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President Horace Stockbridge, North Dakota Agricultural College
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| Title | President Horace Stockbridge, North Dakota Agricultural College |
| Date of Original | 1891 |
| Creator | Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | Photograph of President Stockbridge sitting at his desk in Old Main. Over his desk is a rendition of Old Main. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Colleges & Universities
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| Subject (LCTGM) | College presidents
Desks
Clocks & watches
Windows
Tables
Chairs
Offices
Interiors
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| Personal Name | Stockbridge, Horace E., (Horace Edward) 1857-1930
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| Organization Name | North Dakota State University - Presidents
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | Bol.35.1 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 22 x 29 cm. |
| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "College Photographs 1st year 1891 Fargo, ND/ H.E. Stockbridge President." |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | The first president of North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC), Horace E. Stockbridge, was also, at the age of 33, the youngest president. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on May 19, 1857. He attended Massachusetts Agricultural College, where he received his degree in 1878. In 1880 he served as Assistant Chemist for the USDA, and in 1881 he was an instructor at Massachusetts Agricultural College. He did his graduate work at Boston University in agricultural chemistry, and he received his PH.D. from the University of Goettingen, Germany, in 1884.
Following his studies, in 1884-85, he was an associate professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Agricultural College. From 1885 to 1889 Stockbridge was employed as professor of chemistry and geology at the Japanese Imperial College of Agriculture and Engineering and was also chief chemist for the Japanese government for the latter two years. Prior to coming to Fargo, Stockbridge was director of the Experiment Station at Purdue University in 1889.
In 1890 Stockbridge was given the position of president of NDAC and director of the Experiment Station. While at NDAC, Stockbridge was responsible for selecting the location of the college, appointing instructors, the constructing of buildings, and the organization of the experiment buildings. He was also the designer of College Hall, which is now known as Old Main. Stockbridge instituted special short winter courses for farmers in agriculture and related sciences, which were the first of their kind in the nation. He left NDAC in 1893, due to political reasons, and subsequently moved to Americus, Georgia. In 1897 he accepted a position at Florida Agricultural College as professor of agriculture. From 1906 to 1922 he was the agriculture editor for the Southern Ruralist, of which he was also co-founder. In 1922 he began editing for the Southern Farmland and Dairy, which he did until his retirement due to poor health. In 1957 a new men's residence hall was built and named in honor of President Stockbridge. Horace Stockbridge died on October 30, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Stockbridge was a very accomplished individual. He was president of the Farmer's National Congress for two years. He also wrote several books on the chemistry of the soil. While in Japan, he discovered a special fertilizer for growing hops, which saved large quantities of rice, a main staple in Japan, which was previously used in brewing. He was the first to obtain petroleum from bituminous shale by distillation. He discovered muscarine, a poisonous alkaloid, which is a product of decomposition. While in Indiana, a team under his direction found the cause and treatment for potato scab. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
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| Repository Collection | H.L. Bolley Photography Collection
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/4766 |
| Credit Line | University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (Bol.35.2) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | bo000145 |
| Original Source | Photographic Print |
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