This collection contains articles, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and other materials from the special courses offered by the Department of Agronomy during the 1940 summer session. Included are the lecture notes and related materials for Agronomy 526, Fundamentals of Grass & Pasture Improvement taught by Dr. Franklin D. Keim (University of Nebraska); the complete outline and references for Agronomy 525, Range Management and Ecology taught by Dr. William G. McGinnies (Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station, Tucson, AZ); the complete outline and references for Agronomy 527, Forest Soils taught by Dr. Robert F. Chandler, Jr. (Cornell University); and a tentative outline with proposed lab and field practice for Agronomy 410, Soil Classification and Mapping by E. A. Norton (USDA).

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Supplement to the Summer Session Bulletin
1940

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Article/Paper
"News Notes for the Journal of the American Society of Agronomy" by Ide P. Trotter.
Published in the Journal of the American Society of Agronomy, v. 32, no. 5, May 1940, pages 408-409.

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Agronomy 525, Range Management and Ecology
Complete outline and references for Special three weeks graduate course, June 10 - June 30, 1940
Taught by Dr. W. G. McGinnies, Chief of Range Research, Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona
June 1940

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Agronomy 525, Range Management and Ecology
Twelve photographs with a letter (1 of 2)
July 1940

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Agronomy 525, Range Management and Ecology
Seven negatives with envelope (2 of 2)
July 1940

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Agronomy 527, Forest Soils
Complete outline and references for special six weeks graduate course, June 10 - July 20, 1940
Taught by Dr. R. F. Chandler, Jr., Pack Assistant Professor of Forest Soils, Cornell University
June - July 1940

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Agronomy 527, Forest Soils
Three photographs (1 of 2)
July 1940

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Agronomy 527, Forest Soils
Four negatives (2 of 2)
July 1940

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Agronomy 526, Fundamentals of Grass and Pasture Improvement
Lecture Notes
Taught by Dr. F. D. Keim, Chairman, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska
July - August 1940

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Agronomy 410, Soil Classification and Mapping
Tentative Outline with correspondence concerning proposed lab and field practice.
Taught by E. A. Norton, Principal Soil Scientist, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, D. C.
July - August 1940

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Two Newspaper Clippings
June, August 1940

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Enrollment Data and Grades
1940

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Correspondence
July - December 1940

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Article/Paper
"Professional Workers Want Compressed Courses" by Ide P. Trotter.
Published in the Journal of the American Society of Agronomy, v. 32, no. 11, November 1940, pages 910-911.

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Paper
"The Function of Short Time Intensive Graduate Courses" by Ide P. Trotter (2 copies)
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences, Section III, Special Sciences, November 8, 1940, San Antonio, Texas. Official program included.

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Article/Paper
"Agronomic Instruction for Modern Agriculture" by Ide P. Trotter published in the January 1941 issue of "Soil Conservation" (also included is a typed copy).
News articles and correspondence regarding the article.
January - March 1941

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Correspondence
February - March 1941