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

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.

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.

"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.

Newspaper Articles

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

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.

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 - Sports

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

Post War Agriculture

Contains two Kyle articles on handling Post War problems, U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin on "Peacetime Adjustments in Farming", and an A and M study on Post War planning for Texas agriculture.

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.

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.

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.

School of Agriculture: Reports On

Contains reports for years 1926, 1930, 1936-37. Includes 1925-1937 Progress Report, and 1930 Report to Board of Directors on the School of Agriculture. Contains 1938 Taylor Memorandum on Wildlife, other department memoranda for 1938, and Teaching Division data for 1940.

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.

Short Course Programs - A&M College - 1913 - 1936

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.

Short Courses, A&M College - 1914 - 1933

1914 article on A and M meeting farmer's needs, article giving history of farmer's short course, newspaper clipping discussing silver jubilee, other related articles/speeches, correspondence.

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.

State Board of Education Report

Contains recommendations of School of Agriculture on reduction of cost of instruction for the state Board of Education, a legislative resolution adopted by State Board of Education, June 14, 1936, correspondence with various department of School of Agriculture concerning finances.

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