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John Hall Barron papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 21-24-937

Scope and content

Correspondence, typescripts and photocopies of John H. Barron's articles, newspaper clippings about him, obituaries and testimonials, photographs and photograph negatives, and printed matter concerning agriculture in New York State. Also, his high school diploma, photocopy of his birth certificate, and a memorial plaque (Box 1).

Dates

1900-1961.

Creator

Barron, John H. (John Hall), 1883-1943. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

John H. Barron was born in Tuscarora, New York in 1883. He graduated from Cornell University in 1906. In 1911 he was appointed County Agricultural Agent in Broome County, New York, the first such agent in the Northeasten United States, and the first Farm Bureau agent in the country. From 1914-1943 he was an Extension Professor of Field Crops at the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. His efforts to improve agriculture and agronomy in New York State made him a pioneer in the field of modern agriculture.