Summary Information

Title: James G. Milward Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1962

Creator:

• Milward, J. G. (James Garfield), 1881-1963

Call Number: Mss 721; Micro 1115; Audio 265A; PH 2685; PH 2704; M2006-077

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes), 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 tape recording; plus additions of 1.0 cubic foot of photographs, transparencies, and negatives and 0.2 cubic feet of ephemera and posters

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of James G. Milward, a member of the University of Wisconsin Department of Horticulture and potato extension specialist who led the development of the potato industry in Wisconsin for over 50 years. Included are correspondence, reports, notes, speeches and writings, an oral history, subject files, educational material, and financial records concerning his wide-ranging activities. The documentation covers seed certification, field trial demonstrations, research, marketing, and improved production. Particularly extensive are the files on the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association, of which he was secretary for many years, and the annual reports and work plans for the Smith-Lever Act, which he directed in Wisconsin. All files except the student notes and teaching materials are available only on microfilm.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00721

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