C Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 3455 1 linear foot

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INTRODUCTION The papers of Frederick Mumford contain reports, notes, documents, data and correspondence, most of which was used by Dean Mumford in preparation of his book, History of the Missouri College of Agriculture, published in 1944 as “Bulletin” 483 of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.

DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by the College of Agriculture, 18 September 1962 (No. 121).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Frederick Blackmar Mumford, who compiled information for a book, History of the Missouri College of Agriculture, was dean of the College of Agriculture from 1909 to 1938. He was born in Moscow, Michigan, May 28, 1868, and died in St. Charles, Missouri, November 12, 1946. His education included a degree from Michigan State Agricultural College and graduate work at the Universities of Leipsig and Zurich. He came to the in 1895 as professor of agriculture and became professor of animal husbandry in 1905.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1-10 Early movements for agricultural education; Morrill Acts, 1862, 1890 f. 11-12 Organization of the Missouri College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts f. 13-21 Administrations of the first five deans of the Missouri College of Agriculture- Dean George C. Swallow, Dean J.W. Sanborn, Dean Henry J. Waters, Dean Frederick B. Mumford f. 22 Relations between the Missouri Board of Agriculture and the Missouri College of Agriculture f. 23-28 History and accomplishments of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Missouri f. 29-33 Curricula, buildings, departments and faculty of the Missouri College of Agriculture f. 34-37 4-H Club movement, Federal Aid to Education, Adult Education. f. 38-39 Brief histories of other Agricultural Colleges f. 40-44 Articles from the Columbia Missourian and other publications f. 45 Agricultural Extension Service at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture f. 46-50 Home Economics questionnaires f. 51-52 Description of the operation of the Missouri College of Agriculture in University catalogues and the Official Manual of Missouri C3455 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 Page 2

f. 53-54 Publications by staff members in scientific journals. Research by Cecil Barger f. 55-65 Annual reports of agricultural conventions, 1891-1934 f. 66-67 Memoranda and miscellaneous data

INDEX TERMS

Subject Folders 4-H clubs 10, 34, 40 Agricultural extension work 1 Agricultural Seminary, Derby, Connecticut 1 Agricultural Society of New York 5 Aly, Bower (1903-1977) 36 Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 1 Anderson, Thomas C. 1 Artichokes 51 Barger, Cecil 54 Becker, Charles U. (1868-1934) 52 Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879) 14 Blacks, Extension Work 21 Boone County Journal, 1870 12 Boone, Banton G. 16 Brody, Samuel (1890-1956) 40,41 Brooks, Stratton Duluth (1869-1949) 40,41 Brown, B. Gratz (1826-1885) 13 Brown, Dwight Huber (1887-1944) 52 Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 1,5 Buell, Jesse 1,5 Bull Association of Missouri 4 Burch, J. W. (1893-1962) 21 Caulfield, Henry Stewart (1873-1966) 41 Chadwick, Edwin 3 Civil War--Missouri 8 Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) 23 Colman, Norman Jay (1827-1911) 14,25,31 Colman's Rural World, 1887 12-16,19 Columbia Missouri Herald, 1887 12 Columbia Missourian 40,41 Conklin, Edwin Grant (1863-1952) 67 C3455 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 Page 3

Subject Folders Connaway, John Waldo (1859-1947) 41 Corn, Indian 51 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 7,38 Country Gentleman 1-4 Cramer, Buell B. 9,37 Cream Hill Agricultural School, Connecticut 1 Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832-1909) 15 Depressions, Economic, 1870s 8 DeWitt, Simeon 1 Doane, D. Howard (1883-1984) 41 Eckles, Clarence Henry (1875-1933) 11, 20 Essex Agricultural Society, Massachusetts 5 Farmers' College, College, Ohio 1 Federal aid to education 36 Fertilizers and manures 27, 35 Fisk, L. R. 3 Foster, Suel 2, 3, 5 Fox, Charles 1 Gardiner Lyceum, Gardiner, Maine 1 Gentry, Nicholas Hocker 32 Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944) 14 Hatch Act, 1887 8, 23, 25, 52 Hatch, Sallie Rhodes 41 Hatch, William H. (1833-1896) 12, 20, 23, 41 Hessian Fly 40, 45 Hitchcock, Doctor 3 Holbrook, Josiah 1 Horticultural Society of Missouri 31 Iowa Agricultural Society 5 Iowa. Agriculture College, Ames 7, 38 Irwin, W. C. 20, 66 Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921) 11 Johnson, Samuel W. 2 Jordan, Samuel M. (1860-1941) 21 Kansas, State Agricultural College, Manhattan 7, 18, 19, 38 Kempster, Harry L. (1883-1962) 41 King's College (Columbia College), New York 1 Land grant colleges 5-8, 10, 36, 54 C3455 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 Page 4

Subject Folders Lathrop, John Hiram (1799-1866) 1 Laws, Samuel Spahr (1824-1921) 14-16 LeDuc, William G. 14 Lee, Daniel 1 Leonard, Abiel 16 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903-1904 11 Maine. Board of Agriculture 5 Mairs, Thomas I. 17 Maryland. Agriculture College 1 Meyer, A. J. (1878-1930) 21, 31, 41 Michigan. Agricultural College 1-3, 7, 11, 39, 54 Michigan. Normal School 1 Miller, M. F. (1875-1965) 11, 17, 19, 20, 41 Missouri Statesman, 1887 12, 13 Missouri, Boonville 1 Missouri. Board of Agriculture 1, 13-16, 22, 25 Missouri. Department of Agriculture 22 Morehouse, Albert P. (1835-1891) 16, 23 Morrill Act, 1862 1, 6, 7, 52 Morrill Act, 1890 6 Morrill, Justin S. 1, 5 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar (1868-1946) 11, 18-20, 40, 41 Naylor, Paul B. 41 New York, Agricultural College, Orio, New York 1 New York, Havanna 1, 5 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 138 Norton, John Pitkin (1822-1852) 1 Oats 51 Ohio Agricultural College, Oberlin and Cleveland 1 Ohio, Board of Agriculture 1 Ordinance of 1787 1 Paquin, Paul (1860-1916) 15, 16, 23, 26, 31 Pennsylvania Farmers' High School (Pennsylvania State College) 1 Porter, Edward E. 17, 23, 25, 26, 31 Potatoes, Irish 51 Pugh, Doctor 3, 5 Quick, Walter J. 11, 23, 25 Ragsdale, A. C. (1890-1969) 41 C3455 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 Page 5

Subject Folders Rensselaer Institute, Troy, NY 1 Riley, Charles V. 13, 14 Rollins, James S. 1, 12-14 Rothwell, Gideon F. (1836-1894) 12 Russell, John L. 5 Sanborn, Jeremiah W. (1847-1933) 15, 16, 21, 23, 31, 40 Schaffer, George C. 1 Schweitzer, Paul (1840-1911) 31 Severance, Henry O. (1867-1942) 11 Shirky, Sam B. (1896-1990) 32 Slack, John 1 Smith-Hughes Act 8 Smith-Lever Act 8, 31, 45 St. Louis Fair, 1879 14 Swallow, George Clinton (1817-1899) 11-14, 31, 41 Switzler, Lewis M. (1841-1925) 13 Switzler, William F. (1819-1906) 1 Texas Fever 27 Thomasson, R. R. (1893-1967) 41 Townshend, Norton 1 Trowbridge, Edwin A. (1885-1948) 19, 32, 33, 41 Tucker, George M. 11 U.S. Smithsonian Institution 2, 5 University of Georgia, Athens 1 University of Kentucky, Lexington 7, 38 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1 University of Missouri, Adult Education 37 University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station 18-20, 22-28, 31, 52 University of Missouri, Agricultural Museum 1 University of Missouri, Agriculture Buildings 13, 30, 41 University of Missouri, College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 1, 3, 11 University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Short Course Club University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Curriculum 29 University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Degrees 29, 31, 41 University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Chemistry 53 University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Engineering 31 University of Missouri, Department of Agronomy 11 University of Missouri, Department of Animal Husbandry 11, 31 C3455 Mumford, Frederick Blackmar, Papers, 1944 Page 6

Subject Folders University of Missouri, Department of Dairy Husbandry 11 University of Missouri, Department of Forestry 28 University of Missouri, Department of Home Economics 45 University of Missouri, Department of Horticulture 25, 31 University of Missouri, Department of Poultry Husbandry 41 University of Missouri, Department of Rural Sociology 31 University of Missouri, Department of Soils 41 University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Science 31 University of Missouri, Extension Service 21, 40, 45, 52 University of Missouri, Farmers Week 40, 66 University of Missouri, Farmers Week 40, 66 University of Missouri, Hatch Dairy Experimental Farm, Hannibal 41 University of Missouri, Hudson Mansion 13, 14 University of Missouri, 52 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1 University of Virginia, Charlottesville 1 University of Wisconsin, Madison 7, 39 Washington (Trinity) College, Hartford, Connecticut 1 Waters, Henry J. 11, 18, 19, 26, 27, 40 Watson, Elkanah 1 Wheat 51 Williams, Walter 41 Works, George F. 5 World War, 1914-1918 8 Wright, Uriel 1, 5 Yeaman, W. Pope 12 Young, Samuel A. 1