8/7/801 Guide to the Promotional and Administrative Material Promotional and Administrative Material

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Guide to the Promotional and Administrative Material 1912/9999 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Promotional and Administrative Material 1912, 1917, 1965- 8/7/801 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Animal Science 0.30 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The Animal Science Department traces its origins to the Animal Husbandry Division of the Agriculture College which was established in 1895. 1 Animal Husbandry's curriculum was revised in 1899, 2 and the Department was organized in 1903.3 In 1908 a committee of the Board of Trustees recommended the establishment of a Veterinary College.4 The Trustees changed the name from Animal Husbandry to the Department of Animal Science in 1947.5 The Department, in addition to teaching and research responsibilites, supervises the care and management of the University herds and flocks.

In 1985, the Dairy Science and Animal Science departments merged and formed the Department of Animal Sciences. It was decided that the merger would create a "consolidated and coordinated instructional program" that would be beneficial to the students. A new building would be built to house the new department and the merger would also increase efficiency in building planning. 6

This unit covers:

Animal Genetics Laboratory

Animal Nutrition

Beef Cattle

Meats

Poultry

Sheep

Swine

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 18th Report, September 4, 1895, p. 159.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 20th Report, August 16, 1899, p. 139.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 22nd Report, June 8, 1903, p. 82.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 25th Report, December 8, 1908, p. 37.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 494.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 63rd Report, May 16, 1985, p. 268.

Access Terms

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

Topical Term: Animal Science Department
Administrative Information Accruals:

March 1965; 9/66

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

Printed and duplicated promotional and administrative material relating to graduate study in animal science and nutrition, careers and professionalism, and awards, conferences, curriculum, lectures, meat sales and staff. The series includes orientation conferences, curriculum, lectures, meat sales and staff. The series includes orientation guides (1978- ) and a program of the Illinois Livestock Breeders' Association (1912); a description of an Animal Science exhibit (1917); a brochure on Illasco, the Illinois Animal Science Counter which measures gamma radiation (ca. 1965); brochures and historical materials for the Animal and Dairy Science Centennial (2002); and brochures and press releases for the dedication of the Beef/Sheep Unit (2004).