Agricultural Economics Department records, 1912-1949.

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Agricultural Economics Department records, 1912-1949.

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Series 1-5 concern the papers and correspondence of E.L. Currier and M.L. Wilson, followed by those of each of the department heads through 1949. These records are concerned with the overall administration of the department, but the files do not follow any alpha-numeric order within each box. Series 6 and Series 7 are the files of individual members of the department faculty or the extension service, with subdivisions based on individual name or staff position held. Series 8 concerns the origin, operation, and reports pertaining to the Fairway Farms Corporation and its individual farms. The numerous subdivisions in this series pertain to functional or individual farm topics. The last identified series consists of a miscellaneous batch of files retrieved from a closet in M.L. Wilson's office and are mostly, but not entirely, concerned with the Fairway Farms Corporation.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Wilson, M. L. 1885-1969.

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Montana State College. Dept. of Agricultural Economics.

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The roots of the Agricultural Economics Department at Montana State University reach back to the Farm Management program in 1913. Classes in the beginning stages were instructed by E.L. Currier, whose main priority was teaching basic accounting principles to working farmers after these practices were found to be deficient. With the passage of the Purnell Act in 1925, the college was granted much needed funds to begin a curriculum focusing on the agricultural economics field. Director Linfield di...

Currier, E. L. b. 1887.

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Fairway Farms Corporation

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Eckert, Robert S.

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Starch, Elmer A., 1898-1982

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Tootell, Robert B. (Robert Ballard), 1904-1971

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Renne, Roland Roger, 1905-

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Roland Roger Renne was born on 12 Dec. 1905 in Grenwich, N.J., the third of five children. Renne grew up helping his father farm and attended country schools. He applied for admission to Rutgers University and graduated with top honors in 1927. Renne went on to earn a PhD. in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1930. Following his graduation he joined the faculty of Montana State College in Bozeman as an assistant professor. In 1943 Renne became president of the college, a p...