Samuel B. Akins Papers, 1949-1990

Summary

Creators:

Akins, Samuel B.

Abstract:

Samuel B. Akins served as an Extension agent for the Agricultural Experiment Station in Shafter, California. After his retirement, Akins bought a farm in Strathmore, California, and continued to work on cotton improvements and water conservation. The collection contains correspondence and printed materials, as well as photograph and slides relating to cotton farming and legislation.

Extent:

0.4 linear feet

Language:

Collection materials in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Samuel B. Akins Papers, D-314, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence and printed materials, as well as photograph and slides relating to cotton farming and legislation.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Bernice Akins was born on August 5, 1908 in Voss, Texas. Akins served as an extension agent for the Agricultural Experiment Station in Shafter, California. He also worked with the Farm Program Development and Analysis program in Washington, D.C. and helped the Roosevelt Administration set up cotton programs for the New Deal. After his retirement from the USDA in 1950, Akins bought a farm in Strathmore, California, and continued to work on cotton improvements and water conservation.

Akins passed away on February 8, 1990.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Edna Akins in 1990.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle Xie.

Physical location:

Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cotton--Research

Names:

Akins, Samuel B.--Archives

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Samuel B. Akins Papers, D-314, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:

UC Davis, Special Collections

University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library

100 NW Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292, US

Contact:

(530) 752-1621

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

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