Pennsylvania and Penn State's Agricultural Heritage:
A Chronology

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Ciolkosz, Edward J., Editor. "An Early History of the Penn State University Agronomy Department." Agronomy Series, no. 134. University Park, PA: Agronomy Department, July 1995.

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DeCoster, Lester A. The Legacy of Penn's Woods: A History of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry. [Harrisburg, PA]: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1995.
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Deeben, John Paul. "A Cultural Trait in Transition: The Agricultural Development of the Pennsylvania Amish, 1750-1920." v, 169 leaves. Thesis (M.A.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1990.

Dunaway, Wayland F. A History of Pennsylvania, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1948.
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Eddy, Edward Danforth. "The Development of the Land-Grant Colleges: Their Program and Philosophy : A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy," 1956.

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Goodwin, Kenneth. Department of Poultry Science at the Pennsylvania State University, 1966-1984. [S.l.: s.n.], 1984.

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Hewetson, Frank N., Kenneth D. Hickey, and Dean Asquith. History and Accomplishments of the Penn State Fruit Research Laboratory at Biglerville, 1918-1976. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1981.

Hill, William Free. A Brief History of the Grange Movement in Pennsylvania. S.l.: s.n., 1923.

"Hon. Hugh N. McAllister, of Pennsylvania." New York Times, May 6, 1873.
Obituary for Hugh N. McAllister, "the projector of the Farmers' Agricultural College" (later to become Penn State University).

Heutchy, Alvin Earl. "The Rural Electrification Administration and Its Work in Pennsylvania." Thesis (M.A.)--Pennsylvania State College, 1938.

Hume, Robin. "The Gentleman Scholar." Town & Gown, December 1981, pp. 8-10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22.
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Illick, Joseph S. Forest Research in Pennsylvania. New York and Northeast Agriculture and Natural History Preservation Project. Harrisburg, Pa.: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Forests and Waters, 1930.

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Johnson, George Fiske. Agriculture in Pennsylvania. A Study of Trends, County and State, since 1840. Pennsylvania. Dept. Of Agriculture. Bulletin.; v. 12, no. 15; General Bulletin; No. 484. Harrisburg: Pa., 1929.

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Kimmelman, Barbara Ann. "A Progressive Era Discipline: Genetics at American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, 1900-1920." xi, 446 leaves. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1987.

Kneebone, Leon R., James E. Wright, Jr., Charles L. Fergus, Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne, and Henry W. Popp. "Centennial Newsletter, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University." State College, PA: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University. February 1, 1955.

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Logan, George. "A Letter to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, on the Necessity of Promoting Agriculture, Manufactures, and the Useful Arts." 2d ed. Philadelphia, PA: Patterson & Cochran, 1800.

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Manning, Frank E. A History of Agricultural Cooperation in Pennsylvania 1865 to 1930 Inclusive. [s.l.: The author], 1930.

McCabe, James Dabney. 1874. History of the Grange Movement, or, the Farmer's War against Monopolies Being a Full and Authentic Account of the Struggles of the American Farmers against the Extortions of the Railroad Companies, with a History of the Rise and Progress of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, Its Objects, Present Condition and Prospects, to Which Is Added Sketches of the Leading Grangers. Chicago, Ill.: National Pub. Co.; San Francisco, Calif.: A.L. Bancroft. http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AJC3502

Merrill, William. "106+ Years of Plant Pathology at Penn State University." Unpublished manuscript. June 1995.

Michel, Jack. "'In a Manner and Fashion Suitable to Their Degree:' A Preliminary Investigation of the Material Culture of Early Rural Pennsylvania." Working Papers Regional Economic History Research Center, vol. 5 no. 1. Wilmington, Delaware: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1981.

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Schneider, David B., and Robert F. Ensminger. Foundations in a Fertile Soil: Farming and Farm Buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 1st ed. Lancaster, Pa.: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, 1994.

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