Biographical note

Hobart Beresford was born December 6, 1896 in Vinton, Iowa.  He received a B.S. in 1924 in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University and a professional degree in the same field from Iowa State in 1941.  He taught at the University of Idaho from 1924-1927 and from 1929-1946; in 1927-1928, he was an agricultural engineering with the Idaho Power Company.  In 1936 he worked with the U.S. Government on rural housing projects.  Beresford was department head of the Agricultural Engineering Department at Iowa State from 1946-1962.  Beresford’s research was in the area of rural electrification and the handling and storage of agricultural products

Collection description

The collection (1927-1977) contains biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, publications, photographs, slides, and scrapbooks, including one large scrapbook with posters and photographs of tractors and other agricultural machinery.  The correspondence, dated 1936, is primarily with companies involved in storing and transporting agricultural products.  The photographic prints and slides are mostly of agricultural events, celebrations, cultivation and harvesting, machinery, and livestock.

Organization

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order with biographical information at the front.

1

1

Biographical Information

1946-1984, n.d.

1

2

Biographical Information - Newspaper Clippings

1966

1

3

A.E.F.D.-Scrapbook Pages (10 b&w 3x5, 14 b&w 5x7 photos)

1957

1

4

Agriculture Engineering, University Of Idaho

1942, n.d.

1

5

Agriculture Engineering, Idaho Electrification Project

1940-1943

1

6

Correspondence - Companies, Resume

1927-1954

1

7

Documents And Photos:  Patents (7 b&w 3x5 photos)

1962, n.d.

1

8

Documents:  Russian Delegation

1958

1

9

Industrial Alcohol

1944, n.d.

1

10

International Harvester - Photos And News Releases (10 b&w 8x10 photos)

1960

1

11

Papers Presented - “Application Of Light To Plant Growth And Insect Control”

1953

1

12

Papers Presented-“Inter-Industry Farm Electric Utilization Council From A State And College Point Of View”

1954

1

13

Photos:  Agriculture Engineering Field Day (41 b&w 3x5 photos)

1955-1957

1

14

Photos:  Agriculture Engineering Field Day (29 b&w 3x5, 3 b&w 3x7, 12 b&w 5x7 photos)

1955-1957

1

15

Photos:  Agriculture Engineering Teaching Research Extension (19 b&w 3x5 photos)

n.d.

1

16

Photos:  Animals (2 b&w, 1 color 8x10 photos)

n.d.

1

17

Photos:  Carrot Processing (3 b&w 8x10 photos)

1942

1

18

Photos:  Chicken Slaughter Process (2 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

1

19

Photos:  Cultivating Beets (11 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

1

Photos:  Cultivating Corn (6 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

2

Photos:  Cultivating Hay And Straw (16 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

3

Photos:  Earth-Moving Equipment (6 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

4

Photos:  Engineering Fair Awards (2 b&w 3x5 photos)

1961

2

5

Photos:  Farmsteads (2 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

6

Photos:  Iowa State College Exhibit (1 b&w 8x10 photos)

1956

2

7

Photos:  Professional Meeting (1 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

8

Photos:  Silage Loading (1 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

9

Photos:  Test-Demonstration Farm (1 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

10

Photos:  Business, Speeches, Foreign Visitors (18 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

11

Photos:  Diesel Tractor (Caterpillar) Plowing And Trials (6 b&w 3x5, 1 b&w 5x7, 1 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

12

Photos:  Farm Equipment (52 b&w 3x5, 16 b&w 8x10 photos)

ca. 1930-1940

2

13

Photos:  Farming (108 b&w 3x5, 21 b&w 5x7, 3 b&w 8x10 photos)

n.d.

2

14

Photos:  Onion Harvesting (8 b&w 3x5 photos)

1939

2

15

Photos:  Technology Far The Times (8 b&w 3x5, 16 b&w 5x7, 1 b&w 8x10 photos)

1929, n.d.

2

16

Photos:  Wilderness (3 color 5x7 photos)

n.d.

2

17

Publications-“The Production Of Ethyl Alcohol From Cull Potatoes And Other Farm Crops”

1941

2

18

Publications-“Electricity Serves The Dairy Farmer”

1941

2

19

Reference Cards For Speech

n.d.

2

20

Scrapbook of Trip to Caterpillar Plant in Peoria, Illinois (10 b&w 8x10 photos)

ca. 1930

3

1

Slides:  Agriculture Engineering Field Day (116 color slides)

1947-1956, n.d.

3

2

Slides:  Agriculture Engineering Class Work Research (13 color slides)

n.d.

3

3

Slides:  Agriculture Engineering Department (15 color slides)

1956

3

4

Slides:  Airplanes (19 color slides)

n.d.

3

5

Slides:  ASAE Parade (19 color slides)

n.d.

3

6

Slides:  Assorted Machinery And Farm Plots (53 color slides and 6 b&w slides)

n.d.

3

7

Slides:  Construction Work (30 color slides)

n.d.

3

8

Slides:  Corn Picker (16 color slides)

1950, n.d.

3

9

Slides:  Farming (47 color slides)

n.d.

3

10

Slides:  Graphs And Charts (99 color slides)

1955, n.d.

4

1

Slides:  Haying (38 color slides)

n.d.

4

2

Slides:  Home Made Farm Machinery (14 color slides)

n.d.

4

3

Slides:  Howard County Field Day (13 color slides)

n.d.

4

4

Slides:  Light Traps (13 color slides)

n.d.

4

5

Slides:  Lundell Wafers (17 color slides)

1961

4

6

Slides:  Miscellaneous Of Home (20 color slides)

1974-1977, n.d.

4

7

Slides:  North East Iowa (14 color slides)

1956

4

8

Slides:  Onion Farming (16 color slides)

n.d.

4

9

Slides:  Plot Harvest Of Dwarf Corn (17 color slides)

1960-1961

4

10

Slides:  Poultry (8 color slides)

1944

4

11

Slides:  Demonstration-Canada (11 color slides)

n.d.

4

12

Slides:  Scrapbook Of Assorted Farms, Animals And Machinery (116 color slides)

n.d.

4

13

Slides:  Scrapbook:  Field Day (60 color slides)

1968, n.d.

4

14

Slides:  SCS Field Day (16 color slides)

n.d.

5

1

Slides:  Self-Feeding Silo (72 color slides)(

n.d.

5

2

Slides:  Scrapbook:  Hog Producers, Plowing, etc. (111 color slides)

n.d.

5

3

Slides:  Soil And Water (16 color slides)

n.d.

5

4

Slides:  Stoddard Farm (15 color slides)

n.d.

5

5

Slides:  Tillage (18 color slides)

n.d.

5

6

Slides:  Visits From Foreigners (Russians, Prince Albert, etc.) (20 color slides)

n.d.

5

7

Tractor Pictures (19 b&w 8x10 photos)

ca. 1950

5

8

Writings:  Assorted Agriculture Topics

1949, n.d.

5

9

Writings:  Department Of Agriculture 1928 Annual Report

1928

6

OVR

History of the tractor – reprints of posters, advertisements and prints; photographs (20 11x14”, 9 8x10”, and 6 4x6”)

1770-1980

7

OVR

Davidson, J.B – interview (3 reel-to-reel audio tapes and 3 cassette tapes)

1953-1957

7

OVR

History of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (1 reel-to-reel audio tape)

1964

7

OVR

Giese, H. – interview (1 reel-to-reel audio tape and 1 cassette tape)

n.d.

FILM

Agriculture Engineering Field Day

1952

FILM

Agriculture Engineering Field Day

1956

FILM

Corn Silage, Bale Gun

n.d.

FILM

Corn Combine

n.d.

FILM

Forage Field Day, Tandem Tractor, Balers, Mower

n.d.

FILM

Greedy Picker and Plow Terracing

n.d.

FILM

ISC Hay Storage; Self Feeding

n.d.

FILM

Hesselman Animation, Oil Engines

n.d.

FILM

Idaho; Hay Baling

1930s

FILM

Idaho; Sugar Beets

n.d.

FILM

South Idaho; Peas, Beets, Onions

n.d.

FILM

Ice Carnival

n.d.

FILM

Iowa 1948-49 Header; Whirlwind/Windrow

1949

FILM

Iowa and Nebraska John Deer Landon 60

n.d.

FILM

Russian Field Day

1955

FILM

Tandem Tractors

n.d.

FILM

TVA Plane Trip

n.d.

FILM

VEISHEA

1940