8/1/2 Guide to the Subject Files Subject Files

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Guide to the Subject Files 1895/2006 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Subject Files 1895-1994, 2003, 2006 8/1/2 University of Illinois at U-C. College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences 389.30 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

Agricultural instruction was provided for in the Land Grant Act of Congress in 1862 and it was one of the chief aims of the university at its beginning.1 In 1867, the Board of Trustees established the Agricultural Department, made up of the School of General Agriculture and the School of Horticulture, Fruit-growing, and Landscape Gardening.2 It was formally recognized as a College and the dean's office was established in 1877.3 The dean is appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees and his duties include: preparing the budget; representing and reporting on the college to outside authorities; and coordinating the activities of the departments and special offices.4 The dean is also responsible for the operations of the Office of Publications and the Office of Agricultural Communications, both established in 1966,5 and the Office of International Agricultural Programs, which was established in 1966 to coordinate college-wide programs such as the International Soybean Program.6 In 1965, the title of the office changed from Dean of the College, Director of the Experiment Station, and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service to Dean of the College of Agriculture.7

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, Laws Concerning the Industrial University, Laws of Congress, p. 1-3; 1st Report, May 7, 1867, p. 47.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May 8, 1867, p. 50.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 9th Report, June 7, 1877, p. 45.

4. University of Illinois Statutes, May 17, 1972, p. 12-14

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, October 13, 1966, p. 169.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, September 21, 1966, p. 84.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Affirmative Action Agricultural Adjustment Agricultural Club Agricultural Communications Agricultural Economics Department Agricultural Engineering Department Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Extension Agricultural Industries Agricultural Policy Agriculture, United States Department of Agronomy Department Allerton Trust Farms American Farm Bureau Federation Animal Science Department Barns Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) Corn Borer Dairy Science Department Experimental Fields Family Farm Farm Foundation Farm and Home Week Food Science Four-H (4-H) Gifts Home Economics Department Horticulture Department Illinois Agricultural Association Illinois Farmers Institute Illinois Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Illinois State Fair International Programs Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University Land Use Long Range Planning Mumford Hall Music -- India -- Agriculture and Natural Resources Music -- India -- Education Music -- Iran -- Agriculture and Natural Resources National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges National Science Foundation (NSF) North Central Regional Agricultural Research Nutrition Plant Pathology Department Rural Youth Salary Surveys Scholarships Soil Conservation Districts Soybeans Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University Veterinary Medicine, College of Vietnam -- Agriculture and Natural Resources Vocational Agriculture
Administrative Information Accruals:

1966; 2/67; 11/22/71; 3/93; 1997, 11/15/2005; 3/11/2009; 06/02/2023; 7/19/2023

Arrangement of Materials:

Alphabetical then chronological

Scope and Contents

Subject Files, including correspondence, speeches, reports, clippings, photographs, publications and survey data, concerning agricultural industries, department and university committees, county extension service, agricultural adjustment projects (1928-33), agricultural outlook (1928-48), and planning (1941-42), professional associations, applications for administrative positions, animal diseases, departmental activities, building needs, civil service employees, conferences, corn and European corn borer (1923-29), courses, drought (1930-36), equipment, Family Farm Policy Review (1951), Farm Foundation (1939-1983), Farm and Home Week (1923-53), finance and budget, gift funds, 50th anniversary of Experiment Station (1938), 4-H Clubs, historical data (1918-55), Illinois Agricultural Association (1917-83), relief and unemployment (1933-36), Illinois State Fair, Illinois State Department of Agriculture, industrial research support, Land Grant Colleges Association, land holdings and use, state and federal legislation, North Central States Directors (1935-83), plan of work (1920-53), programs, cooperative projects (Dixon Springs, 1934-54), radio (1924-52), and Rural Youth (1936-54), monthly and annual reports, retirement, scholarships, short courses, listings (alph. by title) of speeches by Eugene Davenport and Henry Rusk, Hoover Commission materials on U.S. Department of Agriculture reorganization, U.S.D.A. policies and programs, Indian agricultural education, nutrition, soybeans, and related topics.