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OSB 1-Ellis

Record Group: 3 C
Record Sub-Group: 1
Records Title: UMC; College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Dean's Office or Director of Agricultural Experiment Station; Andy Tau Photographs
Date: ca. 1936-1965
Volume: 1 cubic foot, 1.25 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

(A93-93; A98-7; A98-79)
This Record Sub-Group contains photographic prints by photographer Andy Tau. In 1955, after serving a year as Assistant University Photographer and two years as University Photographer, Tau became the photographer for the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Missouri. The Sub-Group also contains one photographic negative which depicts "Hudson Mansion" as shown in the 1885 University of Missouri Catalogue.
Note To Researcher: See Record Group 4 UW, Sub-Group 44, Series 6 for other Tau prints. Tau began his career with the University of Missouri as Assistant University Photographer in the Office of Public Information. Many of the contemporary negatives and prints in those holdings were also taken by Tau. Follow this link for another Tau print in Series 3 of Record Group 15 C, Sub-Group 3, Series 3.

Historical Note:

The first house used as the College of Agriculture Dean's Residence, known as the "Hudson Mansion" was on a tract of 183 acres once owned by William W. Hudson. This remained the Dean's residence from 1878 until it was destroyed by fire, in 1897. The Mansion was replaced by a smaller, frame house in 1898. It, in turn, burned on 02/09/1908. The third house (depicted in the print described below) was built of native limestone by Cope and Stewardson Architects. It was used as the Dean's Residence until 1960 when the Board of Curators ceased to furnish a house for the Dean. This structure was torn down in 1961 and the Bingham group of student residence halls was built on the site. All three houses used as the Dean's Residence were built on the same foundation.
Note to Researcher: For more on the Hudson Mansion, ask the Archives staff about the 1885 University of Missouri Course Catalog.

Inventory

OSB 1

Item - Print (b/w; 12.5 x 16.5 inches; mounted) - Dean of Agriculture Residence in snow, n.d.

Item - Print (color; 16 x 20.25 inches) - Agriculture Building (from the southwest?), n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 10 x 20 inches; mounted) - Agriculture Building from the southwest, ca. 1958

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches) - Benches in front of Waters Hall, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 23.75; mounted) - Waters Hall from the northeast, n.d.

Item - Print (red/orange halftone; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Columns, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Horses in field, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Entrance to Switzler Hall from the west, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w sepia; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Journalism Arch with students including uniformed ROTC, from the northeast, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Murray "One Twenty" cotton gin, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Murray cotton gin (bale), n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Cotton field with three McCormick cotton pickers (exhibit label on back), n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 18.75 x 15 inches; mounted) - Barn with open loft door, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Country road, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Cotton plants with bolls in field, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Flowering plant on fence, 1936

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Close-up of an ear of corn (exhibit labels on back), n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 16 inches; mounted) - Peach halves, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 19.5 x 15.25 inches; mounted) - Two students on steps in front of entrance to Agriculture Building, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 24 x 19.75 inches; mounted) - Creek and trees, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 18 x 23.75 inches; mounted) - Agriculture Building from the southwest, n.d.

Item - Print (b/w; 20 x 23.75 inches; mounted) - Trees and rock formations by body of water, n.d.

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