A Guide to the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Letterbooks
Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2007
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator: | University of Florida. Agricultural Experiment Station. | |
| Title: | University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Letterbooks | |
| Dates: | 1889-1906 | |
| Abstract: | Letterbooks containing outgoing letters from the staff of the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. | |
| Extent: | 2 Linear feet. 21 volumes; 14 microfilm reels. | |
| Identification: | Series 88 | |
| Language(s): | English | |
Scope and Content
Series 88 is a set of letterbooks containing outgoing letters from staff of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. (Incoming correspondence may be found in Series 87). The series contains letters of the following staff members: Peter Henry Rolfs, Horticulturalist; H. Harold Hume, Horticulturalist; A. A. Persons, Chemist; H. K. Miller, Chemist; J. M. Pickell, Chemist; H. A. Gossard, Entomologist; Horace E. Stockbridge, Professor of Agriculture.
All but a few of the letters were written when the Station was located at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. The nature of the correspondence is similar to that in Series 87; however, this series does not include letters from any of the Station directors. During this time period, most staff at the Station had teaching responsibilities at the Agricultural College in addition to their research duties. Interspersed with Station correspondence are reports and letters regarding teaching conditions at the Florida Agricultural College.
Each volume, except volumes 9 and 10, contains an index of correspondents.
Addendum: Six additional letterbooks (2 of Rolfs, 3 of Hume, and Stockbridge's letterbook) were discovered in the library's limited circulation area in 1997. These volumes have not been filmed.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
The collection is open for research. The condition of the letterbooks varies considerably. Some of the books are waterstained and many of the documents were poorly copied. Others have faded. The letterbooks were filmed for preservation purposes. Because of their fragile condition, the original letterbooks are to be used only if documents on film are illegible.
Related or Separated Material
Agricultural Experiment Station incoming correspondence may be found in Series 87.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Letterbooks, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Contents List
| J.M. Pickell | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | Jan. 28, 1889-July, 1898 - Reel 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Feb.4, 1890-June, 1892 - Reels 1 and 2 | ||||||||||||
| Peter Henry Rolfs | |||||||||||||
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| 3 | Sept. 11, 1894-Oct. 17, 1895 - Reel 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oct. 26, 1895-May 22, 1896 - Reel 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | May 29, 1896--Nov. 4, 1897 - Reel 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Nov. 8, 1897-May, 1898 - Reel 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | March 4, 1899-August 19, 1899 - Reel 6 | ||||||||||||
| H. Harold Hume | |||||||||||||
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| 7 | Oct. 1899 - Reel 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Dec. 4, 1899-Nov. 5, 1900 - Reel 7 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | June 6, 1902-January 29, 1903 - Reel 8 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | April 8, 1904-June 6, 1906 - Reel 9 | ||||||||||||
| A. A. Persons | |||||||||||||
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| 11 | April, 1898-July, 1898 - Reel 10 | ||||||||||||
| H. K. Miller | |||||||||||||
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| 11 | Jan. 1899-Feb.3, 1904 - Reel 11 | ||||||||||||
| H. A. Gossard | |||||||||||||
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| 12 | Feb. 27, 1900-Dec. 11, 1900 - Reel 11 and 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Dec.11, 1900-Nov. 14, 1901 - Reel 12 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Nov. 18, 1901-Nov. 15, 1902 - Reel 13 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Jan. 9, 1903-Jan. 20, 1904 - Reel 14 | ||||||||||||
| Addendum - Peter Henry Rolfs | |||||||||||||
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| 16 | March 28, 1892-Sept. 12, 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | May 27, 1898-March 7, 1899 | ||||||||||||
| Addendum - H. Harold Hume | |||||||||||||
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| 18 | July 19, 1901-June 3, 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Feb. 6, 1903-Aug. 12, 1903 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Aug. 12, 1903-April 6?, 1904 | ||||||||||||
| Addendum - Horace E. Stockbridge | |||||||||||||
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| 21 | Aug. 9, 1901-Oct. 7, 1901 (only ten pages) | ||||||||||||
Selected Subjects and Access Terms
Agricultural experiment stations -- Florida.
Agriculture -- Florida -- Experimentation.
Florida Agricultural College (Lake City, Fla.) -- History -- Sources.
Florida. State Agricultural College -- History -- Sources.
Gossard, H. A. (Harry Arthur), 1868-1925.
Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965.
Miller, H. K.
Persons, A. A.
Pickell, J. M.
Rolfs, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1865-1944.
University of Florida (Lake City, Fla.) -- History -- Sources.
University of Florida. Agricultural Experiment Station -- Records and correspondence.
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