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

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Delmar Hopkins Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0904
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1787-1943

Clayton Roberts Orton Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1662
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.

Dates: 1938-1955

West Virginia University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Notes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0398
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...
Dates: 1888-1988

West Virginia University, College of Agriculture, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0643
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942-1945

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Agriculture -- Study and teaching 1
Agriculture -- West Virginia 1
Bioclimatology 1
Blennerhasset Park Project (1935) 1
Entomology 1