Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 9/2/2
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Biographical Files, 1908-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator: Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
title: Biographical Files
dates: 1908-[ongoing]
extent: 0.84 linear feet (2 document boxes)
collection number: RS 9/2/2
repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Biographical Files, RS 9/2/2, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Abstract

Established as a result of the Hatch Act of 1887, the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station is the research arm of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. The Experiment Station conducts multidisciplinary research to help solve the complex agricultural problems facing scientists and farmers today. This collection contains news clippings, faculty information forms, and other biographical materials related to faculty and staff associated with the Experiment Station.

 

Historical note

The Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station was founded at Iowa State as a result of legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in 1887. Known as the Hatch Act, the legislation provided for the funding of agricultural research at Land Grant Colleges. On March 1, 1888, the Iowa General Assembly approved the terms of the Hatch Act and the Iowa Experiment Station was established. Administrative oversight of the Experiment Station was assigned to the Board of Trustees of the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University). The Board, in turn, elected Captain R. P. Speer as the first director of the Experiment Station.

Early efforts of the Experiment Station staff involved establishing an orchard and planting experimental plots of grains, grasses, and vegetables on the campus grounds. Starting in 1888, the Experiment Station published quarterly Bulletins that described activities and results of the research conducted by the staff. Many of these results are also included in annual reports prepared by the director. In 1911, the staff, which by this time consisted of a combination of specialized researchers and a part-time teaching force, first published research bulletins and soon offered the first research fellowships.

Since its inception, the Experiment Station has existed under the auspices of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and it is not surprising that the Dean of the College also holds the title of Director of the Experiment Station. Although it serves as the research arm of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Experiment Station also supports programs in almost every other college at Iowa State and at a number of off-campus research facilities in the surrounding area. During the earliest years of its existence, Experiment Station research focused on soil, crops, horticulture, and dairying. Today, research conducted by Experiment Station staff has become over-arching in scope and multidisciplinary in practice reflecting the complexity of agricultural problems facing scientists and farmers today.

 

Collection description

This collection (1908-[ongoing]) contains news clippings, faculty information forms, and other biographical materials related to faculty and staff associated with the Experiment Station.

 

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

 

Acker, David

1997-2001

1

 

Anderson, Herschel W.

1976

1

 

Andrews, Robert E.

1985

1

 

Baird, Ralph Waldo

1924

1

 

Baker, James L.

1973

1

 

Berns, Kent

2004

1

 

Bloom, Merle W.

1927

1

 

Bolluyt, Karen

2011-2002

1

 

Brooks, Lynne

1992

1

 

Brown, Mary E.

2004

1

 

Browning, George

1951-1967

1

 

Bryan, Arthur Alfred

1939

1

 

Bryson, Sheryl

1978

1

 

Buchanan, John

1911-1912

1

 

Caldwell, Maurice

1982

1

 

Chrisinger, Jim

1991

1

 

Decker, George C.

1940, undated

1

 

Donelson, Vernon Everett

1917-1964

1

 

Drinka, Thomas P.

1977

1

 

Elmer, O. H.

1925

1

 

Erickson, Howard J.

2005

1

 

Evvard, John Marcus (includes 9 b/w photographs)

1915-1990

1

 

Facto, Louis

1959-1961

1

 

Fisk, Gerhardt

1928

1

 

Foreman, Elizabeth

2012

1

 

Forman, Lee W.

1916-1939

1

 

Foster, William A.

1919

1

 

Fretz, Thomas A.

1989

1

 

Gassman, Philip

2008

1

 

Glass, John S.

1920

1

 

Glazebrook, Clyde L.

2012

1

 

Good, Cathy

2006

1

 

Grant, Nina

2004

1

 

Griffen, Arthur W.

1913-1914

1

 

Haroldsen, Edwin

1962-1966

1

 

Harris, Donna

1994

1

 

Hazen, Thamon

1987

1

 

Heer, John

2000-2008

1

 

Helmuth, John

1991-1999

1

 

Hennessy, Hongli Feng

2004

1

 

Hillson, Thomas

2008

1

 

Honeyman, Mark

1977-2007

1

 

Hunt, Thomas S.

1915-1947

1

 

Hurd, Edgar B.

1929

2

 

Johnson, Harlan Woodbridge

1916-1970

2

 

Johnson, Stanley

1987-1993

2

 

Kaiser, William G.

1914-1963

2

 

Keeney, Dennis

1991

2

 

Klonglan, Gerald

1990

2

 

Koopman, Zachary

2012

2

 

Larson, Eleanor

1940 circa

2

 

Lawrence, John

2009

2

 

Leibold, Raphael "Ray"

2012

2

 

Leith, Thomas L.

1962

2

 

Litzenberger, S. C.

1949

2

 

Madsen, Howard C.

1974

2

 

Maramba, Felix D.

1921

2

 

Martin, Barb

1992

2

 

Maxwell, Dennis

2002

2

 

McClain, Arnold

1992

2

 

McColly, Howard F.

1925

2

 

McElyea, Lew

1966

2

 

Meyers, William

1993

2

 

Michael, Louis G.

undated

2

 

Michaelian, Michael Balthasar

1929-1939, undated

2

 

Miller, John G.

1977

2

 

Mitchell, George

1914

2

 

Moore, Lloyd "Shorty"

2007

2

 

Moore, O. Scott

1973

2

 

Nettleton, William Dodge

1916-1956

2

 

Olson, Ronald "Dean"

2009

2

 

Petrone, Betty

1977

2

 

Pihl, Lucille

2004

2

 

Porter, Channing W.

1913-1914

2

 

Ransom, Floyd S.

1978-1982

2

 

Rees, Myron

2012

2

 

Robertson, Donald

1988

2

 

Rothschild, Max

1990

2

 

Rudnick, Rudolph August

1917

2

 

Russell, Wilbert A.

1978

2

 

Schoenleber, Lawrence H.

1928

2

 

Schweers, Marvin F.

1931

2

 

Self, Hazzle

2003-2011

2

 

Semeniuk, George

1948

2

 

Shannon, Dennis

2008

2

 

Sievers, Josh

2012

2

 

Sims, John A.

1978

2

 

Skold, Karl

1989

2

 

Skrdla, W. H.

1959

2

 

Smidt, Micah

2012

2   Speer, R. P. 1908

2

 

Stambaugh, Vern W.

1922

2

 

Stewart, George

1939-1951, undated

2

 

Stucky, William G.

1964-1982, undated

2

 

Summers, Charles Eugene

1960-1970

2

 

Teodoro, Anastasio L.

1921

2

 

Thom, H. C. S.

1948

2

 

Thomas, Byron H.

1932-1949

2

 

Thomas, H. L.

1932

2

 

Tischer, Robert G.

1948

2

 

Van Zee, Benjamin G.

1929

2

 

Wolf, Dean

1970

2

 

Wood, Harlan G.

1977

2

 

Young, Harry L.

1925-1926

2

 

Zink, F. J.

1924