Albert Eugene Freeman papers
Scope and Content
This collection (1955-2001) contains Albert Eugene Freeman’s correspondence, details of the dairy husbandry work completed and taught by Freeman, as well as information about the Iowa State University Dairy Farm outside of Ankeny, Iowa.
Dates
- 1955-2001
Creator
- Freeman, A. E. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
Albert Eugene Freeman was born March 16, 1931 in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He received a B.S. (1952) in dairy husbandry and an M.S. (1954) in animal breeding from West Virginia University. Freeman earned his Ph.D. (1957) from Cornell University.
After receiving his Ph.D., he accepted a position at Iowa State College (University) in the as an Assistant Professor (156-1961) in Dairy Husbandry. He was promoted to Associate Professor (1961-1965) and to Professor (1965-2000). Freeman was named Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture (1978), and became Professor Emeritus (2000) upon his retirement.
Freeman's research interests include dairy cattle breeding with emphasis on improving methods of sire and cow evaluation; breeding goals; efficiency of production; milk composition; mitochondrial function-molecular and phenotypic; genetic differences in immunocompetence; and adjusting for preferential treatment in dairy cattle evaluations.
Extent
12.39 Linear Feet (29 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1955-1991
Series 2: Research and Writings, 1957-1994
Series 3: Biographical Information, 1952-1994
Series 4: Iowa State University Materials, 1964-1991
Series 5: Iowa State University Dairy Farm in Ankeny, Iowa, 1957-1991
Processing Information
Released on 2018-11-01.
- Animal husbandry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Biographical files Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Dairy farming Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Freeman, A. E.
- Iowa State University. Department of Animal Science
- Iowa State University. Department of Animal Science--Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research (documents) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- RS 9/11/59. Albert Eugene Freeman papers, 1955-2001
- Date
- March 12, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu