Histories of MU, MU Academic Departments, MS&T, Biographies, Etc.

This collection contains histories of the campuses of the University of Missouri that are specific to an individual department, college or school. Most of these histories have been written by a faculty member or dean, often in conjunction with an important anniversary date. Some of these were produced as University of Missouri Bulletins, some by the department, while a few were produced independently by the author.

Schools and Colleges

College of Arts and Sciences

• An historical sketch of the Department of English. 1986.
• History of the Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1843-1975. 1975.
• History of the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri--Columbia. 1980
• An informal history of astronomy at the University of Missouri--Columbia. 1981.

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

• See also: Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
• Centennial report, 1870-1970, of the College of Agriculture. 1970.
• Entomology at the University of Missouri. 1994.
• Environs (earlier name: Missouri log). 1976-1981.
• Fifty years in the service of agriculture, 1888-1938. 1938.
• A history of field crops 1870-1967 in the University of Missouri. 1988.
• History of Forestry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. 1970.
• A history of plant pathology. 1988.
• A history of rural sociology. 1988.
• A history of the Department of Horticulture. 1988.
• History of the Department of Poultry Husbandry. 1968.
• History of the Department of Poultry Science, 1967-1985. 1987.
• A history of the Department of Soils and Soil Science at the University of Missouri. 1990.
• History of the Dairy Science Department. 1988.
• History of the Missouri College of Agriculture. 1944.
• History of the School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife. 1988.
• Missouri log (later name: Environs). 1948-1975.

College of Engineering

• A brief history of the College of Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia, 1940-1967. 1968.
• The centennial of engineering education, 1856-1956, University of Missouri, College of Engineering, Columbia. 1956.
• Engineering at the University of Missouri, 1850-1940. 1941.

College of Veterinary Medicine

• College of Veterinary Medicine, 50 years of excellence : a pictorial review, 1946-1996. 1996.
  Issued as: Veterinary Medical Review, volume 15, number 1 (1996).
• A condensed history of veterinary medicine. 1988.
• Veterinary medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1872-1968

Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs

• B&PA report : 75 years. 1989.

Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station

• Fifty years in the service of agriculture, 1888-19381938.
• 1888-1984 Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service publications. 1986.
• Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station : act of Congress, organization, reorganization, rules and regulations. Approximately 1888.

Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

• B&PA report : 75 years. 1989.

School of Education

• Directory of graduates and brief historical sketch of the School of Education. 1928.

School of Journalism

• Dissertation abstracts ... School of Journalism. 1994.
• Missouri School of Journalism Honor Medals. 1930-present.
• Twenty years of education for journalism : a history of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. 1929.
• University of Missouri bulletin. Journalism series. 1912-1977.

School of Law

• The Law Barn : a brief history of the School of Law, University of Missouri--Columbia. 1978.

School of Medicine

• The genesis, heritage and progress of medical education at the University of Missouri, 1841-1970. 1971.
• MUtation. 1960-2012.

School of Nursing

• Portrait of success : a history of Mizzou nursing. 1989.
• Portrait of success : a history of Mizzou nursing, Volume II. 1990-2004. 2004.

Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs

• B&PA report : 75 years. 1989.

University Elementary School

• University Elementary School. 1915.

University High School (1909-1978)

• Tiger claw. 1923-1978.

University Extension

• Twenty-five years of extension work in Missouri with the annual report for 1939. 1940.

University Libraries

• Henry Ormal Severance, Librarian, 1907-1937
• History of the Library, University of Missouri. 1928.
• The history of the library, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928-1946. 1980.
• The history of the University of Missouri-Columbia library. 1989.
• Official serial publications of the University of Missouri : a checklist. 4th edition. 1945.
• Official serial publications of the University of Missouri : a checklist, supplement, 1945-1948. 1949.

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Other University of Missouri

University of Missouri and University of Missouri--Columbia

• The Jefferson monument at the University of Missouri. 1976.
• Savitar (MU Yearbook). 1891-2005.
• The University of Missouri centennial celebration proceedings. 1940.

Graduate Education

• Graduate school degrees conferred, 1892-1942. 1943.
• Graduate school degrees conferred, 1892-1948. 1949.
• Graduate school degrees conferred, 1949-1955. 1956.
• Graduate school degrees conferred, 1956-1960. 1961.
• Graduate school degrees conferred, 1961-1965. 1966.

Mizzou Alumni Association

• Mizzou (earlier names: Missouri alumni quarterly, Missouri alumnus). 1906-present.
• M.U. Alumni Association, 1877-1931.

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Biographies

• A damned-yankee professor in Little Dixie: Abstracts from the Autobiographical Notes of Winterton C. Curtis. 1957.
• Henry Ormal Severance, Librarian, 1907-1937
• James Sidney Rollins. 1981.

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Miscellaneous

• Missouri, heart of the nation : The Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Collection. 1946.
• The development of the Hereford Cattle industry in the United States. 1912.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology

• Completing the circuit : a century of electrical engineering at MSM/UMR.
• History of the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1871-1946. 1946.
• Spanning the years : civil engineering the Rolla way. 1986.
• UM-Rolla : a history of MSM/UMR. 1983.