Edward Hopkins Jenkins papers, ca. 1872-1925.

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Jenkins, Edward H. (Edward Hopkins), b. 1850. Edward Hopkins Jenkins papers, ca. 1872-1925.

Edward Hopkins Jenkins papers, ca. 1872-1925.

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Personal papers, writings, publications, and family history of Edward Hopkins Jenkins. Jenkins was a chemist, director, and treasurer of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, Connecticut. A native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Hopkins was educated at Phillips Academy, Yale University, and Leipzig University in Germany. He received his PhD from Leipzig in 1876, and returned to the States to begin working at the Experiment Station. Additionally, between 1897 and 1903 Jenkins served as chairman of the State Sewerage Commission. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Foote) Jenkins, lived in New Haven. The family history work covers both the Jenkins and Foote families.

1 linear foot (2 boxes).

Connecticut Historical Society