Continuation of Miscellaneous files

The documents in this subseries include notes, correspondence, memoranda, published material, articles, and reports relating to many aspects of Wayne Rasmussen's long career with the USDA. The Subject files contain research material of agricultural subjects, and are filed in alphabetical order. There are significant materials on the United States bicentennial celebration and the development of living historical farms. There are also extensive research materials on the history of the Extension Service. These files contain previous histories about the service and documentation from USDA files. Also included are an inventory of Extension Service materials in the National Archives, copies of the "Report of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents" ranging in date from 1923 to 1939; and a volume titled "Farmers Cooperative Demonstration Work for 1910," a compilation assembled by the USDA Office of Extension Work in the South in 1921, containing original and copied correspondence, reports, memos, maps, charts, stories, plans, and photographs.

The Administrative/Writings files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, published materials, and drafts of articles written by Rasmussen and his colleagues; also materials on his administrative duties as head of ARH and academic lecturer. There are drafts of the History of American Agriculture, a series of lectures and short articles that were intended to be published together (drafts of each section were labeled "chapters"). Some research material on Latin America is also in these files.

Travel files contain itineraries, reports, correspondence, notes, speeches, and other materials relating to Rasmussen's foreign visits and international meetings, especially trips to India and Iran. There are also dissertations collected by Rasmussen on agricultural development. Photographs found in these papers, relating to Extension work, travel, and the staff of the ARH have been removed to Series VII.1.