RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Farm Crops and Soils

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0105.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Farm Crops and Soils
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1916
End date:
1934
Definition:
Preferred form of name for use in Iowa State University Library metadata.
Usage:
Use this name to describe resources by or about the academic department active at Iowa State College from 1916 to 1934. In 1916, the Department of Agronomy changed its name to the Department of Farm Crops and Soils. In 1934, the name was changed back to the Department of Agronomy.
History:
Term added to ISULV, 2026-02-27. Based on the sources cited, Metadata Services recommends this form of the name over other variants.
Associated locations:
Iowa--Ames
Predecessor of split:
dpt0102
Successor:
Iowa State College. Department of Agronomy (1934-1959)
Source:
Department of Agronomy records finding aid, viewed on 2026-02-11 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w90493
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/