Department of Agronomy and Range Science Records, 1899-1974

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Summary

Creators:
University of California, Davis. Department of Agronomy and Range Science
Abstract:
Minutes, memoranda, reports, correspondence, budgets, and photographs related to the departments's courses, research, and operations of the Department of Agronomy and Range Science.
Extent:
31 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Department of Agronomy and Range Science Records, AR-053, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Minutes, memoranda, reports, correspondence, budgets, and photographs related to the departments's courses, research, and operations.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Agronomy and Range Science began in 1904 as the Division of Experimental Agronomy in the College of Agriculture of the University of California, Berkeley. In 1906, the division was largely moved to the University Farm at Davis, which was better suited to researching agricultural practices of the Central Valley. The two-year non-degree program included practical work in agronomy and experiment station research focused on developing improved cereal and range crop varieties.

In the early years, faculty members focused on specific crops or specialties. Plant breeding was a major part of the department's research, with an active program in cereals, forage and food legumes, and oil crops. Following World War II, the division was renamed the Department of Agronomy. In 1968, Range Science was added to the department name to reflect the inclusion of a program devoted to management of range lands.

In 2004, the department was consolidated with three other departments (Environmental Horticulture, Pomology, and Vegetables Crops) to form the Department of Plant Sciences.

Source: Gepts, Paul, and Scheuring, Ann F., "History of Agronomy at UC," University of California Agronomy Research and Information Center, http://agric.ucdavis.edu/History_of_Agronomy_at_UC/. Accessed 1 October 2020.

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Liz Phillips encoded this finding aid with help from student assistant Aditi Sinha.

Physical location:
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Access and use

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], Department of Agronomy and Range Science Records, AR-053, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
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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