Thomas Forsyth Hunt Papers, 1924-1925

Summary

Creators:

Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927.

Abstract:

Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1862-1927) served as Professor of Agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley and Dean of the College of Agriculture (now the University of California, Davis). His Papers contain a comparative study of the agriculture of Caribbean countries and a collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica, circa 1924-1925.

Extent:

1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Forsyth Hunt Papers, D-104, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The Thomas Forsyth Hunt Papers contain a comparative study of the agriculture of Caribbean countries and a collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica, circa 1924-1925.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Forsyth Hunt was born in Ridott, Illinois in 1862. He received his B.A. (1884), M.A. (1892), and Ph.D. (1903) in Agriculture from the University of Illinois. He began his career in 1885 as an assistant to the state entomologist of Illinois. He then served as Assistant Professor of Agriculture at the University of Illinois (1886-1891); Professor of Agriculture at Pennsylvania State College; Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Domestic Science at Ohio State University (1892-1903); Professor of Agronomy at Cornell University; and Dean of the School of Agriculture and Director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station (1907-1912).

In 1912, Hunt came to the University of California, Berkeley as Dean of the College of Agriculture (now the University of California, Davis), Director of the Experiment Station, and Professor of Agriculture. He retired in 1923. On March 22, 1949, Hunt Hall was named in his honor.

Source:

Windows on the past: a personal history of campus buildings, University of California, Davis. Davis: Prytanean Honor Society, 2000.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.

Arrangement:

The Papers are arranged into two series: Manuscripts and Photographs.

Physical location:

Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Agriculture -- Haiti -- Pictorial works
Agriculture -- Jamaica -- Pictorial works
Agriculture -- Caribbean Area
Agriculture -- Costa Rica -- Pictorial works
Agriculture -- Cuba -- Pictorial works

Names:

Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927--Archives

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to 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 Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Forsyth Hunt Papers, D-104, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:

UC Davis, Special Collections

University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library

100 NW Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292, US

Contact:

(530) 752-1621

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

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