Reports on enrollment, student life, growth, public relations, research

Contains Wharton annual teaching plan, farm survey for Wharton

Includes Kyle report on Agriculture School, 1912; prospectus of Agriculture School, 1921; Bulletin of A and M, 1938; statistics on Agriculture graduates and students, 1923; claims of A and M for financial support; endorsement for building, 1926-1927, 1926 report on need of building program; bulletin, 1930-1931/ Agriculture economics, 1940; bulletin on dedication of Animal Industries Building, 1937; lecture course, 1940; A and M bulletin, 1942.

Contains listing of approved projects, 1936 and listing of tentative Projects, 1938 - 1939

Projects investigate: Feeding Value of Unground Versus Ground Grain For Dairy Cattle, Cottonseed as a Supplement to Sorghum Heads and Carbonaceous Hay for Fattening Yearling Steers, Cytological and Hybridization Studies with Sheep and Goats, Central and Local Market Prices of Wheat in Relation of Quality, Effect of Degree of Fatness on Tenderness and Flavor in Lamb.

Contains incoming/outgoing correspondence, 1934 Frederic C. Howe Speech on neglected status of agriculture in the U.S., list of Extension Service County Agent work (1935), list of Texas Departments of Vocational Education (1934-1935).

1933 correspondence concerning payment of an account

Pamphlet paying tribute to A and M students who died in World War I. Lists names and biography beside picture of each man.

Contains football/baseball/track photos, pictures of Kyle Field, students living in tents, 1912 football team, 1902 football team.

Articles date circa 1936-1941, with no 1938 articles included. Articles discuss games, athletic facilities, naming of field, and Kyle.

Two scrapbooks commemorating Kyle's service as Dean of the School of Agriculture at Texas A & M College, and one commemorating the dedication of the new Animal Industries Building 10 Dec. 1936. Housed with E. J. Kyle Papers in custom boxes.

3 scrapbooks, 2 with mottled brown covers and brown spines, and 1 with a dark brown cover and black spine. The first scrapbook is labeled "Athletics and Miscellaneous". It is full of newspaper articles, letters and items all relating to Kyle first, but the bulk also focuses on Texas A&M. The second scrapbook has no label, and is mostly correspondence. Much of it dates to later in Kyle's life and covers topics outside A&M, such as his ambassadorship to Guatemala and retirement. The third scrapbook details an early history of the Kyle family, and is filled with correspondence, unlabeled photographs, and newspaper articles.

3 scrapbooks, 2 with mottled brown covers and brown spines, and 1 with a dark brown cover and black spine. The first scrapbook is labeled "Athletics and Miscellaneous". It is full of newspaper articles, letters and items all relating to Kyle first, but the bulk also focuses on Texas A&M. The second scrapbook has no label, and is mostly correspondence. Much of it dates to later in Kyle's life and covers topics outside A&M, such as his ambassadorship to Guatemala and retirement. The third scrapbook details an early history of the Kyle family, and is filled with correspondence, unlabeled photographs, and newspaper articles.

The E. J. Kyle (1894-1957) Papers contains reports, correspondence, speeches, articles, applications, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, programs, pictures, memorandums, lists, and resolutions. Materials include correspondence, reports, speeches, and articles on E. J. Kyle's attempts to acquire more land and construct new buildings for the School of Agriculture at Texas A & M College. Other speeches and articles written by E. J. Kyle are concerned with subjects as cotton, soil conservation, and the cultivation of vegetables, fruits and nuts, particularly pecans.

Also present are reports Kyle wrote pertaining to Texas A & M College's enrollment plans and teaching techniques in Agricultural classes. Since Kyle was the head of many different programs at Texas A & M College, his papers contain applications and other information regarding the Land Prize, Anderson-Clayton Company Scholarship, and programs on Short Courses taught from 1913 to 1936. In addition to his academic duties, Kyle was also deeply involved with various types of research and the papers contain a few of the booklets, articles, and resolutions pertaining to the Soil Erosion Project, Frozen Food Research, and Texas Wildlife Research.

Correspondence in the papers deals with not only E. J. Kyle's work, but also contains letters from former students, commendations sent to Kyle, and letters concerning the naming of Kyle Field sports arena on the Texas A & M College campus.

Photographs contained in the collection are pertain to agricultural topics, such as cattle and pecan trees, the NYA program, Texas A & M College buildings, Texas A & M College football teams and sports events, and Kyle Field.Several football team rosters, programs from football games, newspaper clippings about sports events, and correspondence dealing with Kyle's position on the Athletic Council represent Kyle's close connection with many of the Texas A & M College athletics program.

Also present is a certificate of Kyle's appointment to the Farm Credit Association.

New Agriculture Building and Appropriations for Departments, 1912-1923. Kyle's Speeches 1912, 1916 (?); Farmers Congress Resolution, 1916; prominent people, including political figures; Kyle pamphlet-"Needs for An Agriculture Building;" Correspondence relating to visit by Dairymen to Texas A & M College 1922-1923; Budget Recommendations of the Agricultural Section of the Farmers Conference; Statement showing need for buildings for Departments of Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, and Dairy Husbandry.

Topics include East Texas as an agricultural section (1914), agriculture in general, status of mortgaged farms, conservation and restoration of natural resources, limited correspondence concerning speeches/addresses.

Address discussing problems in teaching agriculture, with ideas about correcting problems.

Includes applications of persons seeking prize, incoming/outgoing correspondence from applicants and those endorsing them, correspondence on committee members to select winner, qualification for receiving prize, pamphlets and correspondence containing information on the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company.

Includes applications of persons seeking prize, correspondence (incoming/outgoing) on lack of success of program, miscellaneous correspondence, blank deed to Germany land.

Contains 1913 short winter course, 1914 course, report of the Farmers' and Stockmans' Educational Conference (1922), 1928 and 1931 courses, silver anniversary program, 1935 and 1936 courses.

Booklets, articles, resolutions, and bills pertaining to soil conservation; correspondence with officials on subject.

Photos include birdhouses, birdfeeders, cattle, fields, TAMU photo, sharecropper houses, tree pruning

Contains memorandum on German Butter processing from E.L. Perry, churning item, correspondence.

Projects investigate: Mechanical Harvesting of Cotton, Morphology and Physiology of Tomato Pockets, Effects of Radiations on the Domestic Fowl, Volume of Business in Relation to the Efficiency and Earnings of Banks, Standardization and Breeding of the Pecan.

Projects investigate: Varieties of Small Grain and Rye Grass For Winter Pasture, Dehydrated Sweet Potato Meal Vs. Ground Shelled Corn For Fattening Beef Calves, High Vs. Low Protein Rations for Lactating Dairy Cows, Studies of Methods of Handling Market and Hatching Eggs, Factors in Feeds of Animal Origin Affecting the Stability of Carotene.

Contains 1931 radio talk, article on agricultural leadership, articles on positions for agricultural graduates, agriculture as a vocation, future of vocational agriculture work in Texas.

Contains articles/addresses relating to agricultural curriculum dated 1924, 1925, 1936. Includes article on a revised curriculum for agriculture by Sam B. Shirky.

Contains incoming/outgoing correspondence pertaining to Kyle address, and a copy of the addresss

Incoming/outgoing correspondence concerning when, where, how and who selected the name for A and M athletic field.

Incoming/outgoing correspondence concerning naming of A and M athletic field. Also includes letters of congratulations; Minutes of Board of Directors designating naming of Kyle Field.

Contains incoming/outgoing correspondence on naming Kyle Field, copies of letters received when Kyle resigned from Athletic Council, incoming correspondence praising Kyle's contribution to A and M athletics.