Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, correspondence and files on the International Institute of Agriculture, the American Committee of the International Institute of Agriculture, and the World Agricultural Society.
Major correspondents among the American Committee of the International Institute of Agriculture files are Charles J. Brand, Olivia Rossetti Agresti, and Charlotte B. Ware.
The major correspondent among the World Agricultural Society files is Laurence H. Parker.
Major correspondents among a separate section of personal and professional correspondence are Olivia Rossetti Agresti, Charles J. Brand, Kenyon L. Butterfield, Country Gentleman Publishers, Orange Judd Co. Publishers, Giuseppi U. Papi, Laura L. Saqui, Anne D. Taylor, and Henry C. Taylor.
Dates
- 1904-1960
Creator
- Marquis, John Clyde, 1881-1965 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
John Clyde Marquis (1881-1965) was born in Madison, Indiana and educated at Purdue University. He was editor of American Agriculturalist from 1904-1908, and of Country Gentlemen, 1911-1920. He became the director of Public Information of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S.D.A., from 1922-1935. Marquis also served as the American delegate to the International Institute of Agriculture from 1935-1941. From 1942 till 1946 he was active in the World Agricultural Society.
Extent
3.5 linear feet (3 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
John Clyde Marquis (1881-1965) was an editor of agricultural and gentlemen's magazines and served in the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, files and correspondence on the International Institute of Agriculture, the American Committee of the International Institute of Agriculture, and the World Agricultural Society.
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Physical Description
2 record storage boxes, 1 manuscript box
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Agresti, Olivia Rossetti
- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculturists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brand, Charles John, 1879-
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- International Institute of Agriculture
- International Institute of Agriculture. American Committee
- Marquis, John Clyde, 1881-1965
- United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
- World Agricultural Society
- Title
- Guide to the John Clyde Marquis Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
