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Guide to the Edward J. Wickson Papers, 1868-1923
BANC MSS C-B 1035
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Collection Title: Edward J. Wickson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1868-1923
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1035
Creator:
Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James), 1848-1923
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box, 1 carton
Linear feet: 1.5
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence; manuscripts and reprints of his writings; reviews of his books; material re Luther Burbank; clippings; and
obituaries.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library 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 reader.
[Identification of item], Edward J. Wickson Papers, BANC MSS C-B 1035, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Edward James Wickson, professor of agriculture of the University of California, was born in Rochester, New York on August
3, 1848. He attended Hamilton College, graduating in 1872. He was for a while on the editorial staff of the
Utica Morning Herald, made a special study of the cheese industry, and was elected secretary of the New York Dairymen's Association in 1871. He
also served as president of the Utica Dairymen's Board of Trade. In 1875 he became connected with the
Pacific Rural Press. His association with the University of California began as a lecturer in practical agriculture in 1879; he became an associate
professor in 1891. He later assumed responsibility for the University Extension courses in agriculture, and became Dean of
the College of Agriculture and head of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1905, becoming emeritus in 1915. Professor Wickson
organized the first dairy association in California in 1876 and was active in the California State Horticultural Society.
He was the author of numerous articles in professional journals and newspapers, and of several volumes relating to fruits
and vegetables and garden flowers. He died July 16, 1923.
The collection, transferred from University Archives to the Manuscripts Division in 1966, includes correspondence; MSS and
reprints of his writings, mainly on agricultural subjects; clippings; reviews of Wickson's work; papers relating to Luther
Burbank; and class notes and other materials relating to his student days at Hamilton College.
A key to arrangement and partial list of correspondents follow.