Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | William Marion Jardine papers, 1908-1955 |
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| Span Dates | 1908-1955 |
| ID No. | MSS27698 |
| Creator | Jardine, William Marion, 1879-1955 |
| Extent | 920 items |
| Extent | 8 containers plus 2 oversize |
| Extent | 3.6 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009047 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78027698 |
| Summary | Educator, public official, and diplomat. Correspondence, articles, speeches, lectures, notes, and scrapbooks of clippings concerned mainly with the economic aspects of agriculture and rural life. The greatest concentration, 1925-1929, relates to Jardine's term as secretary of agriculture. Other papers cover the four years during which he was minister to Egypt. Additional files concern his tenure as president of the University of Wichita, 1934-1949. |