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Robert Milliken papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5014

Content Description

This collection includes a telegram, Oct. 5, 1892, offering Milliken the position of director of the University of Idaho agricultural experiment stations; a portrait of Milliken; some Idaho Agricultural Experiment station bulletins; a letter from Helen Milliken Payne to D.R. Theophilus, Apr. 28, 1962, donating the collection to the university; and other miscellaneous materials on the founding of the university and the donation of this collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892-1962

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Milliken served as the University of Idaho Agricultural Experimental Station Director from 1892 to 1893. In 1892, after establishing the home station in Moscow, the board created three research facilities in Grangeville, Idaho Falls, and Nampa. These branch stations were closed in 1896. Research units were opened at other locations in later years.

Extent

6 items

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Papers during Robert Milliken's employment as the Univeristy of Idaho Agriculture Experimental Station Director.

Physical Location

Located in the small manuscript group section of U of I Library Special Collections and Archives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Helen Milliken Payne wrote to D.R. Theophilus in 1962 to donate this collection of items to the University of Idaho. It was then transfered to Special Collections and Archives.

Title
Guide to Robert Milliken papers
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
Date
2022
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