Scope and Contents
The collection (1910-1951) contains contracts and appointment notices, reports on grazing policies, correspondence, and personal information and papers.
Correspondence includes of twelve letters from William M. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture, 1926-1930.
Dates
- 1910-1951
Creator
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
James Tertius Jardine was born in Cherry Creek, Idaho, and educated at Utah Agricultural College. He was director of Oregon agricultural experiment stations, 1920-1931, and chief of the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S.D.A., 1931-1946.
Jardine played an important role in grazing research. From 1907 to 1910 Jardine was a special agent of the USDA Forest Service developing techniques for range reconnaissance, and in 1919 published the classic "Range Management in the National Forests."
His major studies were in the Wallowa National Forest where he developed standards of deferred grazing and rotation which became standard for the region.
[Source: foresthistory.org]
Extent
1 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
James Tertius Jardine worked as a civil servant in agriculture; he was director of Oregon agricultural experiment stations, and chief of the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S.D.A. He played an important role in grazing research. The collection (1910-1951) contains contracts and appointment notices, reports on grazing policies, correspondence, and personal information and papers.
Arrangement
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Physical Description
2 manuscript boxes.
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 organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Agricultural experiment stations -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- Research -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- Research -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Contracts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Grazing -- Oregon. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grazing -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jardine, James T. (James Tertius), 1881-1954
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Agricultural College. Experiment Station
- Range management -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Range management -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Office of Experiment Stations
- Wallowa National Forest (Or.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the James Tertius Jardine Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
- Date
- 2013
- 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
