Summary Information
Emil Truog papers
1909-1964
- University of Wisconsin. Department of Soils
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- 23.37 cubic feet
- 18 records cartons, 1 oversize box
The Emil Truog papers document the
activities of Professor Emil Truog at the Soil Science Department of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Truog was on the faculty at Wisconsin from 1921 to 1954 and made lasting
contributions to the fields of soil science, agronomy, and chemistry. His papers include
personal, administrative and scientific correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and
scrapbooks.
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Biographical / Historical
Emil Truog was a professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1921
until being named emeritus in 1954. Truog was born near Independence, Wisconsin in 1884 and
graduated in a class of nine men from Arcadia High School near Independence and received a
bachelors in agriculture and a masters in chemistry at UW-Madison. He contributed a number
of novel methods for testing soil content for acidity, nutrients, and minerals, and
developed agricultural practices around alfalfa and corn in Wisconsin. He was associated
with a number of national and international scholarly organizations including the American
Society of Agronomy, the Soil Science Society of America, the Soil Conservation Society, the
International Soil Science Congress, and the American Chemical Society.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection includes no known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection materials may be subject to laws governing rights. Researchers are solely
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required for some uses such as publication or reproduction.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Series 9/12/22 Tranferred by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1962 and 1965.
Accession 1990/044 Transferred by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1990-6-8.
Accession 1990/557 Transferred by College of Agricutlture and Life Sciences, no date.
Accession 2019/010 (Boxes 17, 18, 19) Gift of Michael Braus, 2019-04-15.
Preferred Citation
https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/archives/use-the-archives/citing-archives-resources/
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Professor Emil Truog which
document his work for the Soil Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Truog was involved with a number of professional and scientific organizations as well as
having relationships with industrial concerns in the areas of his study. His papers contain
correspondence documents from his field work, manuscripts, publications, photographs,
scrapbooks, and speeches. The correspondence in this collection documents Truog's work as a
teacher, administrator, and researcher as well as his relationships to various scholarly and
scientific organizations. His scrapbooks document his life and activities in Madison as well
as those of his students.
General
Former Series 9/12/22, Accession 1990/044, Accession 1990/557, Accession 2019/010
Subject Terms
Soil science
Contents List
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