Subseries VII.1. Photographs from Other Series

Subseries 1 consists primarily of photographs removed from Series II, the Class File, as well as photos separated from Series I and other series. The headings match those of the folders from which they were separated.

Notable among the items removed from Series I, the Documentary Files, are the Buildings File photos from subseries 1, which includes pictures of many USDA buildings and properties in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Also of interest is a group of numbered photographs taken by a USDA official in Liberia in 1953. These pictures were found with materials in subseries 4 (the 1957-1977 portion of the Documentary Files), in the back of a file cabinet, near the section on the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). A cassette tape was found with the prints on which the speaker identifies most of the images by number. Some of the photographs are identified by notes on the back also. A list of the photos and a transcription of the tape are filed with the prints. The tape (Audio 097), filed in Series VIII, is addressed to Mr. Robert Winters. (1) The speaker is probably Charles R. Lockard although he is not identified on the tape, either on the label or in the audio track. (2)

The Series II material includes many portraits of individuals, mostly photographs, but also etchings, photographs of paintings, and other non-photographic prints. They were originally filed by name of individual or in groups under letters of the alphabet. We have filed every individual portrait that could be identified under the name of the individual. Group pictures are filed under the name of the most prominent individual, with other important people noted in the folder title. However, not all names could be determined or noted.