Farm Crops Department Photographs (P 130)
1919-1960
0.1 cubic foot; 43 items
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photographs from the Farm Crops Department. Most of the photographs are identified and half are dated. Six of the images listed on the original inventory are missing and noted in the updated inventory. The images primarily depict plants such as barnyard grass seedlings, phorium, and fescue undergoing experimentation and land under cultivation by both horse drawn and mechanical farm equipment at the Oregon Experiment Station. Department staff, such as Ritchie Cowan, H.A. Schoth and Dr. Frakes, are also depicted in these photographs.
Organization and Arrangement
The photographs are numbered P130:1-47
Forms
All of the photographs are black and white prints and there are three negatives.
Historical Note
Organized in 1916, the Farm Crops Department was established to coordinate research efforts in crop experimentation at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Prior to 1916, Experiment Station research had been directed by the Department of Agronomy, which was established in 1907. Among the projects undertaken by the Farm Crops Department was the management of the Seed Testing Laboratory, cereal investigation, cooperative extension work with farmers, and research in chemical weed control. Many of these projects were joint cooperative arrangements with the USDA. In 1971, the Department was renamed Agronomic Crop Science and again, in 1977, to Crop Sciences. In 1990, the Crop Science and Soil Science Departments merged to form the Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Related Materials
OSU's status as Oregon's designated land grant college has placed agricultural research as a primary focus for the university. In addition to the photographs and records of the Crop Science Department (RG 95), materials relating to OSU's role in agricultural research include the records and photographs of the Agricultural Experiment Station (RG 25, P 29), College of Agricultural Sciences (RG 158, P 36), and the Bioresource Engineering Department (RG 1, P 106).
Shelf Location
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