US-RUn-rcg146 Agronomy Station Field Books 1929-1958 Finding aid prepared by Mark Dionne University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections 2017
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu Website: https://web.uri.edu/specialcollections/
Finding aid encoded by Mark Dionne. 2020 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) English University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station Field Books 1929-1958 University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station Field Books 3 box(es) (3 linear feet) The field books contain scientific data, observations, and analysis collected by the URI Agronomy Station from 1929–1958. RcG. 146 Historical Note

The University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station was established in 1946 under Director Dr. Robert Smith Bell. It was an outgrowth of the original Agricultural Experiment Station that was chartered in 1888 with funds procured through the Hatch Act of 1887. The Agronomy Station specialized in the study and application of turfgrass science and was the first of its kind in the United States.

 Collection Information

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 Preferred Citation

University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station Field Books, RcG. 146, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.

 Scope and Content Note

The field books contain scientific data, observations, and analysis collected by the URI Agronomy Station from 1929–1958.

 Arrangement

The records are arranged into the following series: 1. Field Books

Administrative Information

The records were donated and transferred to the University of Rhode Island by the URI Agronomy Station in 2017.

These materials were originally collected and stored by URI Agronomy Station.

The collection was processed by Mark Dionne in 2017.

 Names University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station Subjects University of Rhode Island Agronomy Station Agronomy--Research. RIAMCO Browsing Terms Education Rhode Island/Local Interest Inventory Series 1 Field Books 1929-1958

The field books contain scientific data, observations, and analysis collected by the URI Agronomy Station from 1929–1958.

 1 1 1929 Field Book 1929 Experimental Data 1 2 1929 - 1932 Alfalfa Breeding Book I 1929 - 1932 1 3 1930 Field Book 1930 Experimental Data 1 4 1931 Field Book #1 1931 Experimental Data 1 5 1931 Field Book #2 1931 Experimental Data 1 6 1932 Field Book #1 1932 Experimental Data 1 7 1932 Field Book #2 1932 Experimental Data 1 8 1933 Field Book #1 1933 Experimental Data 1 9 1933 Field Book #2 1933 Experimental Data 1 10 1933 - 1934 Alfalfa Breeding Book II 1933 - 1934 1 11 1934 Field Book #1 1934 Experimental Data 1 12 1934 Field Book #2 1934 Experimental Data 2 13 1935 Field Book 1935 Experimental Data 2 14 1935 - 1936 Alfalfa Breeding Book III 1935 - 1936 2 15 1936 Field Book 1936 Experimental Data 2 16 1937 Field Book 1937 Experimental Data 2 17 1938 Field Book 1938 Experimental Data 2 18 1939 Field Book 1939 experimental Data 2 19 1940 Field Book 1940 Experimental Data 2 20 1941 - 1942 Alfalfa Breeding Book IV 1941 - 1942 2 21 1941 Field Book 1941 Experimental Data 2 22 1942 Field Book 1942 Experimental Data 2 23 1943 Field Book 1943 Experimental Data 2 24 1944 Field Book 1944 Experimental Data 2 25 1945 Field Book 1945 Experimental Data 2 26 1946 Field Book 1946 Experimental Data 2 27 1947 Field Book 1947 Experimental Data 2 28 1947 Agronomy Office Book and Experiment Analysis 3 29 1948 Field Book 1948 Experimental Data 3 30 1946 - 1950 Alfalfa Breeding Book V 1946 - 1950 3 31 1949 Field Book 1949 Experimental Data 3 32 1948 - 1950 Weed Control Experiment Data 1948 - 1950 3 33 1950 Field Book 1950 Experimental Data 3 34 1951 Field Book 1951 Experimental Data 3 35 1951 - 1955 Alfalfa Breeding Book VI 1951 - 1955 3 36 1952 Field Book 1952 Experimental Data 3 37 1953 Field Book 1953 Experimental Data 3 38 1954 Field Book 1954 Experimental Data 3 39 1955 Field Book 1955 Experimental Data 3 40 1955 Agronomy Staff Guidelines for Data Entry 3 41 1956 Field Book 1956 Experimental Data 3 42 1957 Field Book 1957 Experimental Data 3 44 1957 Weed Control Experiment Data 3 45 1957 Irrigation Field Book 3 43 1957 - 1958 Index of Agronomy Porojects