creator:

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

title:

Corn Production Machinery Investigations Annual Reports

dates:

1950-1956, n.d.

extent:

0.42 linear ft.  (1 document box)

collection number:

RS 9/7/0/5

repository:

University Archives Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Corn Production Machinery Investigations Annual Reports, RS 9/7/0/5, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Iowa State College (University) first offered courses in Farm Mechanics in 1903.  The Department of Agronomy administered these courses from 1906 until 1910.  In 1910, the Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established.  The two-year program leading to a Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering was initiated in 1906 and developed into a four-year program in 1908.  The department was renamed Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990 and is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture and the College of Engineering.  In 2004, the department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology.

Collection description

This collection (1931-1941) consists of yearly reports documenting work conducted under a cooperative agreement by the Agricultural Engineering Section of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The reports contain photographic and written documentation describing the results of experimental farm machinery used for preparing field beds, planting, and harvesting corn.

Organization

The collection is organized chronologically.