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Texas A&M University, Libraries, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives E. J. Kyle Papers
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Photographs - Kyle Field

Collection includes Sugar Bowl trophy, 1940, with Kyle and his grandchildren; Kyle Field; 1905 baseball team, 1939 football squad. Most pictures are captioned.

Photographs

Most pictures are captioned and relate to agriculture. Some negatives are included. Contains some L. A. Schreiner photos of Texas Longhorn and pecan tree, Kerrville, Texas. Some photos relate to soil conservation.

Photographs

Collection includes pictures of Kyle Field, early athletes, early A and M buildings and campus, 1909 football team, Thanksgiving Hop invitation. Many of the pictures are captioned.

Newspaper Articles

Handwritten copies of 1908 Battalion article and a Houston Chronicle article concerning football season.

"News Paper clippings showing early developments in Agriculture at A and M and throughout Texas" - 1910s

1 scrapbook, measuring 41 cm. x 30 cm. Scrapbook pages with glue in a grid on each page. Black paper covers detached from spine. Label pasted to front cover bearing title handwritten in blue ink also annotated by hand in pencil with: "Donated to College Archives By Dean E. J. Kyle, May 30, 1957." Contains newspaper clippings.

Letters of Commendation - 1940 - 1941

Contains copies of letters from such prominent people as Jesse H. Jones, Cordell Hull, R. L.. Thornton, et al. praising Kyle as a man and as a professional.

Letters from Aggies Concerning Building of Kyle Field

Incoming/outgoing correspondence pertaining to reading and publication of a history of athletics at A and M College. Also includes list of names of 1907 class members present at student body meeting for the purpose of naming a new athletic field.

Land Prize - 1928

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

Land Prize - 1927

Includes applications of persons seeking prize, incoming/outgoing correspondence from applicants and those endorsing them, newspaper clippings announcing winner.

Land Prize - 1926

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.

Land Prize - 1925

includes applications of persons interested in prize, incoming/outgoing correspondence from applicants and those endorsing them, newspaper articles pertaining to land prize experiment, pamphlet describing the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company, method of selecting winner, name of winner.

Kyle Miscellaneous Speeches and Articles

Includes 1914 speech to Texas State Florists' Association, 1916 commencement address at Kyle Public School, 1925 article on decline of students in agricultural colleges, 1928 address on Land-Grant college survey, 1930 address on organization and development of Land-Grant colleges, address on dairying in Texas, and address on training for agricultural leadership in Texas.

Gold Book: A&M - 1919

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

Fruits - 1914

Contains articles beginning circa 1914 concerning development of peach orchards, pears, peach growing in Texas, cost of developing citrus grove in Rio Grande Valley, oranges, fruit growing on the Medina Lands, and planting trees. Correspondence concerning lack of cold winter effecting growth of Elberta and other North China varieties of peaches, and pears.

Football - Miscellaneous

Contains team rosters for 1902, 1909, 1939; article on E. J.. Kyle contributions to A and M athletic program; copy of 1944 Kyle resignation as Chairman of Athletic Council, 1953 general correspondence.

Early Photos - Kyle Field

Collection includes 1907 or 1908 game at Kyle Field with Mr. and Mrs. Kyle in buggy, 1909 O.U. Game in Dallas, Corps greeting President Taft with Kyle in the background, first board fence around Kyle Field. Many photos are captioned.

E. J. Kyle Papers

  • US TxAM-C 15
  • Collection
  • 1902-1957

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.

Kyle, E.J., 1876-1963

"Dedication of Animal Husbandry Building as a Memorial to the Pioneer Live Stock Men of Texas" - 1936 - 1937

1 scrapbook, measuring 35 cm. x 26 cm. Mottled tan paper covers with black spine. Label pasted to front cover bearing title handwritten in blue ink also annotated by hand in pencil with: "Donated to College Archives by Dean E. J. Kyle. May 23, 1957." Label pasted on inside front cover bears typed dedication: "PRESS CLIPPINGS ON THE, DEDICATION OF THE, ANIMAL INDUSTRIES BUILDING, Compiled for, Dean E. J. Kyle, By the, Publicity Department." Dedication of the new Animal Industries Building ceremony held in Guion Hall 10 Dec. 1936. Contains journal and newspaper clippings, programs, offprints, and letters of congratulation to Kyle.

Cotton: Speeches and articles - 1931-1932

Topics include problems facing cotton farmer, status of cotton industry with suggestions for the future, article for Cotton Oil News on cotton farmer as a businessman.

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