creator:

Brown, Percy E. (1885-1937)

title:

Papers

dates:

1912-1937

extent:

0.21 linear ft.  (1 half-document box)

collection number:

RS 9/9/13

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Percy E. Brown Papers, RS 9/9/13, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Percy E. Brown was born on a farm near Woodbridge, New Jersey, on October 9, 1885.  He received his B.S. (1906), A.M. (1909), and Ph.D. (1912) from Rutgers University.  Dr. Brown joined the Iowa State College (University) faculty as Assistant Professor (1910-1912) of soil bacteriology.  He was soon promoted to Associate Professor (1912-1914) and then Professor (1914-1932).  Dr. Brown became Head of the Department of Agronomy (1932-1937) and remained the department head until his sudden death in 1937.  His major interests of study included soil bacteriology, soil fertility, and soil survey.

Dr. Brown was associated with numerous professional organizations including: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Iowa Academy of Science, the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Agronomy, the American Soil Survey Association, the Soil Science Society of America, and the International Society of Soil Scientists.  Dr. Brown was also consulting editor of Soil Science and business manager and Editor-in-Chief of the Iowa State College Journal of Science.  He was active in a number of honor societies including Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Collection description

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

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Article – “A Comparison of the Numbers of Two Species of Rhizobium and Ammonia-Oxidizing Organisms in Variously Treated Iowa Soils”

1937

1

3

Article – “The Numbers of Ammonia-Oxidizing Organisms in Soils as Influenced by Soil Management Practices”

1937

1

4

Article – “Soils Courses at the Iowa State College”

1916

1

1

Biographical information

1937

1

5

Bulletin – “Crop Yields on Soil Experiment Fields in Iowa”

1924

1

6

Bulletin – “The Iowa System of Soil Management”

1923

1

7

Publication – “Inoculation of Legumes”

1927

1

8

Publication – “Liming Iowa Soils”

1912

1

9

Report – “Soil Erosion in Iowa”

1936

1

10

Report – “Soil Survey of Iowa: Clay County”

1919

1

11

Writings – “The Field of Agronomy (Farm Crops and Soils)”

ca. 1935