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Series VII. Photographs, 1860 - 1995
Scope and Content Note
Photographs and other graphic images, including photoprints, slides, filmstrips, and non-photographic prints such as etchings and woodcuts. Most of the photographs have been separated from other series in the collection, including the Class File (Series II). There are also photographs collected by Emerson Brooks, an employee of the Statistical Reporting Service, and other photographs and photo albums found among ERS records. The vast bulk of the photos are modern gelatin silver prints. This series also includes some printed material such as captions, brochures, letters, notes, pages torn from texts, and booklets and pamphlets, that are either directly or tangentially related to specific photographs.
The photographs are organized in three subseries.
1. Photographs separated from other series (including Class file photographs)
2. Emerson Brooks photographs
3. Other photos found with collection
Dates
- Creation: 1860 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access
Materials created by agencies or employees of the United States government are in the public domain. Unless specified otherwise, the copyright interests in materials acquired or collected by government employees from outside sources have not been transferred to NAL or to the U.S. government.
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Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs separated from other series, including photographs of USDA buildings, and pictures from the Class File (Series II); photographs collected by Emerson Brooks, an employee of the Statistical Reporting Service; and other loose photographs and albums found among ERS records.
Notes
1. Dr. Robert K. Winters served more than 42 years in the USDA Forest Service, including 12 years in international work. See his monograph, International Forestry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1980, a copy of which is in the USDA History Collection, Series II, Class File, file "Winters, Robert K. 1980."
2. An envelope found with the photographs (and stored with them now) was stamped with the name "C. R. Lockard ... Clearwater, Florida." Charles Lockard is listed in Winters' report (see above) as a Forestry Advisor on a mission to Liberia in 1953. See "Appendix B--USDA Specialists in Forestry and Related Fields."
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
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