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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Faculty
Papers, A. L. Musson papers
Dates:
1950-1962 (bulk 1954, 1962)
Creator:
A. L. (Alfred Lyman) Musson
Physical description:
0.42 linear feet—1 container, 221 photographs
Collection number:
UA 53.8
Language:
Collection material is
in English.
Repository:
South Dakota State
University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract: Collection
is composed primarily of items collected by Musson on a trip to Somalia
and East Africa in 1954. Also included is correspondence and research
resulting from the trip.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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.
Access Restrictions: This
collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do not
circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status: Copyright
2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit
the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding
aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material
to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if
necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information
on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received
before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP
2003)
Preferred citation:
[Identification of item]. Faculty Papers, A. L. Musson papers, UA
53.8, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S.D.
Processing
information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on August 31,
1998 with revisions on December 8, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the
description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by
name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by
occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Persons:
Subjects:
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Agricultural assistance, American—Somalia.
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Animal and Range Sciences Department—South Dakota
State University.
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Somalia.
BACKGROUND NOTE
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., Esther, and Merrill and five grandsons. Helen
Saunders Musson died in November 1987. He married Hannah Sharp at
Brookings on February 18, 1989.
The Musson’s were house parents at Greer School at Hope
Farm in New York from 1938 to 1941. Alfred was called to active duty
from the U.S. Army Reserve from 1931 to 1945 where he served in the 271st
Infantry, 69th Infantry division of the United States Army.
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.
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. [Archives: 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. [Archives: 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
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
This collection is composed 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.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Articles |
1962, [n.d.] |
|
2 |
Contacts |
1954 |
|
3 |
Correspondence |
1954-1962, [n.d.] |
|
4 |
Maps |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
Memorabilia |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
Notes |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Photographs |
1954 |
|
8 |
Proposed program for agricultural technical assistance for
Somalia by Musson and Worzella |
1954 |
|
9 |
Recommendations for the development of an agricultural research
and educational program in the Somalia Republic…by John T. Stone |
1962 |
|
10 |
Reconnaissance ground water survey of Somalia, East Africa by
Thomas P. Ahrens |
1951 |
|
11 |
Reports |
1950-1954, [n.d.] |
|
12 |
Scrapbook I |
1954 |
|
13 |
Scrapbook II |
1954 |
|
14 |
Slides and negatives |
1954 |
|
15 |
Trip
preparation |
1954 |
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