Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 9/7/13
Hobart Beresford (1896-1984)
Papers, 1770-1980, n.d.
Descriptive summary
creator: |
Beresford, Hobart (1896-1984) |
title: |
Papers |
dates: |
1927-1977, n.d. |
extent: |
5.1 linear ft. (5 document boxes and 2 oversized boxes) |
collection number: |
RS 9/7/13 |
repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
access: |
Open for research |
publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: |
Hobart Beresford Papers, RS 9/7/13, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Hobart Beresford was born December 6, 1896 in Vinton, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1924) in agricultural engineering from Iowa State College (University) and a professional degree (1941) in the same field from Iowa State. He taught at the University of Idaho (1924-1927; 1929-1946). He also worked as an agricultural engineer (1927-1928) with the Idaho Power Company. In 1936, he worked with the U.S. Government on rural housing projects. Beresford returned to Iowa State in 1946 to become the Head (1946-1962) of the Agricultural Engineering Department. Beresford's main areas of research include rural electrification and the handling and storage of agricultural products. |
Collection description
The collection (1927-1977, n.d.) contains biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, publications, photographs, slides, and scrapbooks, including one large scrapbook with posters and photographs of tractors and other agricultural machinery. The correspondence, dated 1936, is primarily with companies involved in storing and transporting agricultural products. The photographic prints and slides are mostly of agricultural events, celebrations, cultivation and harvesting, machinery, and livestock. The collection also includes audio tapes of interviews done with J.B. Davidson (Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, 1905-1915; 1919-1946). There is also a series of films regarding agricultural engineering at Iowa State and the University of Idaho. These films are unprocessed. |
Organization
This collection is organized in alphabetical order with biographical information at the front. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
3 |
A.E.F.D.-Scrapbook Pages (10 b&w 3x5, 14 b&w 5x7 photos) |
1957 |
1 |
4 |
Agriculture Engineering, University Of Idaho |
1942, n.d. |
1 |
1 |
Biographical Information |
1946-1984, n.d. |
1 |
2 |
Biographical Information - Newspaper Clippings |
1966 |
1 |
6 |
Correspondence-Companies, Resume |
1927-1954 |
7 |
OVR |
Davidson, J.B – Interview (3 reel-to-reel audio tapes and 3 cassette tapes) |
1953-1957 |
1 |
7 |
Documents And Photos: Patents (7 b&w 3x5 photos) |
1962, n.d. |
1 |
8 |
Documents: Russian Delegation |
1958 |
7 |
OVR |
Giese, H. – Interview (1 reel-to-reel audio tape and 1 cassette tape) |
n.d. |
7 |
OVR |
History of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (1 reel-to-reel audio tape) |
1964 |
6 |
OVR |
History of the tractor – copies of posters, advertisements and prints; photographs (20 11x14", 9 8x10", and 6 4x6") |
1770-1980 |
1 |
5 |
Idaho Electrification Project |
1940-1943 |
1 |
9 |
Industrial Alcohol |
1944, n.d. |
1 |
10 |
International Harvester - Photos And News Releases (10 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1960 |
1 |
11 |
Papers Presented: "Application Of Light To Plant Growth And Insect Control" |
1953 |
1 |
12 |
Papers Presented: "Inter-Industry Farm Electric Utilization Council From A State And College Point Of View" |
1954 |
1 |
14 |
Photos: Agriculture Engineering Field Day (29 b&w 3x5, 3 b&w 3x7, 12 b&w 5x7 photos) |
1955-1957 |
1 |
13 |
Photos: Agriculture Engineering Field Day (41 b&w 3x5 photos) |
1955-1957 |
1 |
15 |
Photos: Agriculture Engineering Teaching Research Extension (19 b&w 3x5 photos) |
n.d. |
1 |
16 |
Photos: Animals (2 b&w, 1 color 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
10 |
Photos: Business, Speeches, Foreign Visitors (18 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
1 |
17 |
Photos: Carrot Processing (3 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1942 |
1 |
18 |
Photos: Chicken Slaughter Process (2 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
1 |
19 |
Photos: Cultivating Beets (11 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
1 |
Photos: Cultivating Corn (6 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
2 |
Photos: Cultivating Hay And Straw (16 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
11 |
Photos: Diesel Tractor (Caterpillar) Plowing And Trials (6 b&w 3x5, 1 b&w 5x7, 1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
3 |
Photos: Earth-Moving Equipment (6 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
4 |
Photos: Engineering Fair Awards (2 b&w 3x5 photos) |
1961 |
2 |
12 |
Photos: Farm Equipment (52 b&w 3x5, 16 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1930-1940 ca. |
2 |
13 |
Photos: Farming (108 b&w 3x5, 21 b&w 5x7, 3 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
5 |
Photos: Farmsteads (2 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
6 |
Photos: Iowa State College Exhibit (1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1956 |
2 |
14 |
Photos: Onion Harvesting (8 b&w 3x5 photos) |
1939 |
2 |
7 |
Photos: Professional Meeting (1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
8 |
Photos: Silage Loading (1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
15 |
Photos: Technology Far The Times (8 b&w 3x5, 16 b&w 5x7, 1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1929, n.d. |
2 |
9 |
Photos: Test-Demonstration Farm (1 b&w 8x10 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
16 |
Photos: Wilderness (3 color 5x7 photos) |
n.d. |
2 |
18 |
Publications-"Electricity Serves The Dairy Farmer" |
1941 |
2 |
17 |
Publications-"The Production Of Ethyl Alcohol From Cull Potatoes And Other Farm Crops" |
1941 |
2 |
19 |
Reference Cards For Speech |
n.d. |
2 |
20 |
Scrapbook of Trip to Caterpillar Plant in Peoria, Illinois (10 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1930 ca. |
3 |
2 |
Slides: Agriculture Engineering Class Work Research (13 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
3 |
Slides: Agriculture Engineering Department (15 color slides) |
1956 |
3 |
1 |
Slides: Agriculture Engineering Field Day (116 color slides) |
1947-1956, n.d. |
3 |
4 |
Slides: Airplanes (19 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
5 |
Slides: ASAE Parade (19 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
6 |
Slides: Assorted Machinery And Farm Plots (53 color slides and 6 b&w slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
7 |
Slides: Construction Work (30 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
8 |
Slides: Corn Picker (16 color slides) |
1950, n.d. |
4 |
11 |
Slides: Demonstration-Canada (11 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
9 |
Slides: Farming (47 color slides) |
n.d. |
3 |
10 |
Slides: Graphs And Charts (99 color slides) |
1955, n.d. |
4 |
1 |
Slides: Haying (38 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
2 |
Slides: Home Made Farm Machinery (14 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
3 |
Slides: Howard County Field Day (13 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
4 |
Slides: Light Traps (13 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
5 |
Slides: Lundell Wafers (17 color slides) |
1961 |
4 |
6 |
Slides: Miscellaneous Of Home (20 color slides) |
1974-1977, n.d. |
4 |
7 |
Slides: North East Iowa (14 color slides) |
1956 |
4 |
8 |
Slides: Onion Farming (16 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
9 |
Slides: Plot Harvest Of Dwarf Corn (17 color slides) |
1960-1961 |
4 |
10 |
Slides: Poultry (8 color slides) |
1944 |
4 |
12 |
Slides: Scrapbook Of Assorted Farms, Animals And Machinery (116 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
2 |
Slides: Scrapbook of Hog Producers, Plowing, and Other Agricultural Activities (111 color slides) |
n.d. |
4 |
13 |
Slides: Scrapbook: Field Day (60 color slides) |
1968, n.d. |
4 |
14 |
Slides: SCS Field Day (16 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
1 |
Slides: Self-Feeding Silo (72 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
3 |
Slides: Soil And Water (16 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
4 |
Slides: Stoddard Farm (15 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
5 |
Slides: Tillage (18 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
6 |
Slides: Visits From Foreigners (Russians, Prince Albert, etc.) (20 color slides) |
n.d. |
5 |
7 |
Tractor Pictures (19 b&w 8x10 photos) |
1950 ca. |
5 |
8 |
Writings: Assorted Agriculture Topics |
1949, n.d. |
5 |
9 |
Writings: Department of Agriculture 1928 Annual Report |
1928 |
FILM |
|
Film: Agriculture Engineering Field Day |
1952 |
FILM |
|
Film: Agriculture Engineering Field Day |
1956 |
FILM |
|
Film: Corn Combine |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Corn Silage, Bale Gun |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Forage Field Day, Tandem Tractor, Balers, Mower |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Greedy Picker and Plow Terracing |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Hesselman Animation, Oil Engines |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Ice Carnival |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Idaho; Hay Baling |
1930s |
FILM |
|
Film: Idaho; Sugar Beets |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Iowa 1948-49 Header; Whirlwind/Windrow |
1949 |
FILM |
|
Film: Iowa and Nebraska John Deer Landon 60 |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: ISC Hay Storage; Self Feeding |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Russian Field Day |
1955 |
FILM |
|
Film: South Idaho; Peas, Beets, Onions |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: Tandem Tractors |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: TVA Plane Trip |
n.d. |
FILM |
|
Film: VEISHEA |
1940 |