Folder 28, Financial Material, Cash ledger book, 1862-1868.

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dc.coverage.temporal1862-1868
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T18:22:41Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02T18:22:41Z
dc.descriptionSeaman Knapp was born December 16, 1833, in Essex County, New York, and attended Poultney Academy and Union College, from which he graduated in 1856. He taught at Fort Edward Institute and later founded the Ripley Female College in Poultney, Vermont (1863). In 1866, he moved to Iowa to farm. In 1879, Knapp was appointed Professor of Practical and Experimental Agriculture at Iowa State Agriculture College and held that post until 18885, when he moved to Louisiana. There he became active in rice farming and served as the first president of the Rice Growers' Association. In 1897, he began working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, taking charge of the demonstration farms in the South, and was active in the formation of the Agriculture Extension Service. Knapp married Maria Hotchkiss in 18856, and they had three sons and two daughters. One son, Bradford Knapp, served as president of Texas Technological College from 1932 to 1938. Seaman Knapp died on April 1, 1911.
dc.descriptionThe collection includes correspondence, financial and legal materials, charts, maps and graphs, printed material, news clippings, literary productions and scrapbooks pertaining to Seaman A. Knapp. It bulks (1892-1912) with correspondence, including letters from William Howard Taft and Booker T. Washington, as well as printed material and literary productions concerning early 20th century agriculture. 21 prints and 6 negatives were transferred to photographs.
dc.descriptionBox 3, Folder 28
dc.format.extent108 pdf pages.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10605/359528
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsThe images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. Permission to publish these digital files in any form must be obtained from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, 806-742-9070 or email reference.swco@ttu.edu.
dc.subjectKnapp, Bradford, 1870-1938.en_US
dc.subjectKnapp, Seaman Asahel, 1833-1911.en_US
dc.subjectKnapp, Seaman Asahel, 1833-1911--Archives.en_US
dc.subjectKnapp, Seaman Asahel, 1833-1911--Correspondence.en_US
dc.subjectTaft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.en_US
dc.subjectWashington, Booker T., 1856-1915.en_US
dc.subjectKnapp School (Tenn.)en_US
dc.subjectUnited States. Federal Extension Service.en_US
dc.subjectAgricultural education.en_US
dc.subjectAgricultural extension work--Southern States--History.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculturalists--United States--History.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculture--Southern States--Experimentation.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculture--Study and teaching.en_US
dc.subjectAgriculture teachers.en_US
dc.subjectBoll weevil.en_US
dc.subjectRice.en_US
dc.subjectRice trade.en_US
dc.titleFolder 28, Financial Material, Cash ledger book, 1862-1868.en_US
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