Descriptive Summary
Knapp, Bradford,
1870-1938
Bradford Knapp, Papers,
1891-1940 and undated
Records of Bradford
Knapp, son of nationally known agriculturist Seaman Knapp, who went on to
become president of Texas Technological College.
U 243.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
8 Boxes, 1 Oversized
Scrapbook (8.1 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
An agriculturist and educator, Bradford Knapp was born in Vinton,
Iowa, on December 24, 1870. He was the son of Seaman Asahel Knapp, a noted
agricultural authority. Bradford Knapp attended Iowa Agricultural College (now
Iowa State University) and the University of Michigan. He married Stella White
in 1904, and they had five children. He was appointed a special assistant in
the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1909. In 1914 he was made Chief of the
Office of Extension Work for the Southern States. He served as both the
director of the state experiment station of Arkansas and Dean of the College of
Agriculture at the University of Arkansas. He then served as President of
Oklahoma A & M College (now Oklahoma State University); as President of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn; and as Vice-President of the Southern
Agricultural Workers. Knapp became the second president of Texas Technological
College in 1932 and held that position until his death from a heart attack on
June 11, 1938.
The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography
of Bradford Knapp at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html
Scope and Content
These papers bulk with literary productions, both manuscripts and
printed documents, dealing with agricultural topics and Knapp's academic
positions. They also bulk with correspondence reflecting Dr. Knapp's work with
universities and agricultural extensions, plus minor amounts of photographs,
diaries, and scrapbook material.
The photographs have been transferred to the University Archive
Photographs collection. It consists of 11 postcards, 12 negatives, and 115
prints of images concerning agriculture, the Knapp family, an aerial view of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Poultry Farm (1929), food canning, animal
husbandry, rice threshing, and farm demonstration work.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Knapp, Bradford,
1870-1938
Knapp, Seaman Ashahel,
1833-1911
Subjects (Organizations)
Alabama Polytechnic
Institute
Alabama Polytechnic
Institute--Presidents
Auburn University
Oklahoma A & M
College
Texas Technological
College
Texas Technological
College--Presidents
United States--Dept. of
Agriculture
University of Arkansas
(Fayetteville campus). Agricultural Experiment Station
Subjects
Agricultural
education
Agricultural extension
work--Southern States--History
Agriculturists--United
States--History
Agriculture--Study and
teaching
Agriculture
teachers
College
presidents
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
B. Lynn Whitfield, June 2000
Preferred Citation
Bradford Knapp Papers, 1891-1940 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Allen, James G.
Dr. Bradford Knapp.
Texas Techsan. Lubbock: Texas Tech Ex-Students
Association, January-February 1988.
Wilbanks, Floy Farrar, Mrs.
The Life and Work of Dr. Bradford
Knapp. M.A. Thesis, Texas Technological College, Lubbock,
1940.
Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library:
Seaman Asahel Knapp Papers, 1856-1931 and undated
Collection Inventory
Addresses
1
1
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
undated
1
2
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
undated
1
3
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
1933
1
4
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
1934
1
5
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
1933
1
6
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
1935
1
7
Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp,
1936
1
8
Arkansas,
undated
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute
1
9
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
1
10
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1928-1929
1
11
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1930
1
12
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1930
1
13
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1931
2
1
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1931
2
2
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1931
2
3
Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary
Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1932
2
4
Auburn Alumnus Magazine,
1928-1929
2
5
Biographical Material on Bradford Knapp,
1929 and undated
2
6
Certificates and Ribbons,
1905-1925
2
7
Congressional Record,
1912-1923
2
8
Cooperative Extension Work,
1919 and undated
2
9
Corn,
1910-1911
Correspondence
2
10
Correspondence,
undated
2
11
Correspondence,
1903-1907
2
12
Correspondence,
1910-1911
2
13
Correspondence,
1912-1915
2
14
Correspondence,
1916-1917
2
15
Correspondence,
1918
2
16
Correspondence,
1919
2
17
Correspondence,
January, 1920
2
18
Correspondence,
February-December, 1920
2
19
Correspondence,
1921-1922
3
1
Correspondence,
January-July, 1923
3
2
Correspondence,
August-December, 1923
3
3
Correspondence,
1924
3
4
Correspondence,
1925
3
5
Correspondence,
1926
3
6
Correspondence,
1927
3
7
Correspondence,
January-February, 1928
3
8
Correspondence,
March, 1928
3
9
Correspondence,
April-December, 1928
3
10
Correspondence,
1929
3
11
Correspondence,
1930
3
12
Correspondence,
1931-1932
3
13
Correspondence,
1933-1935
3
14
Correspondence,
1936-1940
3
15
Correspondence: Knapp Family,
1927-1940 and undated
3
16
Cotton,
1912-1931 and undated
4
1
Diaries,
1913 and 1918
4
2
Federal Farm Board Press Releases,
1930
4
3
Financial Materials,
1904-1933 and undated
4
4
Knapp, Seaman A.,
1894-1930
4
5
Legal Documents,
1910-1924 and undated
Literary Publications
4
6
Literary Publications,
undated
4
7
Literary Publications,
undated
4
8
Literary Publications,
1910
4
9
Literary Publications,
1912-1913
4
10
Literary Publications,
1918-1921
4
11
Literary Publications,
1922-1923
4
12
Literary Publications,
1924
4
13
Literary Publications,
1925-1926
4
14
Literary Publications,
1927-1928
4
15
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
4
16
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
4
17
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
4
18
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
1
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
2
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
3
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
4
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
5
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
undated
5
6
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1911
5
7
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1912
5
8
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1912
5
9
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1913-1914
5
10
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1914-1917
5
11
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1918-1919
5
12
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1920
5
13
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1921
5
14
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1922
6
1
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1923
6
2
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1924
6
3
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1925
6
4
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1926
6
5
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1927
6
6
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1928
6
7
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1929
6
8
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1932
6
9
Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp,
1933
6
10
Literary Publications: Food Production and Conservation,
1918 and undated
6
11
Memorabilia,
1894-1932 and undated
News Clippings
6
12
News Clippings,
1910-1929 and undated
6
13
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Agriculture,
1914-1918
6
14
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Alabama,
undated
6
15
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Alabama,
1910-1935
7
1
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Arkansas,
1914-1923
7
2
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Florida,
1913-1918
7
3
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Georgia,
1913-1919
7
4
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Illinois,
1912
7
5
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Kentucky,
1914-1919
7
6
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Louisiana,
1913-1919
7
7
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Maryland,
1915-1919
7
8
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Mississippi,
1913-1919
7
9
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Missouri,
1915
7
10
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and North Carolina,
1913-1919
7
11
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and North Dakota,
1914-1938
7
12
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Ohio,
1913
7
13
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Oklahoma,
1913-1938
7
14
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and South Carolina,
1912-1918
7
15
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Tennessee,
1913-1919
7
16
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Texas,
1913-1937
7
17
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Virginia,
1913-1918
7
18
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Washington,
1910-1914
7
19
News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and West Virginia,
1916-1917
7
20
Oklahoma,
1922-1928
7
21
Organizations and Memberships,
1925-1928 and undated
7
22
Press Releases,
1920-1931 and undated
7
23
Political Advertisements,
1930-1931 and undated
Printed Materials
7
24
Printed Materials,
undated
7
25
Printed Materials,
1900-1910
7
26
Printed Materials,
1911-1914
7
27
Printed Materials,
1915-1919
7
28
Printed Materials,
1920-1921
7
29
Printed Materials,
1922-1923
7
30
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
undated
7
31
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1911-1919
7
32
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1912-1931
8
1
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1923
8
2
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1924
8
3
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1925
8
4
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1926
8
5
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1927
8
6
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1928
8
7
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1929
8
8
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1930
8
9
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1931
8
10
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1932
8
11
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1933
8
12
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1934
8
13
Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp,
1935
8
14
Programs,
1913-1937
Reports
8
15
Report: University of Arkansas,
1922-1923
8
16
Reports,
undated
8
17
Reports,
1917-1923
8
18
Reports,
1928
8
19
Reports,
1929
8
20
Reports,
1930
8
21
Reports,
1931
8
22
Reports,
1932
8
23
Reports,
1936
8
24
Reports: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
undated
8
25
Reports,
1928
8
26
Short Courses,
1922-1923 and undated
8
27
Stationary,
undated
8
28
Statistics,
1909-1930
8
29
Telegrams,
undated
8
30
Tennessee,
1891-1920
8
31
Virginia,
1914-1928
8
32
Washington,
1912-1920 and undated
9
1
Oversized Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings