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Vision is published six times a year by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in the U of A System's Division of Agriculture and by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. It is produced by the Communication Services unit of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 110 Agriculture Building, U of A, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 479-575-5647.
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Arkansas
Agricultural Experiment Station, University
of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale
Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
A
newsletter for faculty, staff and students
January-February 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 1
College and AAES history books available
A limited number of books detailing the history of the Bumpers College and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station are available. They may be purchased during the College’s centennial year at $7 each or $10 for both books. (See book descriptions below.)
Available from Agricultural Communication Services in Agri 113. Books will be mailed at book rate for a postage and handling charge of $2.50 for either one or both books. Make checks payable to U of A and mail to:
AGCS
Agri 110
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
History of the Bumpers College: Evolution of Education in the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences in Arkansas.
By Gary Zellar and Nancy Wyatt
1999. AAES Special Report 194.
6” X 9”
332 pages
black and white photographs
$7, cloth
($10 for set with SR 136)
Richly illustrated with black and white photos, this history unabashedly portrays the personalities and times that decided the course of the College in the late 19th century and through the 20th century.
It presents the evolution of the College from the signing of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862, through the years preceding establishment of the College in 1905, and into the 1990s. Names of graduates from 1905 to 1999 are listed.
A Century of Research: Centennial History of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1888 - 1988.
By Stephen F. Strausberg
1989. AAES Special Report 136.
6” x 9”
204 pages
black and white photographs
$7, cloth
($10 for set with SR 194)
This history begins with a vivid account of the personalities and the political, social and economic forces involved in creating the national system of state agricultural experiment stations — specifically the one in Arkansas. It continues with an account of how the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station was developed over its first century. Details are provided on how research programs helped Arkansas farmers and others solve the problems and take advantage of the opportunities of their times.