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Edward John Iddings scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MG 201

Scope and Contents

The E.J. Iddings Scrapbook, 1905-1908 collection contains photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia of his career at Colorado Agricultural College.

Dates

  • Creation: 1905-1908

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Edward John Iddings was born in 1879 in Peru, Indiana, the eldest of the four children of J.B. and Mary Iddings. He was raised on his father's 350 acre farm. After spending a year and a half at Butler College in Indianapolis, he moved to Colorado where he worked on a dairy farm near Denver before entering Colorado Agricultural College from which he received his B.S. degree in 1907 and his masters degree in 1922. On June 24, 1908 he married Maude Augusta Rowell. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for several years he accepted a teaching position at the University of Idaho in 1910. In 1915 he was named Dean of the College of Agriculture and retained that position until his retirement in 1946. Following his retirement he moved to Menat, California where he died in 1954.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia of his career at Colorado Agricultural College.

Related Materials

Related materials may be found in MG 076 (Edward John Iddings scrapbooks and lantern slides).

Title
John Edward Iddings scrapbook
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Olortegui.
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository