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Texas A&M University, Libraries, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives E. J. Kyle Papers
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Scrapbooks - 1910s-1940s

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.

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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.

Untitled

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.

Untitled

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.

"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.

"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.

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.

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.

Publications - 1912 - 1942

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.

Vegetables - 1917, 1924, 1931

Contains 1917 articles on home gardening, 1924 radio speech on home vegetable garden, articles on sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, production of vegetables and fruits in Texas (1931), asparagus, and tomatoes.

Projects-Texas Wildlife Research: No. 300, 308, 309, 311, 402

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.

Photographs - Sports

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

Teaching Plan - 1931

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

Sugar Bowl - 1939

Articles from New Orleans and Fort Worth papers concerning A&M playing in the Sugar Bowl.

Soil Conservation - 1937

Address on status of natural resources and training men to direct conservation and restoration of natural resources; article from Producer Consumer on waste of resources; other addresses on status of natural resources.

Commendations - 1936 - 1943

Contains incoming correspondence praising Kyle, and incoming/outgoing correspondence concerning how retirement plan at A and M affects Kyle, Texas Baby Chick Association award.

Projects-Texas Wildlife Research: No. 250, 255, 266, 267, 278

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.

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.

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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