Manuscript Collections
Walker, Harry B. (1884-1957). Papers.
Collection Number: D-111
- Extent
- 10.1 linear feet
- Biography
- Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis (1928-1951); author of Research in Mechanical Farm Equipment (1928); instrumental figure in the development of the sugar beet harvester.
- Description
- Notebooks and papers pertaining to the development of the sugar beet harvester; teaching and research files, correspondence, and reports; advisory committee reports; Central Valley Project and Colorado River reports; speeches and radio talk scripts.
- Inclusive Dates
- 1891-1958.
- Subject
- Agricultural Technology
- Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt529026sq)
- Access
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