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Box 1 - Ellis
Box 2 - Ellis
OSF 1 - TU, 369

Record Group: 3 C
Record Sub-Group: 70
Records Title: UMC; College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Agronomy; Photographs
Dates: 1906-1946, bulk 1929-1946
Volume: 0.5 cubic foot, 0.625 linear foot

Scope and Content Note

(A85-16; A95-147; A02-143)
This Record Sub-Group contains photographs and "glass lantern slides," relating to the UMC College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, (1906-1949). Included in this series are photographs and glass lantern slides of UMC White (East) Campus buildings used by the College of Agriculture, as well as images of horse-drawn farm equipment, Bethany Experimental Farm, Harrison County, Missouri, soil erosion control projects, "Old Station Field" mowing experiments, and UMC's South Farm facilities. Also included is a topographical map of the Bethany Experimental Farm grounds (1930).

Series Descriptions:

This Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series.

Note to Researcher: For additional information concerning UMC College of Agriculture erosion control efforts, see Series 2, Sub-Group 31 of Record Group 3 C.

Inventory

Box 1

FF1 - University of Missouri-Columbia Buildings Prints, ca. 1929-1946

Sepia tone photograph of the columns partially covered with ivy, Pickard Hall in background

Photograph of the north side of the columns

Photograph of Defoe Hall

Photograph of building on white campus, ca.1948

Photograph of Hill Hall

Photograph of Tate Hall

Photograph of rear view of Noyes Hall

Photograph of rear view of Noyes Hall

Photograph of rear view of Noyes Hall

Photograph of Store Room A, Warehouse, Stewart Road

Photograph of rear view of Engineering Laboratories, ca. 1937

Photograph of front view of Jesse Hall half-covered with ivy

Photograph of Ellis library

Photograph of rear view of Jesse Hall through trees

Photograph of view of Francis Quadrangle showing the columns and Jesse Hall

Photograph of Memorial Union tower seen through trees

Photograph of top of Memorial Union tower seen through trees

Photograph of Memorial Union tower seen through trees

Photograph of archway of Memorial Union tower

Photograph of front of Ellis Library

Photograph of northwest corner of Ellis Library

Photograph of front of Ellis Library from the northwest

Photograph of front of Ellis Library from the northeast

Photograph of Swallow Hall (Geography Building) partially covered with ivy

Photograph of Swallow Hall (Geography Building) in winter

FF2 - White Campus Prints, ca. 1929-1946

Photograph of Horse Equipment, 1906

Photograph of Wishing Well at Barnwarmin', Rothwell Gymnasium (2 prints)

Photograph of Horse Barn (2 prints)

Photograph of side view of Horse Barn

Photograph of the Veterinary Building and The Horse Barn

Photograph of Eckles Hall

Photograph of northwest view of Dairy Barn, ca. 1912-1929

Photograph of Experimental Cattle Feeding Plant, "taken from [southeast]"

Photograph of barn

Photograph of chicken coops

Photograph of Horse Barn

Photograph of Eckles Hall

Photograph of Eckles Hall (close-up, 2 prints)

Photograph of Eckles Hall covered with ivy

Photograph of Eckles Hall

Photograph of Connaway Hall

Photograph of Eckles Hall

Photograph of Waters Hall

Photograph of LeFevre Hall behind snow-covered trees

Photograph of the side of a one-floor Agriculture building with many large windows

Photograph of Agricultural Engineering Laboratory (exterior)

Photograph of the Agricultural Archway (between Waters Hall and Mumford Hall)

Photograph of Mumford Hall

Photograph of rear view of Mumford Hall with benches and walkway

Photograph of rear view of Mumford Hall

Photograph of view of Mumford Hall from front sidewalk (2 prints)

Photograph of Mumford Hall partially covered with ivy

Photograph of a snowy scene from side of Waters Hall

Photograph of Waters Hall through snow-covered trees ("Agricultural Hall from West")

Photograph of side of Waters Hall through overgrown bushes

Photograph of rear view of Waters Hall

Photograph of "Waters [Hall] Before Mumford Was Built - looking west on street side," with rod attached to roof and wires extending from front exterior of building

Photograph of snow-covered Waters Hall, with rod attached to roof and wires extending from front exterior of building

Photograph of front entrance of Waters Hall

Photograph of Waters Hall from a distance (with copy negative)

Photograph of Whitten Hall

Photograph of Whitten Hall behind snow-covered tree

Photograph of Whitten Hall

Photograph of Whitten Hall

Photograph of "Schweitzer [Hall] from east side"

Photograph of the interior of a building (facing up to light fixtures, poles, and windows)

Photograph of an agricultural structure

Photograph of Agricultural Laboratory, "Looking West [through] Hallway"

Photograph of Agricultural Laboratory, "Soils" laboratory/classroom

Photograph of Agricultural Laboratory, "Soils" laboratory/classroom

Photograph of Cabinet A, full of numbered wooden drawers, Agricultural Laboratory, "Soils" laboratory/classroom

Photograph of Connaway Hall (Veterinary Laboratory) with pickup truck parked in front

Photograph of Connaway Hall (Veterinary Laboratory)

Photograph of Connaway Hall (Veterinary Laboratory)

Photograph of the entrance to University of Missouri Soils and Crops, "South Farms"

Photograph of the entrance to University of Missouri Soils and Crops, "South Farms"

Photograph of Curtis Hall (2 prints, with copy negative)

Photograph of Curtis Hall

Photograph of Schweitzer Hall from across lawn

Photograph of Schweitzer Hall behind trees

Photograph of Schlundt Hall

Photograph of the rear view of a white campus building

Photograph of Schlundt Hall from a distance, behind trees

Photograph of Gentry Hall

Photograph of Gentry Hall behind trees

Photograph of McKee Gymnasium taken from sidewalk along Hitt Street, while facing east

Photograph of Gwynn Hall, partially covered with ivy (close-up)

Photograph of Gwynn Hall, from a distance, on sparse lawn

Photograph of Gwynn Hall, partially covered with ivy

Photograph of northwest angle of Gwynn Hall, with plants in foreground (close-up)

Photograph of Whitten Hall

FF 3A - Bethany Experiment Station - Photograph Identification (includes a detailed list of Bethany Soil Erosion Station photograph identifications, ca. 1930; a letter from A. T. Holman, Agricultural Engineer, to C. E. Ramser, United States Department of Agriculture, 11/29/1934; aerial photograph of Bethany Erosion Station with map drawn on, 08/13/1937)

FF 3B - Erosion Experiment Prints #1-29

Print #1 - C.K. Shedd, Ravine B at south boundary of the farm before starting gully reclamation, 1929

Print #2 - C.K. Shedd, Ravine B 50 yards north of the south property line, 1929

Print #3 - North branch of Ravine B showing gullies leading up over Field H before terracing, 05/1930

Print #4 - Field G in the foreground, Ravine B in the center, Field H in the background, 05/1930

Print #5 - Field G in the foreground, field H in the background, 05/1930

Print #6 - Field G in the foreground, field H and I in the right background, field D-3 in the left background, 05/1930

Print #7 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and silting in field G before terracing, 05/1930

Print #8 - South end of Ravine B before starting reclamation work in May, 1931, 05/1930

Print #9 - North branch of gully in Ravine B, showing erosion in field H before terracing, 05/1930

Print #10 - Ravine B near the south edge of the Farm before starting gully reclamation, 05/1930

Print #11 - North edge of gully in Ravine B showing erosion in field H after seeding to oats, 05/1930

Print #12 - Gully in field H after filling in with tractor and grader, 05/1930

Print #13 - C.K. Shedd standing in gully in field H after it was plowed in, 05/1930

Print #14 - Field H in the foreground, Ravine B in the center, field G in the background, 05/1930

Print #15 - North branch of Ravine B in field H before reclaiming, 05/1930

Print #16 - North branch of Ravine B between fields D-3 and field H, a pond in the foreground, 05/1930

Print #17 - Looking south in the north branch of Ravine B towards the pond above Dam B-2 soon after constructing the dam, 05/1930

Print #18 - Looking north in the north branch of Ravine B, Field I and the red barn in the background, 05/1930

Print #19 - Soil Saving Dam B-2, 05/1930

Print #20 - Sneed, preparing to blast a tree stump in Field I southeast of the red barn, 05/1930

Print #21 - C.K. Shedd, Sneed, and a third man preparing to blast a tree stump in Field I southeast of the red barn, 05/1930

Print #22 - Sneed, a third man, and C.K. Shedd preparing to blast a tree stump in Field I southeast of the red barn, 05/1930

Print #23 - "The blast," Blasting stumps in Field I southeast of the red barn. The field in the background was later named IJ-1, 05/1930

Print #24 - "The blast," Blasting stumps in Field I southeast of the red barn, 05/1930

Print #25 - "The result," Blasting stumps in Field I southeast of the "Big Red Barn," 05/1930

Print #26 - West branch of Ravine A in pasture J looking east toward county road and Harve Fuston Farm, 05/1930

Print #27 - Looking west in the west branch of Ravine A in pasture-field J. Field I is in the background, 05/1930

Print #28 - Gully erosion, west branch of Ravine A in pasture-field J, adjacent to field I, 05/1930

Print #29 - Gully erosion in the west branch of Ravine A, looking east from field I to the county road, 05/1930

FF 4 - Erosion Experiment Prints #30-50

Print #30 - Gully erosion in Ravine A, looking northwest from the county road toward farmstead buildings in the right background, 05/1930

Print #31 - Gully erosion in Ravine A east of the county road on the H.F. Fuston farm, abutment of a concrete bridge shown on the right, 05/1930

Print #32 - Gully erosion in Ravine A looking northwest between field J and field K, 05/1930

Print #33 - North branch of gully in Ravine A, looking north over field L 100 yards east of the soil plots, 05/1930

Print #34 - Gully erosion in Ravine A between field N and field L, windmill in background, 05/1930

Print #35 - West branch of gully in Ravine A, field N on the right, windmill in background, 05/1930

Print #36 - Head of the main part of gully in Ravine A looking southeast, 05/1930

Print #37 - Gullying in field N, 05/1930

Print #38 - Gully erosion in stock lot in pasture J, north of the red barn, 05/1930

Print #39 - Gully erosion in field E, background shows the Funk and Noll properties, 05/1930

Print #40 - Sheet erosion and gully control with checks in field D-2 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #41 - Sheet erosion and gullying and checks in field D-2 before terracing, John Deere Model D crossing ditch, Chevrolet (1927 or 1928 model) pickup in background; 05/1930

Print #42 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation in field D-2 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #43 - Sheet erosion and gullying in field D-3, 05/1930
[Note to Researcher: Only one of the two negatives for Print No. 43 exists as a photographic print; a print-out from the preservation scan of the second negative has been added.]

Print #44 - Upper end of gully in Ravine C, field C, the J.E. Noll farm in the right background, 05/1930

Print #45 - Line fence between the Erosion Station and the J.E. Noll property on the west, the west branch of Ravine C, C.K. Shedd standing in the bottom of the gully, 05/1930

Print #46 - Fork of gully in Ravine C at the western edge of the farm, 05/1930

Print #47 - Gully erosion on the east bank of Ravine C in pasture B, 05/1930

Print #48 - Gully erosion in Ravine C, Pasture B on the right, white barn with windmill in background, 05/1930

Print #49 - West branch of gully in Ravine C, 05/1930

Print #50 - Gully erosion on the east bank of Ravine C, 05/1930

FF 5 - Erosion Experiment Prints #51-82, 84

Print #51 - East branch of gully in Ravine C, field B with a bluegrass pasture, 05/1930
[Note to Researcher: Only a 4x5-inch print of No. 51 exists in the collection as a photographic print; a larger print-out from the preservation scan of the negative has been added.]

Print #52 - Gully erosion in Ravine C, 05/1930

Print #53 - Gully erosion in Ravine C at northern edge of Erosion Farm along State Highway #4, 05/1930

Print #54 - Gully erosion in Ravine C, State Highway #4 in the background, 05/1930

Print #55 - East branch of gully in Ravine C in pasture B, the farmstead in the left foreground, 05/1930

Print #56 - Sheet erosion and gullying in bluegrass pasture, field A, adjacent to Ravine C, 05/1930

Print #57 - Gullying in east branch of Ravine C in pasture B, the farmstead in the left foreground, 05/1930

Print #58 - Sheet erosion and gullying between field L and field N, 05/1930

Print #59 - Looking east over field L, 05/1930

Print #60 - Sheet erosion and gullying in field L, 05/1930

Print #61 - Gully erosion between field L and field N, 05/1930

Print #62 - Sheet erosion and gullying in fields G-1, D-1, D-2 and D-3 before constructing terraces and dams, 05/1930

Print #63 - Overshot flume B2 entering Ravine B, gully erosion and sedimentation, 05/1930

Print #64 - Gullying in the north branch of Ravine B, field H (locust gully), 05/1930

Print #65 - Overshot flume on Ravine B1 with C.K. Shedd, soil saving dam B-2 with spillway of corrugated roofing installed in the north branch of Ravine B, 05/1930

Print #66 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation in field G-1 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #67 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation in field G-1 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #68 - Sheet erosion and sedimentation in field G-1 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #69 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation in field G-1, D-1 and D-2, 05/1930

Print #70 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation, fields D-1 and D-2, 05/1930

Print #71 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation, fields D-1 and D-2, 05/1930
[Note to Researcher: Only one of the two negatives for Print No. 71 exists as a photographic print; a print-out from the preservation scan of the second negative has been added.]

Print #72 - Sheet erosion and gullying in field D-2 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #73 - Gullying and sedimentation in the western part of field F, 05/1930

Print #74 - Gullying in field F adjacent to the Noll farm on the western edge of the farm, 05/1930

Print #75 - Sheet erosion, gullying and sedimentation in the eastern depression of field F near the southern boundary of the farm, 05/1930
[Note to Researcher: No photographic print of No. 75 exists; a print-out from the preservation scan of Negative No. 75 has been added.]

Print #76 - Gullying in field F, 05/1930

Print #77 - Gullying in field D-1 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #78 - Gullying in fields D-2 and D-3, top of red barn in background, 05/1930

Print #79 - Gullying and sedimentation in field D-2 before terracing, 05/1930

Print #80 - Gullying and sedimentation in field D-3 (north), 05/1930

Print #81 - Gullying in the north end of the north branch of Ravine B; field D-3 (north) in the background, 05/1930

Print #82 - Sheet erosion, gullying, and sedimentation in field D-2 (left) and D-1 (right), 05/1930

Print #83 - Sample splitter, original model by C. M. Woodruff, executed by Gus Turnsjou, University of Missouri, 05/1930
[Note to Researcher: No photographic print of No. 83 exists; a print-out from the preservation scan of Negative No. 83 has been added.]

Print #84 - Laboratory aliquot sampler built in University of Missouri shops from plans drawn by Uhland and Woodruff, 05/1930

Box 2

FF 1 - Lantern Slides, Glass

Env 1 - Glass lantern slide of the Horticulture Building, rear, also shows greenhouse and Agricultural Auditorium, south side

Env 2 - Glass lantern slide of the [old] Physics Building, north front

Env 3 - Glass lantern slide of the Old Agriculture Building, north front

Env 4 - Glass lantern slide of the New Agriculture Building, rear

Env 5 - Tinted glass lantern slide of a truck by an old farmhouse

Env 6 - Glass lantern slide of an irrigation ditch on farmland

Env 7 - Glass lantern slide of a horse-drawn cart near road construction

Env 8 - Glass lantern slide of a tractor mowing a field

FF 2 - Equipment, 1939-1943

Env 1

Photograph of Woodland mowing plots - field cultivator, close-up, 11/08/1939

Photograph of Woodland mowing plots - field cultivator, 11/08/1939

Photograph of Woods Pasture mowing plots, 11/08/1939

Env 2

Photograph of a car sitting in a field with back door open, "F.P.I. 119684," 05/14/1943

Photograph of a scale sitting on a leveling board in the back of a car in a field, 09/01/1941

Photograph of a box set on a Hanson scale on a leveling board in the back of a car, 09/01/1941

FF 3 - Mowing Plots - Research, Old Station Field, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1937-1941

Env 1 - Mowing plots research, Old Station Field (now part of University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics), 1937-1941

Photograph of Kentucky bluegrass, 05/28/1937

Photograph of a view of experimental studies of grasses and legumes in the Department of Field Crops, 1941

Photograph of the orchard grass mowing plots (2 prints), 05/28/1937

Photograph of Kentucky bluegrass mowing plots, Station Field, 05/28/1937

Photograph of a view of the experimental plots in the studies of pasture grasses, 1937

Photograph of a view of the experimental plots in the studies of pasture grasses, 1937

Photograph of redtop mowing plots, Station Field, 05/29/1937

Photograph of "Ca. bluegrass mowing plots," 05/29/1937

Photograph of "Ca. bluegrass mowing plots," 05/28/1937

Photograph of Plot Y and Plot X, represented by writing on surface, ca. 1937

Photograph of Plot Y in foreground, Plot X in background (description of mowing on back), ca. 1937

Photograph of grass planted in a University of Missouri-Columbia field, ca. 1939

Photograph of grass planted in a University of Missouri-Columbia field, ca. 1939

Photograph of heat resistant "sel." Kentucky bluegrass, 05/12/1939

Photograph of redtop, 05/28, ca. 1939

Photograph of "Ca." bluegrass, 06/12/1939

Photograph of Kentucky bluegrass, 05/19/1939

Photograph of redtop, 06/12/1939

Photograph of orchard grass, 5/16/1939

FF 4 - South Farm - Research, 1941-1944

Photograph, Sudar (man examining grass in field), 08/05/1944

Photograph, Lathrop, Plot 7 (man examining grass in field), 06/28/1944

Photograph of Redtop - Block D (man examining grass in field), 07/15/1944

Photograph of Kentucky Bluegrass - S.C. - Block 2-C (man examining grass in field), 06/27/1942

Photograph of Block 2-C (man examining grass in field), 06/18/1943

Photograph of man examining grass in field, ca. 1943

Photograph of Block-D-Columbia, 06/24/1944

Photograph of 2-C - Plots 52-51-50-49, 11/18/1943

Photograph of "K5" marker in a field, ca. 1943

Photograph of Block 2-C - Kentucky bluegrass, 04/22/1941

Photograph of Block 2-C - orchard grass, 04/22/1941

FF 5 - Hunter Field, Sikeston, 1934, 1949

Env 1 - Hunter Field, Sikeston, 1934, 1949, lespediza

Photograph of two men examining grass in Hunter Field, Sikeston, ca. 1934

Photograph of a man examining grass in Hunter Field, Sikeston (description of seeding and growth on back), 09/1934

Photograph of a man examining grass in Hunter Field, Sikeston, 1949

Photograph of a man examining grass at marker 26 in Hunter Field, Sikeston, 1949

Photograph of two cows near fence and barns, 1949

Note to Researcher: The nitrate negatives originally part of C:3/19/9 and contained in File Folders 7, 8 and 9 (all removed), were discarded due to format in May of 2021. Where no corresponding 8x10-inch photographic print existed in the collection, a high-resolution digital surrogate was created from the negative.

OSF 1 - TU, 369

Bethany Experimental Farm topographical map, 1930

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