Utah State University Historic College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences records
Scope and Contents
The Utah State University Historic College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences records includes materials created by professors, administration, staff, and students. This collections includes reports, program files, events, newsletters and other assorted office files. This collection only includes materials created prior to 2025 belonging to the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. The college is now known as S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Future acquisitions will be collected under the new collection number UUS_14.12.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-2016
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah State University Historic College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences records must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical / Historical
1906-1956
The School of Agriculture initially was arranged into the departments of Agronomy, Irrigation and Drainage, Animal Industry and Dairying, Horticulture, and Veterinary Science. By 1956 the School of Agriculture had departments in Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Agronomy and Soils, Animal Husbandry, Bacteriology and Biochemistry, Botany and Plant Pathology, Dairy Husbandry, and Manufacturing Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Poultry Husbandry, Vegetable Crops, and Veterinary Science.
1957-2024
With this change, The School of Agriculture became the College of Agriculture and had the departments of General Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry Applied Statistics, Botany and Plant Pathology Dairy Industry, Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry, and Veterinary Science.
2013-2025
In 2013 the name of the College of Agriculture was changed to the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. It held this name until early 2025 when it was closed and combined with S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resource.
2025-Onward
USU’s Strategic Reinvestment
Most of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences departments and programs were moved into S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or the College of Verterinary Medicine.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (5 linear feet)
Abstract
The Utah State University Historic College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences records includes materials created by professors, administration, staff, and students.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series.
I. Reports
II. Events, Newsletters, and Program files
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was collected by Utah State University Archives.
Processing Information
Orginally Processed between 1987-2020. Reprocessed in 2025 as part of University Archives secondary processing project.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Utah State University Historic College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences records
- Author
- Finding aid written by Abbie Chesley and Kelly Rovegno
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
- 2025: Secondary Processing. Combined 14.1:6, 14.1:36, 14.1:38, 14.1:38b, 14.1:38c, 14.1:59, 14.1:63, 14.1:67, 14.1:97
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu