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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
College
of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Plant Science Department records
Dates:
1932-2007 (bulk 1968-1996)
Creator:
Plant
Science Department, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences,
South Dakota State University
Physical description:
0.42 linear feet—1 container, 1 CD-ROM, 2 DVDs
Collection number: UA 5.8
Language:
Collection material in
English.
Repository:
South Dakota State
University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection
is composed of records and publications generated by the
Plant Science Department, including correspondence, course notes,
pamphlets, reports, posters, and programs.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
The bulk of this collection was found in the Archives in 1997. There is
no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here.
This is an on-going collection with material arriving
through departmental records transfers, the university campus mail, or
random donation by various individuals.
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]. College of Agriculture and Biological
Sciences, Plant Science Department records, UA 5.8, South Dakota State
University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.
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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Agronomy Department—South Dakota State University.
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Cereal Bowl—South
Dakota State University.
-
Collaboration with Universidad Academica Campesina
(Carmen Pampa, Bolivia)—South
Dakota State University
-
Entomology and Zoology Department—South Dakota State
University.
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Field days—South
Dakota State University.
-
James G. Ross Memorial Lecture—South
Dakota State University.
-
N.E. Hansen Lecture—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Courses—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Employment advertising—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Lectures and lecturing—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Pamphlets—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Personnel—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Records and correspondence—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Reports—South
Dakota State University.
-
Plant Science Department—Scholarships—South
Dakota State University.
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Plant Science Department—Student notes—South
Dakota State University.
-
Robert H. and Katherine Burris Distinguished Lecture
Series in Plant Biochemistry—South
Dakota State University.
-
Seed Laboratory—South
Dakota State University.
-
Travel—South
Dakota State University.
-
Universidad Academica Campesina (Carmen Pampa,
Bolivia)—Collaboration with South Dakota State University.
BACKGROUND NOTE
The Plant Science Department was formed in 1969, when the
Agronomy Department and the Plant Pathology Department were combined.
Ten years later, entomologists joined the department when the Entomology
and Zoology Department was eliminated. The history of the Plant Science
Department, then, is really the history of these three departments.
Instruction in agronomy was a core part of the South
Dakota State University curriculum from the outset. In 1888, the first
agronomy crops were sown with the assistance of the Agricultural
Experiment Station, establishing a pattern that continues to this day.
In 1897, when departments were formally organized, agronomy coursework
was found in the Geology and Agronomy Department. By 1902, agronomy had
achieved its independence from geology and an independent department was
formed. Through the years, the department strengthened and expanded,
developing strong areas of research and teaching in plant breeding, crop
and soil science, and seed varieties, among others. Different faculty
had different interests, but the overall work of the department remained
mostly unchanged until it joined with plant pathology.
The plant pathology department followed much the same
pattern as the agronomy department. Through the years, research in
plant pathology as conducted through the Agricultural Experiment Station
and courses were taught, although the department went by a number of
different names. In the earliest years, courses were taught in the
Botany Department. In 1911, the name changed to Botany and Plant
Pathology, where it remained until 1918. From 1918-1923, the department
was Botany and Plant Diseases, from 1924-1928 Botany and Plant
Pathology, 1928-1950 Botany, Plant Pathology and Bacteriology. Finally,
in 1950 the department became known as Plant Pathology.
The Entomology and Zoology Department was a department
from 1920-1979. Courses were taught in those subjects from 1887,
however, and scientific investigations in those areas were performed at
the Agricultural Experiment Station from 1888. Initially, the
administration of the Entomology and Zoology Department fell under the
General Science Division, but in 1925, it moved to the agriculture
division. In general, instructors in these subjects were sparse, but
courses continued to develop. From 1938-1963, wildlife and wildlife
management classes were taught through the department, but eventually
they separated into their own area. The fate of the entomology and
zoology subjects was not as good, however, and in 1979, the department
was dissolved. The entomologists went to the Plant Science Department,
and the zoologists moved to biology.
Today, the primary goal of the Plant Science Department
is to prepare people for leadership in business, government, and farming
enterprises related to crop production, insect control, plant disease
control, pest management, and soil management. Graduates with training
in plant science are sought by agri-business, private foundations, and
federal and state agencies for employment in domestic and international
agriculture. Plant science, with its variety of disciplines, provides
and excellent background for independent pursuits in farming or
ranching.
The department offers instruction leading to the BS
degree with a major in Agronomy. Three areas of emphasis are offered in
the major: 1) Business, 2) Production, and 3) Science. The department
if equipped with modern classroom, laboratory, greenhouse, and field
plot facilities.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
NOTE
This collection is composed of departmental records and
publications of the Plant Science Department. Folders contain
pamphlets, reports, posters, programs, and computer media. Also included
are correspondence and a list of Agronomy personnel for 1968-69. An item
of note is a book of notes for a soils class from the early 1930’s,
which belonged to a student by the name of Paul Brown.
ARRANGEMENT
of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Agronomy Field Day (announcements) |
1948-1955 |
|
2 |
Agronomy personnel (list) |
1968-1969 |
|
3 |
Biotechnology and Agriculture & Medicine (course announcement) |
2004
Spring |
|
4 |
Cereal Bowl Pancake Feed (poster) |
1999 |
|
5 |
Correspondence |
1988, 1996 |
|
6 |
James G. Ross Memorial Lecture (poster) |
1999
October 28 |
|
7 |
N.E.
Hansen Lecture Presentation (cd-rom) |
2002
November |
|
8 |
New
Ideas Final Report : Agroecology - A Web Course with Tribal
Collaboration |
2003 |
|
9 |
Outline of course in commercial fertilizers (memorandum) |
1952 |
|
10 |
Position announcement: Field/Laboratory Technician |
1999
Fall |
|
11 |
Report on a fact-finding mission to evaluate involvement of SDSU
in the development of the Universidad Academica Campesina,
Carmen Pampa, Bolivia |
1994
January |
|
12 |
Robert H. and Katherine Burris Distinguished Lecture Series in
Plant Biochemistry (2 DVDs) |
2006
April 25-26 |
|
13 |
Scholarship banquet (program) |
2007
April 20 |
|
14 |
South Dakota checklist for areas D1, D2, D3 D4 ... To help you
get high yields at low cost (pamphlet) |
[n.d.] |
|
15 |
Seed
Laboratory - cost of services (announcement) |
1973 |
|
16 |
Soil
Fertility progress report |
1989 |
|
17 |
Soils notebook (Paul Brown) |
1932-1934 |
|
18 |
Travel and Faculty Development opportunity: Universidad
Academica Campesina, Carmen Pampa, Bolivia |
2002 |
|
19 |
Weed
Control Field Day (announcements) |
1954-1955 |
|
20 |
Weeds (printer's plate) |
[n.d.] |
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