%xmlchars; ]> ua100_012 Guide to the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy Records, 1934 - 1960 Processed by: Pat Webber; machine-readable finding aid created by: Pat Webber North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center

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2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: September, 2002 Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy Records, 1934 - 1960 UA 100.012 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: Processed by Pat Webber Date Completed November, 2003 Encoded by Pat Webber Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy Records, 1934 - 1960 UA 100.012 1 records storage box 0.5 linear feet These records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, project information, and department history files. This collection is currently stored off-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Historical Note

Early study of agronomy at N.C. State was largely the province of the North Carolina Experiment Station until Charles B. Williams was appointed the University's first Agronomist in 1906. He held that position until 1917, when he became the Dean of Agriculture, a position he held until 1923. In 1924, he was named to be the first Head of the new Department of Agronomy, created with the concurrent founding of the School of Agriculture. The Department quickly established a strong reputation in teaching, research, and farm extension work. By the 1940s the Department had developed into two destinct programs of study: Crops and Soils. During the following decade the department had grown so large that in 1955 it was dissolved and its components formed into two separate departments, Field Crops and Soils. These Departments were eventually renamed Crop Science and Soil Science, respectively.

List of Department Heads 1924 - 1940 Charles B. Williams 1940 - 1942 Leonard D. Baver 1942 - 1948 Ralph W. Cummings 1948 - 1953 William E. Colwell 1953 - 1955 E. T. York Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of records describing the function and academic and research activities of the Department of Agronomy from 1934 to 1960, with the bulk of the records coming from the 1940s. The records are arranged into one series, General Records, and arranged alphabetically by subject. This material covers only a brief period and scope of the agronomic research and teaching activities performed at North Carolina State University.

Related Materials North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Records, UA 100 North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Annual Reports, UA 100.002 North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop Science Records, UA 100.016 North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science Records, UA 100.028 North Carolina State University Manuscript Collections, Charles Burgess Williams Papers, MC 00016 Detailed Description of the Collection General Records, 1934 - 1960 1 , .5

Contains records on the research and academic activities, history, and function of the Department.

11 Correspondence, 1941 - 1951 12 Department Meetings, 1940 - 1942 13 Forms, n. d. 14 Graduate Fellowships, 1953 - 1955 15 History and Organization, 1942, n. d. 16 Library Committee, 1943 - 1944 17 Plant Institute, 1941 - 1943, n. d. 18 Projects and Reports, 1943 - 1960 19 Seminars and Reports, 1939 - 1941 110 Seminars and Reports, 1942 - 1948, n. d.