Wilber J. Fraser Photographs and Correspondence | University of Illinois Archives
Title: Wilber J. Fraser Photographs and Correspondence, 1890-93, 1900-36, 1938, 1940
Series Number: 08/08/025
Volume: 0.6 cu. ft.
Acquired:
6/28/78
Arrangement: by subject and chronological thereunder
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| Service Location | Boxes |
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| 19 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive | 1- |
Description: Papers of Wilber J. Fraser (1869-1945) '93, M.S. '02, professor of dairy science (1902-37), include photographs and negatives of European and American farms (1912-30), University Dairy Science Program activities (1910-15), round dairy barns, dairy cattle, farm workers, alfalfa, manure spreading, tilling corn, hay making, milking (ca. 1905-20), farm economics, football, baseball and class activities (1890-93), and class reunions (1922, 1933). The series also includes a small amount of correspondence (1900, 1911, 1925-30, 1935-36) regarding dairying and Fraser's notes regarding European dairying practices, written during a 1908 tour of the British Isles and continental Europe.