Orton, C. R. (Clayton Roberts), 1885-1955

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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.

Overview

Office files of a former dean of the College of Agriculture, West Virginia University. Files include papers of: the Resources Committee of the West Virginia State Planning Board, 1938-1945; Potomac River Basin, 1945; Soil Conservation Society, West Virginia Chapter, 1953-1955; West Virginia Forest Council; and of the Waters Development Conference of 1949.

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...

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Correspondence, reports, and bulletins from the office of Clayton Roberts (C.R.) Orton [1885-1955], former Dean of the College of Agriculture, West Virginia University, on the War Planning Committee, War Planning Labor Committee, war service records, and post-war agricultural planning.