College of Agriculture records
Abstract
The teaching of agriculture at the University of Maryland began with the opening of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1859. The establishment of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station at the college almost thirty years later, in 1888, enhanced the focus on agriculture. The College Park campus of the University of Maryland, created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1920, was originally divided into thirteen educational units, including the College of Agriculture. The college underwent many name changes during its history and is now known as the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources. The records of the college primarily document the tenure of Gordon M. Cairns as dean and consist of correspondence, reports, committee information, appointment books, budget files, financial ledger books, and photographs.
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Historical Note
The teaching of agriculture at the University of Maryland began with the opening of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1859. The college initially offered courses in agriculture, chemistry, geology, mineralogy, surveying, veterinary surgery, botany, entomology, and ornithology, as well as courses not directly related to the field of agriculture, such as philosophy, history, English, and other modern and ancient languages. The establishment of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station at the college almost thirty years later, in 1888, enhanced the focus on agriculture. The station's original purpose was the investigation of those agricultural problems of most interest and concern to the farmers of the state and the publication and dissemination of the results of such experiments. It has worked closely with agricultural faculty, staff, and students since its inception. Agriculture remained a primary element of the curriculum when the Maryland General Assembly created the University of Maryland in 1920 by merging the campuses in Baltimore and College Park.
The new University of Maryland in College Park was originally divided into thirteen educational units, including the College of Agriculture. The college consisted of departments and courses in horticulture; agronomy; plant morphology and mycology; plant physiology; plant pathology; forestry; dairy husbandry; animal husbandry; and poultry husbandry. Subjects taught also included animal pathology and veterinary medicine; bacteriology and sanitation; geology and soils; farm management; zoology, which included general zoology, entomology, bee culture, and fish culture; farm equipment; and short courses in agriculture. P. W. Zimmerman, former professor of plant industry, was the first dean of the College of Agriculture. In 1925, Harry J. Patterson, who also served simultaneously as director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, succeeded Zimmerman. Patterson was followed by Thomas B. Symons in 1938, who held a joint appointment as director of the Extension Service.
After 1920, the focus of the university expanded beyond agriculture to become a more balanced center of learning, offering courses in a number of diverse fields including anthropology, Asian and East European languages and cultures, computer science, engineering, and a host of other majors in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The university grew enormously during the years after World War II. Gordon M. Cairns (1951-1979) led the college for the majority of this period of change, and the college remained an active part of the campus, as well as the local, national, and world agricultural communities.
Following the tenure of Gordon Cairns as Dean of the College of Agriculture, the college underwent a rapid succession of leaders: Earl H. Brown (1980-1981), Larry N. Vanderhoef, acting (1981-1982), Donald A. Hegwood (1982-1986), Raymond J. Miller (1986-1989), Paul H. Mazzocchi, acting (1989-1993), and Craig Oliver, interim (1993-1994). Thomas A. Fretz served as dean of the college for ten years from 1994-2004. After Fretz stepped down to become Execturive Director of theNortheastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Directors, Bruce Gardner served as acting dean until the current dean, Cheng-i Wei, accepted the position in 2006.
In 1995, the College of Agriculture became the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the administrative home of the Agricultural Experiment Station. The college offers a variety of academic programs that apply science, management, design, and engineering to improve the environmental and agricultural conditions of the world. Although agriculture is no longer the main focus of the University of Maryland, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources currently maintains an enrollment of approximately one thousand undergraduate and graduate students.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The records of the College of Agriculture span the period 1916 to 1973. The bulk of the materials date from 1951 to 1969, during the tenure of Gordon M. Cairns as dean of the college. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, committee information, Dean Cairns' appointment books, budget files, financial ledger books, and photographs. Among the chief correspondents are members of the faculty of the College of Agriculture, including Robert Lamar Green, Morley A. Jull, Wendell S. Arbuckle, Ronald Bamford, and William E. Bickley, as well as members of the wider campus community, including Dean R. Lee Hornbake, Executive Vice President Albin O. Kuhn, Acting University President Thomas B. Symons, and University of Maryland President Wilson H. Elkins. Correspondents of note outside of the University of Maryland include United States Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman; President Galo Plaza of Ecuador; and business leader Franklin P. Perdue.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
The University of Maryland Libraries received the records of the College of Agriculture from Gordon M. Cairns, dean of the College of Agriculture, in August 1973.
Processing Information
Processed by Michelle DeMartino, October 1997. Guide revised by Elizabeth A. McAllister, April 2006.
Processing of the records of the College of Agriculture began in August 1997. Three series were created from the records. University publications were transferred to the University Publications collection. Meeting minutes of the University Senate were transferred to the Records of the University Senate; duplicate copies of the minutes were discarded. One box of ballots from the 1954 election of district supervisors for the Howard soil conservation district was destroyed. A manual pocket adding machine, including case, instructions, and stylus, was removed and transferred to the memorabilia collection. The records also contained seven and a half linear feet of Cooperative Extension Service annual reports which were removed and transferred to the Records of the Cooperative Extension Service. Some personnel information, regarding faculty and staff of the College of Agriculture as well as prospective candidates for positions within the college, was destroyed. Maps and architectural drawings were removed from Series I: Administrative Files and placed in oversize storage. Photographs were removed and transferred to the photograph collection. Paper clips and staples were removed and replaced by strips of acid-free paper and inert plastic clips. The materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.
EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup completed by Dan Schwartz, April 2006. Markup checked and verified by Jennie A. Levine and Elizabeth A. McAllister, April 2006.
Arrangement of Collection
The collection is organized as three series:
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Administrative Files, 1918-1973 (19 linear feet)
This series consists of reports, correspondence, conference and convention materials, and information on faculty and departmental concerns, the University of Maryland, and national and regional professional associations. The series also contains one ledger book containing enrollment information for correspondence courses offered in 1921. These materials document the day-to-day operations of the College of Agriculture and the activities of Dean Gordon M. Cairns. The series contains a number of files which are restricted. These files, containing personal information about faculty, students, and other individuals associated with the university, are closed to researchers for a period of seventy-five years or until the deaths of the individuals. The files are arranged alphabetically by personal name or subject.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-H Dairy Judging Team, 1939-1956 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| 4-H Dairy Judging Team, 1939-1956 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| 4-H Dairy Judging Team, 1939-1956 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Agricultural Alumni, 1950-1958 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Agricultural Council, College of Agriculture, 1949-1963 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 1961-1965 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Agronomy-Dairy Research Farm, 1956-1960 and undated | series 1 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Appointment Books-Cairns, Gordon M, 1951-1960 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Appointment Books-Cairns, Gordon M, 1951-1960 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Appointment Books-Cairns, Gordon M, 1961-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Appointment Books-Cairns, Gordon M, 1961-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Barn Plans -- Agricultural Engineering, 1948, 1958-1959 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Barn Plans -- Animal Husbandry, 1948 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Board of Natural Resources, 1962-1971 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Board of Natural Resources, 1962-1971 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Board of Natural Resources, 1962-1971 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Board of Natural Resources, 1962-1971 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Board of Natural Resources, 1962-1971 and undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Budget, 1951 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Budget, 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Budget, 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Budget, 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Budget, 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Capital Improvements, 1950-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Capital Improvements, 1950-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Capital Improvements, 1950-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Capital Improvements, 1958-1963 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Centennial, University of Maryland, 1956, 1962 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Central Farm, 1956-1959 and undated | series 1 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Commissioners of Agriculture, 1957 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Commissioners of Agriculture -- Executive Committee, June-September 1960 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Commissioners of Agriculture -- Executive Committee -- Meeting, February 1957, 1956-1956 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Commissioners of Agriculture -- Executive Committee -- Meeting, December 1960, 1960-1961 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Commissions-Water Resources Commission, 1954-1959 | series 1 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| Commissions-Water Resources Commission, 1966-1967 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Committees -- Agricultural Activities, Committee on the Coordination of, 1952-1955 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Committees -- American Guernsey Type Committee, 1953-1965 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Committees -- American Guernsey Type Committee, 1953-1965 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Committees -- Boys and Girls Club Work, National Committee on, 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Committees -- Enrollment, College of Agriculture Committee on, 1963 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Committees -- Land-Grant Centennial Committee, 1959-1962 | series 1 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Committees -- Market Conditions in Baltimore, Committee to Investigate, 1953-1955 and undated | series 1 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| Committees -- Market Order Study Committee, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| Committees -- Nuclear Energy, Governor's Advisory Committee on, 1959-1960 | series 1 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
| Committees -- Nuclear Energy, Governor's Advisory Committee on, 1961-1966 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
| Committees -- Nuclear Energy, Governor's Advisory Committee on, 1961-1966 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
| Committees -- Nuclear Studies, Committee on-Report to President Wilson H. Elkins, 1957 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
| Committees -- Organization of the Faculty of the College of Agriculture, Committee on, 1955-1957 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
| Committees -- Railroad Committee, 1952-1953 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
| Committees -- Regents Distinguished Service Award Committee, 1959-1960 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
| Committees -- Remission of Fees, Committee on Rules Governing, 1951, 1958, 1961 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
| Committees -- Title and Salary Adjustments, Committee on, 1948-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
| Committees -- University Senate, Executive Committee of the, 1958-1959 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
| Committees -- Western Maryland Resource Study Committee, 1960, 1965 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
| Conferences -- Conference on Agricultural Services to Foreign Areas, 1958 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
| Conferences -- Conference on Foreign Agricultural Training Affairs, Northeast Region, 1965-1966 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 12 | |
| Conferences -- Conference on University Contracts Abroad, 1957 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 13 | |
| Conferences -- Dean's Conference on Poultry Work, 1956-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 7 | folder 14 | |
| Conferences -- Land and People Conference, 1962 | series 1 | box 7 | folder 15 | |
| Conferences -- Second Northeast Regional Invitational Alfalfa Weevil Conference, September 1965 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 1 | |
| Conservation Education Council of Maryland, 1969-1970 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 2 | |
| Corn Work, 1931-1935, 1943-1944 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- 'A', 1951-1961 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Abrams, George J. (Entomology), 1957-1965 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Agreement No. AIDc-2309, 1961-1962 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Agricultural Economics, Department of, Headship, 1955-1960 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 8 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Ahalt, Arthur, 1950-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 8 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Air Conditioning, 1955-1963 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Alampi, Phillip, 1959-1962 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Allan, Byron G., 1961-1964 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- American Guernsey Cattle Club, 1951-1953 | series 1 | box 8 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- American Guernsey Cattle Club, 1954-1956 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Animal Disease Laboratory, 1956 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Anslinger, Clementine B., 1960 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 9 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Arbuckle, Wendell S., 1951-1952 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- 'B', 1958-1962 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Bamford, Ronald, 1951-1956 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 9 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Barnes, Jack C. (Graduate Assistant Stipend), 1963 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Beall, J. Glenn, 1957-1956, 1964, 1971 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Beck, Glenn H., 1953-1956 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Benjamin, Harold H., 1958-1959, 1966, 1969-1973 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Bentz, Frank L., 1956-1961 and undated | series 1 | box 9 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Bickley, William E., 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 9 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Bickley, William E., 1958-1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Bickley, William E., 1960-1961 | series 1 | box 10 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Bickley, William E., 1962, 1965 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Bissell, Theodore L., 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 10 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Bird Depredation, 1963-1966 and undated | series 1 | box 10 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Blakeford Farms, 1954-1956 and undated | series 1 | box 10 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Bohana, Luther, 1956 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Bopst, L. E., 1957-1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Botany, Department of, 1963 and undated | series 1 | box 10 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Brigham, David L., 1956-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Brinsfield, C. S., 1952-1961 | series 1 | box 10 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Bruce, Robert L., 1952-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 10 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Brueckner, A. L., 1954-1960 | series 1 | box 10 | folder 13 | |
| Correspondence -- Budget, 1962-1963 | series 1 | box 10 | folder 14 | |
| Correspondence -- Burdette, Franklin L., 1965-1971 | series 1 | box 11 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Byrne, Robert J., 1957-1962 and undated | series 1 | box 11 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- 'C', 1958-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 11 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Cardozier, V. R., 1960-1963, 1969 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 11 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Carpenter, Ray W., 1952-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 11 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Chumney, Richard B., 1958-1961 | series 1 | box 11 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Cissel, C. Wilbur, 1951-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 11 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Cissel, C. Wilbur, 1951-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 11 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Commissioners of Agriculture, 1959-1961 | series 1 | box 11 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Commissioners of Agriculture, 1962-1965 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Commissioners of Agriculture, 1962-1965 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Commissioners of Agriculture, 1962-1965 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Commissioners of Agriculture, 1962-1965 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Corcoran, Thomas J., 1960-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 12 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Cory, Ernest N., 1951-1953 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Cory, Ernest N., 1954-1956 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 12 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Cotterman, Harold F., 1950-1956 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Cottman, Harry, 1960-1962 | series 1 | box 12 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Crisfield Seafood Laboratory, 1953-1955 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 12 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Crothers, John L., 1959-1961 | series 1 | box 13 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Curtis, John M., 1951, 1961-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 13 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Dairy Council of the Upper Chesapeake Bay, 1961-1969 | series 1 | box 13 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Davis, Richard F., 1956-1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 13 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Davis, Richard F., 1958-1960 | series 1 | box 13 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Davis, Richard F., 1958-1960 | series 1 | box 13 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Davis, Richard F., 1961-1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 13 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Day, M. Hanford, 1958-1962 | series 1 | box 14 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- DeVault, S. H., 1950-1951 | series 1 | box 14 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Diagnostic Laboratory, Poultry Facilities at Salisbury, 1957-1960 and undated | series 1 | box 14 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Dickson, Donald W., 1956-1961 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 14 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Downey, Mylo, 1950-1955 and undated | series 1 | box 14 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Durfee, Arthur, 1947, 1950-1955 | series 1 | box 14 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- 'E', 1950-1963 | series 1 | box 14 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Eastern Shore Poultry Growers' Exchange, Inc., 1959 | series 1 | box 14 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1954-June 1955 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 14 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1954-June 1955 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 14 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1955-June 1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 15 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1955-June 1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 15 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1955-June 1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 15 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1955-June 1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 15 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1955-June 1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 15 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July-December 1957 | series 1 | box 15 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1958 | series 1 | box 16 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 16 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 16 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1960 | series 1 | box 16 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1961-June 1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 16 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., 1961-June 1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 16 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1962-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 17 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1962-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 17 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Elkins, Dr. Wilson H., July 1962-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 17 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Ellington, Charles P., 1961-1963 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Entomology, Head of Department, 1956-1958 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 17 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Eppley, Geary, 1950-1953 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Evaluation Team for Cornell University, 1957 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Evans, J. C., 1951-1952 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Farmers' Livestock Exchange, 1962-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 17 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1955, 1957-1961 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1955, 1957-1961 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1955, 1957-1961 | series 1 | box 17 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1962-1963 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Ferguson, James R., 1956-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 18 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Figy, Charles, 1956-1961 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Fischer, Harry, 1956-1962 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Fischer, Harry, 1956-1962 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Fischer, Harry, 1956-1962 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Fischer, Harry, 1963-1965 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 18 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Five Day Week Arrangement, 1956 | series 1 | box 18 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Fogg, George, 1959-1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 18 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Fogg, George, 1963 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Foreign Agriculture Service-Drinker, Gertrude, 1954 and undated | series 1 | box 19 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Foster, John E., 1951-1962 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Freeman, Orville L., 1963-1967 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Frozen Semen, May 1955 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Frozen Semen -- Letters Used in Survey, 1955 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Frye, James T., 1958-1966 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 19 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Galbreath, Paul M., 1955-1964 | series 1 | box 19 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Green, Robert Lamar, 1948-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 19 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Green, Robert Lamar, 1962-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 20 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Green, Robert Lamar, 1962-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 20 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- 'H', 1962-1963 | series 1 | box 20 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Hamilton, A. B., 1950-1965 and undated | series 1 | box 20 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Hamilton, A. B., 1950-1965 and undated | series 1 | box 20 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Hancock, Willis T., 1961-1964 | series 1 | box 20 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Harris, Grover, 1956, 1960, 1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 20 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Hartman, Jacob L., 1960-1962 | series 1 | box 20 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Haut, I. C., 1942, 1951-1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 20 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Haut, I. C., 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 20 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Hearne, Cannon, 1954-1967 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Hearne, Cannon, 1954-1967 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Hearne, Cannon -- Special Courses, 1957 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Holstein-Fresian Association of America, 1955-1965 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Hornbake, R. Lee, 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Hornbake, R. Lee, 1958-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 21 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Hornbake, R. Lee, 1958-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 21 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Hornbake, R. Lee, 1962 | series 1 | box 21 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Hornbake, R. Lee, 1963 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Horse (Light) Program, 1955-1957 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Horticulture, Department of, 1963 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- 'J', 1960-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Japanese Beetle Control, 1957-1958 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Jull, Morley A., 1951-1955 and undated | series 1 | box 22 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Keeney, Mark, 1952-1953 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Keller, Venia M., 1950-1951, 1958 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Kemp, William B., 1950-1951 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Kramer, Amihud (Horticulture), 1958-1964 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Krauss, Robert W., 1954-1965 | series 1 | box 22 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Krewatch, Albert V., 1957-1965 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Kuhn, Albin O., 1955-1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 13 | |
| Correspondence -- Kuhn, Albin O., 1955-1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 22 | folder 14 | |
| Correspondence -- Kuhn, Albin O., 1960-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Kuhn, Albin O., 1960-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Kuhn, Albin O., 1964 | series 1 | box 23 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Ladson, Thomas A., 1952-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Ladson, Thomas A., 1952-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Langford, George S., 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 23 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Langston, William G., 1959, 1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Liden, Conrad H., 1958-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 23 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Lockard, J. David, 1963-1964 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Low, Florence W., 1952-1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- 'M', 1957-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 23 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Magruder, John W., 1948-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Mahoney, John E., 1956-1960 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Mahoney, John E., 1961-1968 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association, 1956-1958 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Maryland Council of Agricultural Cooperatives, 1959-1961 and undated | series 1 | box 24 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Maryland Department of Economic Development, 1959-1965 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Maryland Tobacco Improvement Foundation, Inc., 1956-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 24 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- McCartney, Robert J., 1957-1963 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- McKeown, Charles B., 1958-1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Mester, Edmund, Assistant to Governor, 1961-1967 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Meyer, Amos R., 1951-1962 and undated | series 1 | box 24 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Miller, James R., 1966-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Milligan, John L., 1962-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 24 | folder 13 | |
| Correspondence -- Morrison, George W., 1951-1952 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 14 | |
| Correspondence -- Murphy, Robert C., Special Assistant Attorney General for the University of Maryland, 1960-1962 | series 1 | box 24 | folder 15 | |
| Correspondence -- Newdick, E. L., Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, 1960-1961 | series 1 | box 25 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Newell, S. R., Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. D. A., 1958-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 25 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Nystrom, Paul E., 1953-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 25 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Nystrom, Paul E., 1953-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 25 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Oliver, Margaret, 1957-1964 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 25 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Otten Farm (Animal Husbandry), 1951-1953 | series 1 | box 25 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Perdue, Franklin P., 1960-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 25 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Posey, W. B., 1948-1954 | series 1 | box 25 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Potato Situation, July 1961 | series 1 | box 25 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Pou, John W., 1951-1953 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 25 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Pou, John W., 1951-1953 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 25 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Poultry, 1954-1962 and undated | series 1 | box 25 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Poultry -- Disposal of Dead Birds, 1960-1961 and undated | series 1 | box 26 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Preinkert, Alma, 1951-1953 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Raemsch, Robert P., 1963-1964 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Reid, James L., 1962-1965 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Rice, Wade H. (Poultry Department), 1950-1960 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Rohrer, Wayne C., 1959 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Romoser, G. Lynn, 1956-1957 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Rothgeb, R. G., 1956-1963 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Rouse, James W. (Howard County Community Research and Development), 1963 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Rovelstad, Howard, 1951-1953 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Ryan, John M., 1954-1956 | series 1 | box 26 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- 'S', 1959-1966 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Santelmann, Paul W., 1957-1960 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 13 | |
| Correspondence -- Schabinger, John R., 1960-1964 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 14 | |
| Correspondence -- Schultz, Vincent, 1956-1960 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 15 | |
| Correspondence -- Sealtest, 1960-1962 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 16 | |
| Correspondence -- Shaffner, Clyne S., 1955-1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 17 | |
| Correspondence -- Shaffner, Clyne S., 1955-1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 26 | folder 18 | |
| Correspondence -- Shaffner, Clyne S., 1963-1965 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 27 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Shaw, Joseph C., 1951-1958 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- Shaw, Joseph C., 1951-1958 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- Shoemaker, Samuel, 1918-1919 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Shull, S. Cabell, 1956-1957 and undated | series 1 | box 27 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Smith, Harold D., 1956-1962 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Solomon, Darwin D., 1956 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 27 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Steinberg, S. S., 1954-57 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Stier, Howard L., 1950-51 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Sutliff, Vincent E., 1948, 1959, 1962-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 27 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Swope, Daniel A., 1961-1967 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 27 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Symons, Dr. Thomas B. (Acting President January 1- September 1, 1954), 1950-1970 and undated | series 1 | box 27 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence -- Testov, Leonid, 1962 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 27 | folder 13 | |
| Correspondence -- Tobacco Inspection Office, 1965-1966 and undated | series 1 | box 27 | folder 14 | |
| Correspondence -- Towne, Elmer E., 1962 | series 1 | box 27 | folder 15 | |
| Correspondence -- Tri-State Packers' Association, 1956-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 28 | folder 1 | |
| Correspondence -- Turner, Naomi, 1953 and undated [Restricted] | series 1 | box 28 | folder 2 | |
| Correspondence -- U. S. D. A. Washington, D. C., Marketing Area, 1966-1968 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 3 | |
| Correspondence -- 'W', 1951-1962 and undated | series 1 | box 28 | folder 4 | |
| Correspondence -- Wagner, Robert E., 1956-1960 and undated | series 1 | box 28 | folder 5 | |
| Correspondence -- Warner, Kenneth F., 1957-1964 and undated | series 1 | box 28 | folder 6 | |
| Correspondence -- Weather Service, 1954-1968 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 7 | |
| Correspondence -- Weber, George O., 1952-1965 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 8 | |
| Correspondence -- Weber, George O., 1952-1965 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 9 | |
| Correspondence -- Welsh, Mark, 1959-1965 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 10 | |
| Correspondence -- Williams, Justin, 1963-1964 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 11 | |
| Correspondence -- Zoning, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 12 | |
| Correspondence Courses, Enrollment (Includes Oversize), c. 1919-1922 | series 1 | box 28 | folder 13 | |
| Council of State Governments, 1963-1964 and undated | series 1 | box 28 | folder 14 | |
| Council of State Governments -- Southern Regional Committee on Agriculture, 1961-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 29 | folder 1 | |
| Delaware Valley Federal Milk Order, 1964-1969 and undated | series 1 | box 29 | folder 2 | |
| Delmarva Poultry Industry, 1960-1962 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 3 | |
| Delmarva Poultry Industry, 1960-1962 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 4 | |
| Delmarva Poultry Industry -- Freight Rates, 1962 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 5 | |
| Farms Operated by State Institutions (Maryland), 1953 and undated | series 1 | box 29 | folder 6 | |
| Fee to Cover the Cost of Special Services, 1954 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 7 | |
| Feed Grain Program, 1961-1963 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 8 | |
| Florida State Fair, 1953-1957 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 9 | |
| Foreign Agriculture Contact Representatives Meeting, 1953-1955 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 10 | |
| Foreign Agriculture Contact Representatives Meeting, 1953-1955 | series 1 | box 29 | folder 11 | |
| Foreign Agriculture Contact Representatives Meeting, 1956 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 1 | |
| Gifts and Grants to the University of Maryland, 1955-1957 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 2 | |
| Irrigation and Water Resources, 1960-1964 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 3 | |
| Land Grant -- Executive Committee, Division of Agriculture, 1962-1963 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 4 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1964 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 5 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1964 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 6 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings -- November 1960, Washington, D. C., 1960 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 7 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings -- November 1961, Kansas City, Missouri, 1961 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 8 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings -- November 1962, Washington, D. C., 1962-1963 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 9 | |
| Land Grant -- Meetings -- November 10-13, 1963, Chicago, 1963 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 10 | |
| Land Use on Farms, 1964 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 11 | |
| Maryland Fancy Grade for Eggs, 1949, 1956 and undated | series 1 | box 30 | folder 12 | |
| Maryland Farm Bureau, 1928, 1951-1964 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 13 | |
| Maryland Hereford Breeders' Association, 1959 | series 1 | box 30 | folder 14 | |
| Maryland Purebred Beef Cattle Producers, Inc., 1954-1961 and undated | series 1 | box 31 | folder 1 | |
| Maryland State Grange, 1951-1960 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 2 | |
| National Advisory Council on Rural Civil Defense, 1951, 1956-1959 and undated | series 1 | box 31 | folder 3 | |
| National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture, 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 4 | |
| National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture -- 37th Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1955 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 5 | |
| National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture -- 38th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, 1956 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 6 | |
| National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture -- 39th Annual Convention, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1956-1958 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 7 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1961-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 31 | folder 8 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1961-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 31 | folder 9 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- Executive Committee, 1963 | series 1 | box 31 | folder 10 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- 40th Annual Convention, Madison, Wisconsin, 1958 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 1 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- 41st Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, 1959 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 2 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- 42nd Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, 1960 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 3 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- 45th Annual Convention, Proceedings, September 22-26, 1963 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 4 | |
| National Association of State Departments of Agriculture -- Resolutions, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1961 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 5 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1955-1958 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 6 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1955-1958 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 7 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1955-1958 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 8 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1955-1958 | series 1 | box 32 | folder 9 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1959-1963 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 1 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1959-1963 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 2 | |
| New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market Authority, 1959-1963 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 3 | |
| North Central Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture, 1957, 1961 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 4 | |
| Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1955-1961 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 5 | |
| Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1955-1961 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 6 | |
| Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1955-1961 | series 1 | box 33 | folder 7 | |
| Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 1962-1964 and undated | series 1 | box 34 | folder 1 | |
| Poultry -- Course at the University of Maryland (Students from Yugoslavia), 1963 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 2 | |
| Poultry -- Meeting, Salisbury, Maryland, 1960 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 3 | |
| Poultry -- Products Inspection Law, 1956-1957 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 4 | |
| Poultry -- Program Summaries, 1952-1963 and undated | series 1 | box 34 | folder 5 | |
| Professional Improvement Opportunities-Extension Service Personnel, 1955, 1959-1960 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 6 | |
| Receipts-Gas and Oil, 1933-1934 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 7 | |
| Reports -- Agricultural Curriculum Committee on Training of Agricultural Students in Entomology and Plant Pathology, Reports of, 1952 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 8 | |
| Reports -- Agricultural Program at the University of Maryland (Material Prepared for Alumni Group), 1954 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 9 | |
| Reports -- Agriculture, Reports on, to Governor William Preston Lane, Jr., 1949-1951 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 10 | |
| Reports -- Daily Work Reports, Stoskopf, Byron, 1954-1963 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 11 | |
| Reports -- Fisheries, Reports on-Evers, Clifford F., 1950-1951 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 12 | |
| Reports -- General Education Requirements, Task Force Report on, 1963 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 13 | |
| Reports -- Maryland Agriculture, Report on, 1961 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 14 | |
| Reports -- Progress and Accomplishments in Tobacco Research, 1947-1948, 1954 and undated | series 1 | box 34 | folder 15 | |
| Reports -- Western Maryland 4-H Center, 1959-1962 | series 1 | box 34 | folder 16 | |
| Reports -- "Your State University Reports", 1956-1967 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 1 | |
| Rural Women's Short Course, 1923 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 2 | |
| State Board of Agriculture-Commission to Study Formation, 1957-1961 and undated | series 1 | box 35 | folder 3 | |
| Ten Year Plan, 1959 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 4 | |
| Tobacco Analysis, Summary, 1953, 1961 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 5 | |
| Trips -- Chile (Holstein-Fresian Association of America), 1960-1961 [Restricted] | series 1 | box 35 | folder 6 | |
| Trips -- Columbia and Peru (Holstein-Fresian Association of America), 1963 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 7 | |
| Trips -- Dairy Judging, 1954-1961 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 8 | |
| Trips -- Ecuador, 1951-1955 and undated | series 1 | box 35 | folder 9 | |
| Trips -- Uganda (Drs. Green and Decker), 1965 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 10 | |
| University Property, 1957 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 11 | |
| Water Supply and Requirements Study, 1960-1963 | series 1 | box 35 | folder 12 | |
Series 2: Ledgers, 1916-1953 (7 volumes)
This series consists of seven ledger books containing information relating to the Maryland Agricultural Society, the Southern Maryland Immigration Commission, the Advanced Registry Testing Fund, the National Rural Electric Project, and the Cooperative Extension Service. These books, and the loose correspondence found within them, span the dates 1918 to 1953. They primarily contain treasurers' accounts from the various organizations.
The Maryland Agricultural Society was incorporated by the state of Maryland in 1823, to promote agricultural and family domestic manufactures. By 1916, its purpose had become "to foster and develop the agricultural resources of Maryland and to utilize all agencies intended to further the interests of rural people and to promote the welfare of the State." Among the officers of the Society in 1916 were Thomas B. Symons and Ernest N. Cory, both of the University of Maryland. Dr. Symons was dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Maryland from 1939 until 1950, and his successor as dean, Gordon M. Cairns, also took his place as treasurer of the society, which explains the presence of the accounts in the records of the College of Agriculture.
The Southern Maryland Immigration Commission was created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1922 for the purpose of advertising Southern Maryland and its resources as effectively as possible to entice people to settle there. The University of Maryland provided office space for the commission on campus, and the university president was a member of the group. In 1922, Dr. Symons took over the position of secretary for the organization.
One of the ledger books contains the accounts of four of the organizations, the Maryland Agricultural Society, the Southern Maryland Immigration Commission, the Advanced Registry Testing Fund, and the National Rural Electric Project.
The series is arranged alphabetically.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Extension Service (Includes Oversize), 1916-1924 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Maryland Agricultural Society, 1921-1925 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Maryland Agricultural Society -- Disbursements by Treasurer, 1925-1930 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Maryland Agricultural Society, Southern Maryland Immigration Commission, Advanced Registry Testing Fund, National Rural Electric Project (Includes Oversize), 1924-1953 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Southern Maryland Immigration Commission, 1922-1925 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Southern Maryland Immigration Commission, 1922-1925 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Southern Maryland Immigration Commission -- Treasurers' Accounts, 1922-1926 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
Series 3: Photographs, 1939-1961 and undated (99 items)
This series contains ninety-nine photographs whose subjects include Dean Gordon M. Cairns and other members of the faculty and staff of the College of Agriculture; professional meetings and conferences; foreign visitors; dairy judging trips to Europe and South America; local 4-H members; and various agricultural scenes. These materials have been transferred to the photograph collection.
The box inventory for this series is not currently available online. Please refer to the series description above for a broad description of the materials or contact the department for more information.
Related Material
The Archives and Manuscripts Department holds many collections relating to agriculture in the state, particularly those concerning the university's involvement in agricultural ventures. Related materials can be found within the University Publications collection: UPUB A37, Agriculture, College of. The Archives and Manuscripts Department also contains the papers of Robert Lamar Green, Ronald Bamford, and Morley Jull, professors and heads of the departments of agricultural engineering, botany, and poultry science, respectively. The department also holds the papers of Harry J. Patterson, who served as Dean of the College of Agriculture from 1925 to 1938, and Thomas B. Symons, who served as Dean from 1938 to 1951. Additional department holdings include the records of the departments of botany, entomology, horticulture, agriculture and resource economics, and poultry science, as well as the records of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service.
For other related archival and manuscript collections, please see the following subject guides.
Selected Search Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the University of Maryland Libraries' Catalog. Researchers desiring related materials about these topics, names, or places may search the Catalog using these headings.
Subjects
- Agricultural colleges -- Maryland -- History -- Sources
- University of Maryland, College Park. College of Agriculture -- Administration -- Sources
- University of Maryland, College Park. -- College of Agriculture -- Archives
Names (Added Entries)
- Bickley, William E. (William Elbert), 1914-
- Cairns, G. M. (Gordon Mann), 1911-1992
- Elkins, Wilson H.
- Hornbake, R. Lee (Ralph Lee), 1912-
- Kuhn, Albin Owings, 1916-
- Maryland Agricultural Society
- Plaza Lasso, Galo, 1906-
- Southern Maryland Immigration Service
- Symons, Thomas B. (Thomas Baddeley), b. 1880
- University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service