-1969. Papers, 1925-1968.

Papers, 1925-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33420480

The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, published works by Hughes and his colleagues, unpublished writings by Hughes, scripts of his WOI radio talks, and photographs. The biographical materials include essays, tributes, speech manuscripts, ISU personnel information and press releases. The correspondence concerns crop research being conducted at other universities' experiment stations and seed farms. All the writings, published, unpublished, and the radio talk scripts focus on teaching agronomy, and changes in major agricultural crop research. The talks also deal with Mexican agriculture, Henry Wallace, hybrid corn, and Iowa history. The collection also contains background materials such as articles, pamphlets, studies, and reports on birdsfoot trefoil. The photographs include images of clover, corn, farm equipment, maps of U.S. and world food production, pasture improvement and preparation, individuals and groups of people, reed canary grass, and miscellaneous photos.

.84 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library