University of Minnesota, Southern Experiment Station Records

Name/Title

University of Minnesota, Southern Experiment Station Records

Entry/Object ID

3.91.1 e

Scope and Content

Temperature, frost, weather condition records for Waseca 1914-1936; New Richland 1899-1919. 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 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, sharing land with the newly named Southern Experiment Station (SES). Finally, in 1999, the Southern Experiment Station became the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC). Number of sheets: 2

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

March 26, 2010

Update Date

November 21, 2024