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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Bradford Knapp:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1891-1940 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary

Creator Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938
Title: Bradford Knapp, Papers,
Dates: 1891-1940 and undated
Abstract: Records of Bradford Knapp, son of nationally known agriculturist Seaman Knapp, who went on to become president of Texas Technological College.
Collection # U 243.1
Quantity: 8 Boxes, 1 Oversized Scrapbook (8.1 linear feet)
Language English.
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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

Related Material

Seaman Asahel Knapp Papers, 1856-1931 and undated

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Bradford Knapp Papers, 1891-1940 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Processed by

B. Lynn Whitfield, June 2000

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.

Collection Inventory

 

Addresses

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1 1 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, undated
2 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, undated
3 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, 1933
4 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, 1934
5 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, 1933
6 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, 1935
7 Addresses Given by Bradford Knapp, 1936


 
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1 8 Arkansas, undated


 

Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute

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1 9 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
10 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1928-1929
11 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1930
12 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1930
13 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1931
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2 1 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1931
2 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1931
3 Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute: Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1932


 
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2 4 Auburn Alumnus Magazine, 1928-1929


 
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2 5 Biographical Material on Bradford Knapp, 1929 and undated


 
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2 6 Certificates and Ribbons, 1905-1925


 
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2 7 Congressional Record, 1912-1923


 
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2 8 Cooperative Extension Work, 1919 and undated


 
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2 9 Corn, 1910-1911


 

Correspondence

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2 10 Correspondence, undated
11 Correspondence, 1903-1907
12 Correspondence, 1910-1911
13 Correspondence, 1912-1915
14 Correspondence, 1916-1917
15 Correspondence, 1918
16 Correspondence, 1919
17 Correspondence, January, 1920
18 Correspondence, February-December, 1920
19 Correspondence, 1921-1922
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3 1 Correspondence, January-July, 1923
2 Correspondence, August-December, 1923
3 Correspondence, 1924
4 Correspondence, 1925
5 Correspondence, 1926
6 Correspondence, 1927
7 Correspondence, January-February, 1928
8 Correspondence, March, 1928
9 Correspondence, April-December, 1928
10 Correspondence, 1929
11 Correspondence, 1930
12 Correspondence, 1931-1932
13 Correspondence, 1933-1935
14 Correspondence, 1936-1940
15 Correspondence: Knapp Family, 1927-1940 and undated


 
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3 16 Cotton, 1912-1931 and undated


 
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4 1 Diaries, 1913 and 1918


 
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4 2 Federal Farm Board Press Releases, 1930


 
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4 3 Financial Materials, 1904-1933 and undated


 
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4 4 Knapp, Seaman A., 1894-1930


 
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4 5 Legal Documents, 1910-1924 and undated


 

Literary Publications

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4 6 Literary Publications, undated
7 Literary Publications, undated
8 Literary Publications, 1910
9 Literary Publications, 1912-1913
10 Literary Publications, 1918-1921
11 Literary Publications, 1922-1923
12 Literary Publications, 1924
13 Literary Publications, 1925-1926
14 Literary Publications, 1927-1928
15 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
16 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
17 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
18 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
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5 1 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
2 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
3 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
4 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
5 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, undated
6 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1911
7 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1912
8 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1912
9 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1913-1914
10 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1914-1917
11 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1918-1919
12 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1920
13 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1921
14 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1922
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6 1 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1923
2 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1924
3 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1925
4 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1926
5 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1927
6 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1928
7 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1929
8 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1932
9 Literary Publications by Bradford Knapp, 1933
10 Literary Publications: Food Production and Conservation, 1918 and undated


 
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6 11 Memorabilia, 1894-1932 and undated


 

News Clippings

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6 12 News Clippings, 1910-1929 and undated
13 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Agriculture, 1914-1918
14 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Alabama, undated
15 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Alabama, 1910-1935
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7 1 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Arkansas, 1914-1923
2 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Florida, 1913-1918
3 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Georgia, 1913-1919
4 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Illinois, 1912
5 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Kentucky, 1914-1919
6 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Louisiana, 1913-1919
7 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Maryland, 1915-1919
8 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Mississippi, 1913-1919
9 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Missouri, 1915
10 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and North Carolina, 1913-1919
11 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and North Dakota, 1914-1938
12 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Ohio, 1913
13 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Oklahoma, 1913-1938
14 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and South Carolina, 1912-1918
15 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Tennessee, 1913-1919
16 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Texas, 1913-1937
17 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Virginia, 1913-1918
18 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and Washington, 1910-1914
19 News Clippings: Bradford Knapp and West Virginia, 1916-1917


 
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7 20 Oklahoma, 1922-1928


 
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7 21 Organizations and Memberships, 1925-1928 and undated


 
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7 22 Press Releases, 1920-1931 and undated


 
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7 23 Political Advertisements, 1930-1931 and undated


 

Printed Materials

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7 24 Printed Materials, undated
25 Printed Materials, 1900-1910
26 Printed Materials, 1911-1914
27 Printed Materials, 1915-1919
28 Printed Materials, 1920-1921
29 Printed Materials, 1922-1923
30 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, undated
31 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1911-1919
32 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1912-1931
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8 1 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1923
2 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1924
3 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1925
4 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1926
5 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1927
6 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1928
7 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1929
8 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1930
9 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1931
10 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1932
11 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1933
12 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1934
13 Printed Materials by Bradford Knapp, 1935


 
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8 14 Programs, 1913-1937


 

Reports

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8 15 Report: University of Arkansas, 1922-1923
16 Reports, undated
17 Reports, 1917-1923
18 Reports, 1928
19 Reports, 1929
20 Reports, 1930
21 Reports, 1931
22 Reports, 1932
23 Reports, 1936
24 Reports: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, undated
25 Reports, 1928


 
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8 26 Short Courses, 1922-1923 and undated


 
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8 27 Stationary, undated


 
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8 28 Statistics, 1909-1930


 
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8 29 Telegrams, undated


 
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8 30 Tennessee, 1891-1920


 
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8 31 Virginia, 1914-1928


 
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8 32 Washington, 1912-1920 and undated


 
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9 1 Oversized Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings