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Biography
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Bibliography
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Collection Summary
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Creator: |
A. L. (Alfred Lyman)
Musson Papers
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Title: |
Faculty Papers/A. L.
(Alfred Lyman) Musson Papers
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Dates: |
Inclusive: 1950-1962
Bulk: 1954, 1962
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Abstract: |
Collection consists
primarily of items collected by Musson on a trip to Somalia and
East Africa in 1954. Also includes correspondence and research
resulting from the trip.
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Physical Description: |
.42 linear feet—1
container, 221 images
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Collection Number:
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UA 53.8 |
Biography
Alfred Lyman Musson was born on August 31, 1911 at Honolulu, Hawaii to
Alfred and Mildred Musson. In 1933, he received his bachelor's degree
from Connecticut State College at Storrs. In 1934, Alfred earned a
master's degree and in 1951 a doctorate degree both from Iowa State
University at Ames. Alfred married Helen Saunders on November 28, 1935
at South Norwalk, Connecticut. They had three children; Alfred L., Jr.,
Ester, and Merrill. Helen Saunders Musson died in November 1987. He
married Hannah Sharp at Brookings on February 18, 1989.
Musson served in the 271st Infantry, 69th Infantry
division of the United States Army from 1937 to 1945. He was a veteran
of World War II and retired from the service as a lieutenant colonel.
He was employed with Iowa State University for six years, and later at
the Hope Farm School for Dependent Children for three years. He joined
the South Dakota State College faculty in October 1952 as professor and
head of the Animal Science Department. From 1960 until his retirement
in 1973, he served in the office of the Dean of Agriculture and
Biological Sciences under various titles, and retired as associate
director of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in June
1973. After his retirement, Musson pursued genealogy. He wrote a
family history of his great-grandmother, which was published privately
in 1986, and from 1980 until 1982, he published a family genealogy
newsletter. He was a member of the Brookings Area Genealogy Society,
the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and the Marblehead
(Mass.) Historical Society. He was also involved with the Mystic
Seaport, Inc., the 69th Infantry Division Association, the
American Society of Animal Science, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi, and St.
Paul's Episcopal Church. He was a former Rotarian and Scoutmaster at
Ames, Iowa.
Alfred died on Saturday, July 21, 1990 at Sioux
Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. Interment was made at the Westwood
Cemetery in Westwood, NJ.
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Arrangement and Content
The
Alfred Lyman Musson Papers sub-group consists of materials from a trip
made by Musson to Somalia, East Africa in 1954. Included are
scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, notes, correspondence, some
publications and articles about Somalia, maps, and trip preparation
items.
The
scrapbooks consist of pictures taken while in Somalia. Included are
Musson's translations of the Italian descriptions that are written on
the back of most of the pictures. The photographs, negatives and slides
consist of more pictures of Somalia but do not include any description
of each image.
The notes consist of writings
made by Musson while in Somalia. The correspondence consists mainly of
communications with the Foreign Operations Administration in preparation
for Musson's trip. The publications and articles include items about
Somalia that Musson probably read in preparation for his trip. The trip
preparations include information about customs in Somalia, immunizations
for travel abroad, and some paper work that includes an investigation
form for security clearance that details some biographical information
about Musson. Also included are a few maps of Somalia that show some of
the places that Musson visited.
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Container List:
UA 53.8—Alfred Lyman Musson Papers
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Box |
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
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1 |
1 |
Articles |
1962, n.d. |
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2 |
Contracts |
1954 |
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3 |
Correspondence |
1954-1962, n.d. |
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4 |
Maps |
n.d. |
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5 |
Memorabilia |
n.d. |
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6 |
Notes |
n.d. |
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7 |
Photographs |
1954 |
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8 |
Proposed Program for
Agricultural Technical Assistance for Somalia by Musson and
Worzella |
1954 |
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Recommendations for the
Development of an Agricultural Research and Educational Program
in the Somalia Republic … by John T. Stone |
1962 |
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10 |
Reconnaissance Ground
Water Survey of Somalia, East Africa by Thomas P. Ahrens |
1951 |
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11 |
Reports |
1950-1954, n.d. |
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12 |
Scrapbook I |
1954 |
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13 |
Scrapbook II |
1954 |
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14 |
Slides and negatives |
1954 |
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15 |
Trip Preparation |
1954 |
Restrictions
Use
of Materials
This
collection is open to research without restriction.
Subject Terms
This
collection is indexed under the following headings in the subject guide.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places
should search the subject guide
using these headings.
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Agricultural assistance, American—Somalia.
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Animal and Range Sciences, Dept. of (SDSU)
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Faculty (SDSU)
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Musson, A. L. (Alfred Lyman), 1911-1990.
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Somalia.
Bibliography
Dinkel, Christian Alfred and A. L. Musson, Beef
cattle breeding research in South Dakota, Brookings, S.D.,
Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College, 1956.
630.7 So87.17 no. 130.
Worzella, W.W., and A. L. Musson, Proposed program
for agricultural technical assistance for Somalia, Rome, Italy: s.n.,
1954. S471.S55 W6
Related Material
Faculty Papers/Collected Faculty Materials, South
Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S.D.
UA 53.1
Faculty Papers/Faculty Publications, South Dakota
State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
UA 53.2
Administrative
Information
Preferred citation
Faculty Papers/A. L. (Alfred Lyman) Musson Papers, South Dakota State
University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.
Provenance
These
files were found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997. There is no
indication of where they came from or how they came to be here.
Processing Information
The
scrapbooks were dismantled for preservation purposes.
This
collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 31 August 1998 with
revisions on 10 February 1999 and 27 June 2002 [cjg].
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