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Collection Summary
Identifier
UA 5.0
Title
College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Dean's Office Records
Dates
Circa 1890-2019
Creator
Office of the Dean, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, South Dakota State University
Extent
5.84 linear feet (5 records boxes, 2 document cases)
Language
English
Repository
South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Box 2115, 1300 North Campus Drive, Brookings, South Dakota.
Access note
Open. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Preferred Citation
Name of item, UA 5.0,box #, folder #, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Records, South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.
Abstract
The College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences has a three-fold mission to teach, conduct research, and use extension programs to serve people in South Dakota, the nation, and the world. The collection is composed of general office records and financial records generated by the Office of the Dean for the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences.
Historical Note
The Morrill Act of 1862, the act that allowed for the 1881 establishment of South Dakota State University, required instruction in agriculture. Courses in all areas of agriculture were taught, and many courses in other disciplines had an agricultural focus. In 1897, when the first official departments were established at South Dakota State University, four specifically agricultural departments were formed: Agriculture, Architecture and Agricultural Engineering, Dairy Science, and Geology and Agronomy. Other related departments, specifically Horticulture/Forestry and Botany/Zoology, were also established at this time. In 1908, the School of Agriculture joined these departments as a secondary school program devoted to "preparing rural students for life on the farm."
By 1924, the Division of Agriculture established many of the departments that are found in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences today. The division included not only the various academic departments, but also the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, which had been founded by the Smith-Lever Act in 1914. The School of Agriculture was included until it was dissolved in 1960. In 1964, the Division of Agriculture became the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences when South Dakota State College became South Dakota State University.
The academic program in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences is twofold: one deals with the traditional field of agriculture and the other deals with the biological sciences.
Agricultural work is divided into four areas: academic programs, research, extension, and statewide services. Experiments and investigations for the benefits of agriculture are done in connection with problems of livestock, natural resources, field crops, veterinary science, horticultural crops, agricultural economics, dairy, landscape design, and mechanized agriculture. The results of research form the basis for classroom instruction, extension work, and for a means of answering inquiries coming into the university. The Extension Service takes the work of instruction statewide by bringing results of research to every home.
Work in biological sciences is mainly in the departments of biology/microbiology and wildlife/fisheries sciences. Biological science is an integral part of all departments that deal with plant and animal sciences.
Content and Arrangement
Contents Note
This collection is composed of general office records and publications generated by the Office of the Dean for the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Folders consist of correspondence, course changes/additions, fact sheets, short course and conference materials, college promotional material, newsletters, brochures, posters and other publications. Also included are budgets and financial reports for the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Included are salary budget, budget reports for the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and financial reports for the Cooperative State Research Service, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. The salary budgets, also called salary lists, are comprised of position listings for each department within the college, the contract pay for the previous year and the recommended pay for the upcoming fiscal year. Correspondence and research on the contract pay for faculty and staff in other institutions can also be found in this collection.
Subject Headings
- South Dakota State University. College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
Box | Folder | Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ABS News (e-newsletter) | 2006 |
1 | 2 | ABS News (e-newsletter) | 2007 |
1 | 3 | ABS News (e-newsletter) | 2007 |
1 | 4 | Accomplishments and future directions: executive summary | 1997 |
1 | 5 | Ag/Bio (newsletter) | 1990-1991, 1995 |
1 | 6 | Ag/Bio (newsletter) | 2000-2002 |
1 | 7 | AgBio (newsletter) | 2003-2005 |
1 | 8 | AgBio (newsletter) | 2006-2007 |
1 | 9 | Ag-Bio Careers Day (promotion, program) | 1999-2000, 2005 |
1 | 10 | Ag-Bio Faculty Handbook for Advisors | 1984 |
1 | 11 | Ag-Bio Interaction and Communication (faculty presentations) (promotion) | 1973-1975 |
1 | 12 | Ag-Bio Student Handbook | 2005-2006 |
1 | 13 | Ag-Bio Vision (newsletter) | 1987-1988, 1990 |
1 | 14 | Ag Research Biotechnology (newsletter) | 2000-2001 |
1 | 15 | Agricultural Biofuels: technology, sustainability and profitability conference (program) | 2007 |
1 | 16 | Agriculture Related Issues Task Force (background materials notebook) | 1997 |
1 | 17 | Annual Report - Help South Dakota During Challenging Times | 2009 |
1 | 18 | Class surveys (fact sheets) | 1960-1976 |
1 | 19 | Correspondence | 1966-1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1987-1988 |
1 | 20 | Course changes and/or additions | 1967-1975 |
1 | 21 | Course outlines | 1971 |
1 | 22 | Dean's Newsletter | 1973-1985 |
1 | 23 | Events (lists, invitations) | 1967 |
1 | 24 | Fact books, fact sheets | 1999, 2002, 2007 |
1 | 25 | Farm and Home Week (programs) | 1927-1987 |
1 | 26 | Extension Vision for the 21st Century | 2000 |
1 | 27 | Farmers Institute (poster) | 1890 circa |
1 | 28 | Farms of America [4 framer prints and plaque] | 1985 |
1 | 29 | Fertilizer short course (programs) | 1951-1953 |
1 | 30 | First Country Life conference (program) | 1914 |
1 | 31 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2010 |
1 | 32 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2011 |
1 | 33 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2012 |
1 | 34 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2013 |
1 | 35 | Highlights of staff and students (Creating Opportunities for a Lifetime fact sheet) | 1989 |
1 | 36 | The Impact of South Dakota State University-College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences (125th Anniversary report) | 2006 |
1 | 37 | Institutional On-Farm Training conference (program) | 1954-1955 |
1 | 38 | International Wheat Surplus Utilization conference (program) | 1958 |
1 | 39 | Pamphlets (promotional) | 1955 |
1 | 40 | A Plan for College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences: Accomplishments and Future Directions - Executive summary | 1992 |
2 | 1 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1947-1948 |
2 | 2 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1955-1957 |
2 | 3 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1957-1959 |
2 | 4 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1965-1966 |
2 | 5 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1966-1967 |
2 | 6 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1968 |
2 | 7 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1968-1969 |
2 | 8 | Agricultural Experiment Station budget | 1968-1969 |
2 | 9 | Budget of the State of South Dakota, Biennium 1957-1959 | 1957-1959 |
2 | 10 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences budget | 1969-1970 |
2 | 11 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences salary budget | 1964-1965 |
2 | 12 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences salary budget | 1965-1966 |
2 | 13 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences salary budget | 1966-1967 |
2 | 14 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences salary budget | 1967-1968 |
2 | 15 | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences salary budget | 1968-1969 |
2 | 16 | Cooperative State Research Service financial report | 1967-1968 |
2 | 17 | Cooperative State Research Service financial report | 1968-1969 |
2 | 18 | Division of Agriculture budget | 1951-1953 |
2 | 19 | Division of Agriculture budget | 1958-1959 |
2 | 20 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1942-1947 |
2 | 21 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1947-1948 |
2 | 22 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1948-1949 |
2 | 23 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1950-1951 |
3 | 1 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1951-1952 |
3 | 2 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1952-1953 |
3 | 3 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1953-1954 |
3 | 4 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1954-1955 |
3 | 5 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1955-1956 |
3 | 6 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1957-1958 |
3 | 7 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1958-1959 |
3 | 8 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1959-1960 |
3 | 9 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1960-1961 |
3 | 10 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1961-1962 |
3 | 11 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1962-1963 |
3 | 12 | Division of Agriculture salary budget | 1963-1964 |
3 | 13 | State-wide services assigned to State College financial report | 1947-1953 |
3 | 14 | Substation budgets - Needs for appropriations | 1945-1954 |
3 | 15 | Promotional material (scratch pad, foam $ signs) | undated |
3 | 16 | Annual Report - 2018 Plan | 2017 |
3 | 17 | Recognition banquet (programs) | 2004, 2007 |
3 | 18 | SDSU Farm and Home Fest [programs] | 1987 |
3 | 19 | Soil and Land Valuation conference (programs) | 1931-1933, 1936, 1938-1940 |
3 | 20 | Soil Conservation Society of America Chapter annual meeting (programs) | 1950-1951, 1953 |
3 | 21 | The South Dakota Agriculturalist (magazine) | 1937-1938 |
3 | 22 | South Dakota Thriving (magazine) | 2007 |
3 | 23 | South Dakota Thriving (magazine) | 2008 |
3 | 24 | South Dakota Thriving (magazine) | 2009 |
3 | 25 | Student Agricultural organizations at South Dakota State College (brochure) | undated |
3 | 26 | Sun Grant Initiative (clippings, brochure, promotional pen) | 2001 |
4 | 1 | Ag Day [t-shirt] | 2012 |
5 | 1 | Agriculture and Biology Newspaper [Fall 05 and Spring 06 one copy] | 2005-2006 |
5 | 2 | Annual Report | 2008 |
5 | 3 | Annual Report | 2009 |
5 | 4 | Annual Report | 2015 |
5 | 5 | Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Info Sheet | 2007-2012 |
5 | 6 | Enrollment Statistics | 1970-1979 |
5 | 7 | Enrollment Statistics | 1980-1990 |
5 | 8 | Enrollment Statistics | 1990-1996 |
5 | 9 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2010 |
5 | 10 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2011 |
5 | 11 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2012 |
5 | 12 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2013 |
5 | 13 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2014 |
5 | 14 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2015 |
6 | 1 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2016 |
6 | 2 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2017 |
6 | 3 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2018 |
6 | 4 | Growing South Dakota [magazine] | 2019 |
6 | 5 | Investiture of Dr. Barry H. Dunn, South Dakota Corn Utilization Council and Dean of Biological Sciences | 2010 |
6 | 6 | Northern Plains Biological Field Station Newsletter | undated |
6 | 7 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory Brochure | undated |
6 | 8 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory Dedication | 1993 |
6 | 9 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory Pen | undated |
6 | 10 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory: Phillip Plumart Sidewalk Superintendent Certificate | 1992 |
6 | 11 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory: Stress Mechanisms Symposia Stress Responses Symposia; Stress Management Symposia | 1993 |
6 | 12 | Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory: Proceedings; Stress Symposia; Mechanisms, Responses, Management | 1993 |
6 | 13 | Recognition banquet (programs) | 2012, 2015 |
6 | 14 | South Dakota County Profiles | 2007 |
6 | 15 | State Farmers Institute Poster | 1898 |
6 | 16 | Student Agricultural Organization at South Dakota State University | undated |
6 | 17 | Thriving Magazine Fall | 2009 |
7 | 1 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2001 Fall |
7 | 2 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2001 |
7 | 3 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] -working copies | 2001 |
7 | 4 | Enrollment and placement | 2001-2002 |
7 | 5 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] -working copies | 2001-2002 |
7 | 6 | Placement | 2001-2002 |
7 | 7 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2002 |
7 | 8 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2002-2003 |
7 | 9 | Placement | 2002-2003 |
7 | 10 | Enrollment and placement | 2003 |
7 | 11 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] -working copies | 2003-2004 |
7 | 12 | Placement | 2003-2004 |
7 | 13 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2004 |
7 | 14 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2004-2005 |
7 | 15 | Placement | 2004-2005 |
7 | 16 | Placement and information | 2004-2005 |
7 | 17 | Enrollment | 2005 |
7 | 18 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2005-2006 |
7 | 19 | Placement | 2005-2006 |
7 | 20 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2006-2007 |
7 | 21 | Placement | 2006-2007 |
7 | 22 | Placement | 2006-2007 |
7 | 23 | Placement Forms | 2006-2007 |
7 | 24 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2007-2008 |
7 | 25 | Placement survey [folder 1 of 2] | 2007-2008 |
7 | 26 | Placement survey [folder 2 of 2] | 2007-2008 |
7 | 27 | Graduate Placement | 2007-2008 |
7 | 28 | Food and Agricultural Education System [FAEIS] | 2008-2009 |
7 | 29 | Placement | 2008-2009 |
7 | 30 | Teaching and Advising Faculty Directory | undated |