Eugene W. Hilgard field notebooks, 1849-1891.

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Eugene W. Hilgard field notebooks, 1849-1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81963119

Thirteen ms. notebooks detailing events and discoveries related to Hilgard's projects, surveys, and tours in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and California. The notebooks cover a number of topics relating to scientific application in agriculture (includes materials related to water resources, the locations of experimental stations, and exploration for coal and iron). Collection also includes a photograph of Hilgard (1855), 2 signed letters, and 6 telegrams relating to the post of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

1 box and 1 portfolio (.5 linear ft.)

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Hilgard, Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar), 1833-1916

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Eugene Woldemar Hilgard was born in Bavaria in 1833. He was raised in America and educated in the U.S., Switzerland, and Germany. Hilgard spent his professional life in the South and later in Calif. In his work and publications, he made contributions of great significance by furthering the application of scientific knowledge to the field of agriculture. As director of the Mississippi geological survey, and in his work elsewhere, he established himself as one of the first to recognize the relatio...