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

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Additional Sources

Description of Series

Arkansas, undated

Auburn and Alabama Polytech Institute

Auburn Alumnus Magazine, 1928-1929

Biographical Material on Bradford Knapp, 1929 and undated

Certificates and Ribbons, 1905-1925

Congressional Record, 1912-1923

Cooperative Extension Work, 1919 and undated

Corn, 1910-1911

Correspondence

Cotton, 1912-1931 and undated

Diaries, 1913 and 1918

Federal Farm Board Press Releases, 1930

Financial Materials, 1904-1933 and undated

Knapp, Seaman A., 1894-1930

Legal Documents, 1910-1924 and undated

Literary Publications

Memorabilia, 1894-1932 and undated

News Clippings

Oklahoma, 1922-1928

Organizations and Memberships, 1925-1928 and undated

Press Releases, 1920-1931 and undated

Political Advertisements, 1930-1931 and undated

Printed Materials

Programs, 1913-1937

Short Courses, 1922-1923 and undated

Stationary, undated

Statistics, 1909-1930

Telegrams, undated

Tennessee, 1891-1920

Virginia, 1914-1928

Washington, 1912-1920 and undated

Oversized Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings

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

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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.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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

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Related Material


	Seaman Asahel Knapp Papers, 1856-1931 and undated

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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