Letters
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture chair records, 1957-1980
Contains information on the operation of the University farm in Spanish Fork, Utah; research on nitrogen-fixation in sagebrush; material on the Desert Biome project, various projects for Iran and a project for the Tennessee Valley Authority; as well as miscellaneous research files and data.
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture project records
Contains correspondence, notes, reports, and newspaper clippings relating to the work of Dr. Raymond B. Farnsworth with American Indians, as well as research proposals to various grant agencies.
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture records
Contains class notes, research files, publications, student projects, and other materials produced by department administrators. Includes information on the Desert Biome Project, sagebrush, and projects in Iran and Tennessee. Materials date from between 1945 and 1980.
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture records on departmental history project, 1971-1984
Contains a copy of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's 100 year history, notes on material to include in the history, and a brief article about the early roots of the department called "They who Plowed."
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture records on Indian history project, 1971-1984
The Indian History Project records contain correspondence, notes, reports, and newspaper clippings relating to the work of Raymond B. Farnsworth with American Indians.
Raymond B. Farnsworth papers
Contains letters, records, studies, charts, drawings, maps, personal notes written by or written to Raymond B. Farnsworth regarding the progess of co-operatives on many Native American reservations throughout the United States. It also includes the legal documents relating to these programs including proposals, management agreements, and financial records. There are also some newspaper clippings related to the projects that Farnsworth was involved with, from 1959 to 1981.
History of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, 1885-1974
Contains correspondence; memoranda; visual images; news clippings; and lists of classes offered, student statistics, names and addresses of graduates, graduates who received fellowships, deceased graduates, faculty and staff. Includes a table of contents. Title page suggests that the history was originally compiled by Farnsworth between 1946 and 1958, then revised and updated in 1973-1974.
Raymond B. Farnsworth papers on Desert Biome, 1972-1975
Contains articles, analysis, correspondence and data of various agronomy studies based about the desert biome.
Raymond B. Farnsworth papers on Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project, 1973-1978
Contains reports, correspondence, contracts, etc. about the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) project.