Southeast Experiment Station harvesting grain

Name/Title

Southeast Experiment Station harvesting grain

Entry/Object ID

41.05.116

Description

5" x 3 1/4" black and white photograph of harvesting on the Southeast Experiment Station; shown is a car and a wagon laden with bags of grain and people; identified L-R: Robert E. Hodgson, Peggy and Melvin Gallagher, Harold Mitchell, Ralph Lorenz, Dot Greeney, and Bobby Hodgson or Robert L. Hodgson, son of Robert E. Hodgson.

Context

In August 1912, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents purchased 246 acres of land half a mile to the south and west of Waseca on the edge of the city limits. The Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station began operations in 1913. In 1925, the Southeast Demonstration and Experiment Station became the Southeast Experiment Station. In 1941, with an additional land purchase, the station totaled 598 acres. Land was set aside for the Southern School of Agriculture (SSA) which admitted its first students in 1953. In 1969, the Southern School of Agriculture evolved into the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca then it was renamed as the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW), sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). In 1992, UMW graduated its final class and then the UMW campus buildings were sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC).

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 19, 2025

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

December 13, 2005

Update Date

April 22, 2025