Floyd Halleck Higgins collection, 1790-1982.

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Floyd Halleck Higgins collection, 1790-1982.

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Brochures, correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, serials, photographs, and posters relating to the development of agricultural machinery in the United States, Canada, and Europe, particularly the history of tractors and combines. Higgins' personal correspondence and manuscripts are now the Floyd Halleck Higgins Papers.

565.4 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780264

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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Higgins, Floyd Halleck, 1886-1975.

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Floyd Halleck Higgins was born on May 15, 1886, in Keokuk, Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State College in Ames, he moved to Chicago and western Canada to work in a variety of public relations positions including Director of Public Relations, National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers (1922-1926). Higgins moved to California in 1927 where he became the News Editor for Caterpillar Tractor Company. He immediately found that farm machinery history "was gathered by each company's ad men ...

University of California, Davis. Library

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Mostly 19th and early 20th century programs, including a large group of souvenir programs. From the description of Theatre programs collection: United States, 1800-2005. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 77008484 Material was collected by the Department of Special Collections as part of the African American History Collection. From the description of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969. (University ...