Description
Ben Madson (1887-1974) served as Professor of Agronomy (1928-1954) and Director of
Agricultural Field Stations (1948-1954) at the University of California. His papers contain correspondence,
field station research and progress reports, range management investigations and budgets, committee
materials regarding the development of the University of California, College of Agriculture (now the
University of California, Davis), and several photographs of field test plots.
Background
Ben Madson (1887-1974) graduated in 1907 from Iowa State College. After working as an assistant chemist at
the college and as chief chemist for the Iowa Sugar Company, in 1910 he came to the University of California
as an assistant in agronomy. He went on to serve as chairman of the Agronomy Department from 1927-1948.
Restrictions
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publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.