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Biological and Agricultural Engineering records, 1940-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Idaho. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Title
Biological and Agricultural Engineering records
Dates
1940-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 cubic feet
Collection Number
UG 93
Summary
Research publications, cooperative extension newsletters, and other records kept by the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Biological and Agricultural Engineering department was located in the College of Engineering, and later the College of Agriculture. This collection contains departmental correspondence, Cooperative Extension newsletters and records, research publications, and other materials related to or kept by the department.

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Historical Note

The University of Idaho Agricultural Engineering department was renamed the Biological and Agricultural Engineering department in 1995. The department was located at one time under the College of Engineering (established in 1889), and later the College of Agriculture (now the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences. Sometime during the 2010s, the department was dissolved into different entities which taught similar courses in the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The materials within this collection were donated by Dr. James DeShazer in January of 2000.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Records, 1940-2000

    • Description: ABET 2000 Preparation Materials
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Agricultural Engineering Volume II: Self-Study Questionnaire for Review of Engineering Programs
      Dates: 01 July 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Cooperative Extension Services newsletter
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Materials on Durisol (company)
      Dates: 1949-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Emergency Shelter Research
      Dates: 1971-1972
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Extracts from British Intelligence report no. 1846 item no. 22
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service
      Dates: 1947
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: General Specifications for a Cattle Barn
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Heat Study
      Dates: 1949-1954
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Idaho Extension Homemakers Council - Environmental Seminar booklets
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: Lightweight Concrete for Building Material by Max Huffaker
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Includes flyers, advertisements, and other papers.
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: Preliminary Investigations into Acid Treatment of Shavings for Lightweight Concrete by Yoshimi Hosoda
      Dates: 28 January 1952
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: Research Publications
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14-18
    • Description: Research Publications
      Container: Box 2, Folder 19
    • Description: Research Report no. 61/15-142 - Tiltable Wall Section Using Lightweight Concrete by E. Max Huffaker
      Dates: 19-20 October 1961
      Container: Box 2, Folder 20
    • Description: Siporex Lightweight Concrete
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 2, Folder 21
    • Description: Stramit - Structural & Insulating Board Made From Straw
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
    • Description: Synthetic Board Materials & Molded Products from Wood Waste
      Dates: June 1947
      Container: Box 2, Folder 23
    • Description: The Use of Rice Hull Ash & Rice Hulls As An Aggregate for Lightweight Concrete by J. E. Hough
      Dates: October 1953
      Container: Box 2, Folder 24
    • Description: Thermal Conductivity Tests of Diatomaceous Earth Concrete by Robert D. LaRue
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 25
    • Description: Tretong (company)
      Container: Box 2, Folder 26
    • Description: Washington State and U of I Student Branch - American Society of Agricultural Engineers Annual Report
      Dates: March 1964
      Container: Box 2, Folder 27

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Subject Terms

  • Agricultural engineering
  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture--Research--Idaho--History--Sources.
  • Biological engineering

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Idaho. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (fmo)
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