THEOPHILUS L. HAECKER:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Haecker, T. L. (Theophilus Levi), 1846-1938. | |
| Title: | Theophilus Haecker papers. | |
| Dates: | 1873, 1890-1936. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence dealing mainly with Haecker's work as head of the division of animal husbandry in the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. There are letters from Coates P. Bull, Frank A. Day, William A. Henry, William D. Hoard, Cyrus Northrop, and Albert F. Woods; news clippings with biographical information and accounts of Haecker's work; copies of speeches and articles on cattle feeding and on agricultural cooperation; data on cooperative creameries in Minnesota; notebooks kept by Haecker when he edited a newspaper at Ackley, Iowa (1873); and notebooks kept on experiments at the College of Agriculture. | |
| Quantity: | 0.7 cubic feet (2 boxes, including 6 volumes; 3 oversize items). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Theophilus Haecker, the father of dairying in
Minnesota, was born in Medina County, Ohio, the fourth child in a family of twelve,
on May 4, 1846. In 1853 the Haecker family moved to Wisconsin and settled on
a farm in Cottage Grove where Haecker received his training in dairy farming from
his mother. In 1863 Haecker began school at the University of Wisconsin, enlisting
in the Civil War the following year. In 1867 he returned to school in Wisconsin and
also began teaching. In 1874 the governor of Wisconsin, a former neighbor of the
family, asked Haecker to work for him. For the next 17 years Haecker held the
position of executive clerk in the governor's office, continued to farm and develop
his dairy enterprise, and taught at the University of Wisconsin dairy school.
On the recommendation of Governor Knute Nelson and John S. Pillsbury, Haecker was selected by the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to head the dairy department of the College of Agriculture in 1891, a position which he held for 27 years. Haecker was the author of the Haecker feeding standard for dairy cattle and was a pioneer organizer of cooperative dairying in Minnesota. Haecker's influence made the Clarks Grove Cooperative Creamery in Freeborn County a model for the rest of the state and Minnesota the main center of co-operatives in the country by the beginning of the 20th century.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Theophilus L. Haecker papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 4793; 8057
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001732415
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P3028 | 1 | Speeches and articles, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous, undated, 1891-1936. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| News clippings, undated, 1906-1936. | |||||||||||
| Programs and miscellaneous, 1890-1930. | |||||||||||
| Pamphlets, undated, 1896-1929. | |||||||||||
| Includes University of Minnesota agricultural experiment station bulletins and reports of the secretaries to the dairy and food department of the state of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| P3028 | 2 | Volume 1. Address book, undated. | |||||||||
| Volume 2. Notes for newspaper, Ackley, Iowa, circa 1873. | |||||||||||
| Volume 3. Notebook, January 1891, June-August 1892. | |||||||||||
| Includes records of a trip through Minnesota visiting creameries, and notes on a short course in agriculture and dairying at the University of Wisconsin. | |||||||||||
| Volume 4. Miscellaneous records of experiments at the university farm, School of Agriculture, 1891-1893. | |||||||||||
| Volume 5. Miscellaneous records of experiments, 1894. | |||||||||||
| Volume 6. Miscellaneous records of experiments, 1895-1896. | |||||||||||
| 105.F.3.7B-2 | Oversize material: | ||||||||||
| Testimonials, 1923, 1935. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Certificate: University of Minnesota, 1936. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Agriculture, Cooperative -- Minnesota.
- Creameries -- Minnesota.
- Dairying -- Minnesota.
- Journalism -- Iowa.
- Persons:
- Bull, Coates Preston, 1872-1967.
- Day, Frank A. (Frank Arah), 1855-1928.
- Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932.
- Hoard, W. D. (William Dempster), 1836-1918.
- Northrop, Cyrus, 1834-1922.
- Owen, Sidney Mark, 1838-1910.
- Woods, Albert Fred, 1866-1948.
- Organizations:
- University of Minnesota. Department of Agriculture.
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