George W. Atherton papers, 1837-1950.

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George W. Atherton papers, 1837-1950.

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The collection consists of personal and presidential papers, pamphlets and clippings, photographs and memorabilia, diaries and personal journals collected by Atherton, his secretary, and his daughters. Subjects include: biographical sketches, Atherton's Civil War activity, his tenure as professor at Rutgers and on the New Jersey Tax Commission, and his presidency of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Other materials include family correspondence, Pennsylvania State College reports and information, state and federal legislation, and published pamphlets. Frequent correspondents include Henry E. Alvord, Henry P. Armsby, James A. Beaver, Theodore B. Comstock, Andrew G. Curtin, Henry H. Goodell, Abram W. Harris, William T. Hatch, Justin Morrill, Selim H. Peabody, Edwin E. Sparks, Harry H. Stock, and Charles W. Stone.

19 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7617435

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Rutgers University

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Beaver, James A. (James Addams), 1837-1914

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Colonel, 148th Pennsylvania regiment, Civil War; brevet brigadier general of volunteers, 1864; governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-1891; judge of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1895-1914. From the description of Letter : Bellefonte, Penn[sylvani]a, to Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington, D.C., 1893 April 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27045475 Lawyer, thrice wounded Colonel of the 148th Pennsylvania; Governor of Pennsylvania; Judge in the Superior Court o...

Association of American agricultural colleges and experiment stations

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Pennsylvania State College

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Govier, Helen Atherton, 1878-1976.

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Alvord, Henry E. (Henry Elijah), 1844-1904

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Atherton, Frances Washburn, d. 1913.

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Atherton, Frank.

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Atherton, George Washington, 1837-1906

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Professor of political science, history, and constitutional law at Rutgers College and president of Pennsylvania State College (later Pennsylvania State University). From the description of Papers, 1857-1878. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 28374919 George W. Atherton was a political scientist, historian, and Pennsylvania State College's seventh president (1882-1906). From the description of George W. Atherton papers, 1837-1950. (Pennsylvania State Univ...

Armsby, Henry Prentiss, 1853-1921

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Henry Prentiss Armsby was born 21 September 1853, in Northbridge, Massachusetts. In 1880, he authored "The Manual of Cattle Feeding," one of the first works in the English language to treat animal nutrition and digestion in a scientific manner. Armsby was a nationally known spokesperson for the concept of experiment stations as scientific rather than service units. He came to Pennsylvania State College in 1887 to direct its Experiment Station. He was appointed the first Dean of the School of Agr...

McElwain, Harriet A.

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Buckhout, Hariet Atherton, d. 1953.

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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938

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Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898

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Justin Smith Morrill (1810-1898), merchant, U.S. Representative and Senator from Vermont, authored the Morrill Tariff Act (1861) and the Land Grant College Act (1862). He chaired the Senate Finance Committee for many years (1877-79, 1881-93, 1895-98). From the description of Justin Smith Morrill Papers, 1825-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387635 Justin S. Morrill was a congressman and financier. From the guide to the Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, ...

Sparks, Edwin Erle, 1860-1924

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United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1865)

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Atherton family

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Atherton, Charles Morgan Herbert, 1873-1936

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Charles Atherton was the son of George Atherton, the 7th president of Pennsylvania State College. He graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1892 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He played both football and baseball while in college and traveled with sports teams after graduation. In 1906 he became the organist at the Jan Hus Settlement Church in New York City. Charles took charge of all the church and Sunday School music, as well as the athletics in the neighborhood house ad...