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Summary Information
Stephen M. Babcock Papers
1814-1931
- Babcock, S. M. (Stephen Moulton), 1843-1931
Wis Mss HG; File 1894 December 27 Oversize; Audio 1181A; PH 629
5.3 cubic feet (13 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 1 tape
recording, and 9 photographs (1 folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Stephen Moulton Babcock, a University of Wisconsin professor and inventor
of the Babcock milk fat content test, consisting of personal correspondence, account books,
1866-1926, Cornell University classbooks, brief and irregular diary entries for the years
1852-1882, memorandum books, 1906 lectures on dairy chemistry to the four-year agricultural
students, a diploma of honorable mention from the Board of Lady Managers, the Columbian
Exposition, December 27, 1894, a recipe book of May C. Babcock, and the recorded sound track
from U.S. Department of Agriculture Motion Picture Service film 161-T-B interviewing Babcock
about his milk testing apparatus. The letters consist of early family correspondence of
Stephen Babcock's father, Peleg B. Babcock, Bridgewater, New York, concerning his
agricultural and dairy pursuits and political interests; letters from Babcock's classmates
at Tufts College, Cornell, and Göttingen, Germany; some correspondence concerning
chemical analyses and experimental dairy work; correspondence with his fiancee and wife, May
Crandall, of Winfield, New York; letters of friends and relatives of both the Babcock and
Crandall families; requests for autographs; letters from organizations and individuals
soliciting funds; and letters from faculty colleagues and fellow scientists.
English
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