8/8/812 Guide to the Department Histories Department Histories

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Guide to the Department Histories 1974/1994 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Department Histories 1974, 1988, 1994 8/8/812 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Dairy Science 0.60 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The establishment of a dairy at the University of Illinois was first recommended in 1876 in the Head Farmer's report.1 In 1902, Dairy Husbandry was recognized as an independent department under the College of Agriculture.2 The Department of Dairy Husbandry became the Department of Dairy Production in 1947.3 In 1949, the name of the Department was changed again and became the Dairy Science Department.4 In 1985, the department merged into the Animal Science Department.

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 8th Report, September 13, 1876, p. 202.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 22nd Report, October 25, 1902, p. 24.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, October 30, 1947, p. 885.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, April 21, 1949, p. 332.

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Topical Term: Dairy Science Department Faculty Faculty Publications Illini Nellie
Administrative Information Accruals:

12/18/96, 1/10/2023 addition donated by Jimmy Clark

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

History of the Department of Dairy Science by Bruce Larson covers the period from 1902 to 1985, with an emphasis on the department since 1951. Topics covered include faculty, research, extension, management, breeding and genetics, teaching, awards, and theses. This series also includes The First Sixty Years: A History of the Dairy Science Department 1896-1956 by W.W. Yapp, and The Faculty and Their Foibles: The Department of Dairy Science, 1947-1969 (1988), Science With a Public Purpose (1988), An Experience in National Succor and its Aftermath: The First Greek Episode, 1945-46 (1988), L'Institution Inconnu (2022) by Glenn Salisbury.