Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Leonard Hegnauer Papers
1954-1963
Cage 27
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Hegnauer, Leonard
- Title
- Leonard Hegnauer Papers
- ID
- Cage 27
- Date [inclusive]
- 1954-1963
- Extent
- 68.0 items.
- General Physical Description note
- 2 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- 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- Correspondence, phonotape, and unpublished autobiography, "Eighty-six Golden Years," concerning, in addition to personal and family history, agricultural history in the midwest and western states,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 note
[Item Description]. Cage 27, Leonard Hegnauer Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Scope and Contents note
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 Hegnauer's writings, principally his unpublished autobiography, Eighty-six Golden Years, which he wrote with the assistance of Ella Clark, between 1954 and 1958.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.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1972
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
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.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Washington State University--Faculty
Personal Name(s)
- Clark, Ella Elizabeth, 1896-
- Hegnauer, Leonard, 1872-1963 --Archives
Subject(s)
- Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--History
- Agriculture
- Agriculture -- Northwest, Pacific--History
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
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 | ||