Myers, John A.

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Correspondence, printed bulletins and programs, clippings, and other materials from the files of Andrew D. Hopkins, Head, Department of Entomology, West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, relating to the West Virginia Experiment Station, farmers' institutes, and the Blennerhasset Park project of 1935. The correspondence is by, or mentions, John A. Myers, A.D. Hopkins, C.R. Orton, and W. G. Peterkin.

Scope and Contents Includes records of the West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence for and from Agricultural Experiment Station directors and staff, a minute book, Experiment Station Reports, photograph albums, papers, and glass plate negatives. The records document the Experiment Station's work researching injuries to crops, problems with poultry and livestock, soil and fertilizer, etc. Series include:Series 1, Correspondence,...

Overview Research notes for the history of West Virginia University's Agricultural Experiment Station, written by Ernest J. Nesius. The notes track the development of the institution under the leadership of the following directors (in chronological order): Ferris Dewey Cornell, John Lee Coulter, Robert S. Dunbar, Jr., Homer C. Evans, Fred Denton Fromme, Nahum James Giddings, Henry C. Knight, Roy M. Kottman, Robert H. Maxwell, John A. Myers, Ernest J. Nesius, Clayton Roberts Orton, E. Dwight...