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University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences fonds Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
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Glenlea Research Station

The series consists of correspondence, budgets, committee files, contracts and agreements related to leases and insurance. Also included are files relating to the Station's buildings, equipment and machinery; the laboratory analysis of the soil testing done at the Station; research; and the weather station.

Glenlea Research Station

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences fonds

  • CA UMASC UA 21
  • Collection
  • 1908-1988

The fonds is divided into thirteen series as noted below. The textual records include correspondence, budgets, minutes, annual reports, research proposals and results, course syllabi, papers, exams, and publicity and press releases for the School of Agriculture, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, and the Faculty's component department. The files of the Canadian International Development Association's work in Kenya and Zambia are also included. The photograph collection consists of over 2000 photographs, over 400 slides, and 16 packets of negatives that illustrate a number of activities involving the Manitoba Agricultural College and its predecessor, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. The tape collection consists of four audio reels that detail the following topics: Manitoba Agricultural College History – Extension; the birth of 4H in Canada; the first Home Economics Programs; the organization of Women's Institutes in Manitoba; Dr. L.H. Shebeski; "The Challenge of Agriculture"; Dr. Baldur Stefanson on "The Rapeseed Story"; an example of an Agricultural Diploma oral examination; and Glen Dyck Morden on the "Farm Business Planning Project."

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences