Historical Material | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Historical Material relating to the college assembled by Professor Elmer Roberts and the History Committee for the Experiment Station's 50th Anniversary (1936-39) and the University's centennial (1962-70), including histories, original documents, photographs, photocopies, transcripts, compilations, correspondence, publications, manuscripts and related material concerning history, buildings, degrees awarded, student lists and organizations, alumni, faculty lists and publications, departmental histories, agricultural education, foreign students and work, farms and soils experiment fields, corn inbreeding and maize genetics, Experiment Station, Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Association, presidents and deans George E. Morrow, Eugene Davenport, Herbert W. Mumford, Joseph C. Blair, Henry P. Rusk, Louis B. Howard and Orville G. Bentley. The series includes correspondence of Ralph Allen, William L. Burlison, Anna Glover, Perry G. Holden and Cyril Hopkins.