Guide to the Leonard Hegnauer Papers 1954-1963
Cage 27

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Hegnauer, Leonard
Title
Leonard Hegnauer Papers
ID
Cage 27
Date [inclusive]
1954-1963
Extent
4 containers., 2 linear feet of shelf space., 68 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, phonotape, and unpublished autobiography, "Eighty-six Golden Years," concerning, in addition to personal and family history, agricultural history in the midwest and western states, agricultural practices, technology and education, and Washington State University. Miss Ella E. Clark assisted in editing the manuscripts.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 27, Leonard Hegnauer Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Scope and Content

The papers consist of holographs and manuscript copies of Mr. Hegnauer's writings, principally his unpublished autobiography, Eighty-six Golden Years, which he wrote with the assistance of Ella Clark, between 1954 and 1958. The autobiography, in addition to personal and family history, includes a lengthy discussion of such matters as agricultural history in the midwest and western states, agricultural practices, technology and education, and the history of Washington State University.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © 1972

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Leonard Hegnauer (1872-1963), agronomist and agricultural extension worker, were donated to the Washington State University Library in 1961-1963 by Mr. Hegnauer and Miss Ella Clark.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University--Faculty

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Hegnauer, Leonard, 1872-1963 --Archives
Subject(s) :
  • Clark, Ella Elizabeth, 1896-

Subject(s)

  • Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--History
  • Agriculture -- Northwest, Pacific--History
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

box folder

Autobiography, first draft,   holograph, 42 notebooks.

1 1-5

Autobiography, second draft, edited by Ella Clark.   manuscript, ca. 450 p.

2 6-50

Autobiography, third draft,   manuscript. ca. 500 p.

3 51-54

Autobiography, final draft, edited by Ella Clark.    manuscript, 486 p.

3 55.1-55.3

School days on the Missouri Prairie.   3 items. holograph and manuscript.

4 56

Agriculture of the Salt River Valley. 1959   12 p. manuscript

4 57

Autobiographical address to Wrangler's Club, Pullman. (Gift of Herman Deutsch) April 28, 1955.   Phonotape, 1 reel (7 in.) 3 3/4 i.p.s.

4 58

Correspondence, with Mary Avery and others re: disposition of manuscripts. Also obituary, May, 1963. 1961-1963  20 items.

 4 59