A Guide to the Woodrow Wilson McPherson Manuscript
Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator: | McPherson, W. W. (Woodrow Wilson) | |
| Title: | Woodrow Wilson McPherson Manuscript | |
| Dates: | circa 1984 | |
| Abstract: | Unpublished history of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, and Florida agriculture. | |
| Extent: | 1 Linear feet. 3 boxes. | |
| Identification: | Ms Coll. 77 | |
| Language(s): | English | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Professor of Food and Resource Economics.
Scope and Content
Draft of a history of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and its predecessors written by McPherson. The manuscript is also a history of the major developments in Florida agriculture covering the years 1880-1984. An outline of the manuscript is located in the first folder. Part of the section in Chapter 9 on citrus is missing as is Section Q of Chapter 5.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
The collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Woodrow Wilson McPherson Manuscript, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Contents List
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Chapters 1-8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chapters 9-10 (Sections 1-4) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chapter 10 (Sections 5-6 plus Forestry and Marine Products)- Chapter 12. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chapter entitled Agriculture and Related Matters, 1880-1920, that might be different version of Chapter 5, Section Q. | ||||||||||||
Selected Subjects and Access Terms
Agriculture -- Florida -- History.
Florida Cooperative Extension Service -- History.
University of Florida. Agricultural Experiment Station -- History.
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences -- History.
For further information, please contact: Special Collections Access Services.
