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Charles F. Curtiss papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RS 9/1/12
Abstract
Charles F. Curtiss (1863-1947) served as the first Dean (1902-1932) of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. A graduate of Iowa State, Curtiss was a respected livestock breeder and agriculturist. During his tenure at Iowa State, Curtiss was instrumental in developing the four-year curriculum in agriculture. He helped develop the Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Journalism and played an integral role in the start of the extension...
Dates:
1885-2009, undated
E.F. Graff papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 16/3/52
Scope and Contents
This collection (1917-1982, undated) includes biographical information and year-by-year reflections written by Graff in 1964 on his work for the extnesion service from 1917 to 1960. The collection also includes six boxes of unsorted papers. The papers contain material related to the training of extension personal, soil conservation, the Iowa State University chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, agriculture and food production during World War II and conversion to a post-war economy, and...
Dates:
1917-1982, undated
Jessie Field Shambaugh papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 16/3/60
Scope and Content
The Shambaugh Papers consist mainly of information written about Jessie Field Shambaugh and her pioneering efforts to create the 4-H movement. There is a cassette tape of a slide presentation entitled, “Jessie Field, Mother of 4-H,” two additional cassette tapes of a speech and interview with Shambaugh, photographs of Shambaugh as well as photographs of a watch given to her in 1911, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1901-1998, undated
Martin L. Mosher papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 16/3/55
Abstract
Martin Luther Mosher is credited as the first county extension agent for the state of Iowa, appointed in 1912 and serving in Clinton County. Mosher received a B.A. (1905) and an honorary M.A. (1915) from Iowa State University. He worked under Perry G. Holden at Iowa State and traveled on the Corn Train Special in 1905. In 1908 and 1909 Mosher served as a private consultant for corn production in Vera Cruz, Mexico. In 1916 he received an extension position in Woodford County, Illinois where...
Dates:
1836-1979, undated
Paul C. Taff papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 16/3/56
Scope and Content
The Paul C. Taff Papers consists of clippings, Extension photographs, booklets, pamphlets, correspondence, and papers documenting Taff's life and work. Many of the records date from 1905-1982 and relate to the development of the 4-H movement, the Iowa State Extension Service, and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. A scrapbook compiled by Taff contains family history and autobiographical information. Additional biographical material is in the collection as...
Dates:
1901-2007, undated
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