PSC. Poultry Science Collections

Content Description The Thomas Burr Charles Poultry Scrapbooks consist mainly of newspaper clippings on research, events, and notable individuals of the poultry industry, especially those located in New Hampshire. There are articles on the development of the New Hampshire chicken breed. The collection also contains correspondence both to and from Charles, poultry event notices and programs, obituaries, invitations and announcements, magazine articles, and ephemera. Some items cover topics other than poultry,...

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The Poultry Industry Hall of Fame Records contain nomination forms of American Poultry Historical Society members who were inducted into the Hall of Fame, artwork for Hall of Fame plaques, and correspondence regarding the preparation of plaques. See also the John Louis Skinner Collection, MS 153.

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The Walter W. Sadler Papers consist of reprints of 55 of Sadler's published papers. Sadler wrote a variety of journal articles and essays on topics such as hatchability of poultry eggs, pasteurization of milk, care of bats, salmonella in turkeys, avian diseases, animal-borne infections, and food-borne diseases of animal origin, among other subjects.

Content Description The Lee Frederick Schrader Papers the personal papers of Lee Frederick Schrader from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Materials include over 800 detached reports, booklets, reprints, etc., of economic studies concerning the poultry industry which were made by over 400 individual American and foreign scientists and organizations. The series of research studies were reported between 1950 and 1996 and covered...

Content Description The Harlan Loy Shrader Collection contains materials collected by Shrader while he served as a senior extension poultry husbandman from 1926 to 1959. The materials include reports, articles, newsletters, clippings, photographs, booklets, correspondence, items from various poultry extension services, a metal model of everted baby chick vents, and other items. Some of the materials pertain to the American Poultry Historical Society. There are also materials related to the Chicken of Tomorrow...

Content Description The Woodrow R. Jenkins Collection contains mostly slides from Jenkins' time as a poultry extension scientist for the Extension Service from 1960 to 1979. The slides show visits to various poultry farms or businesses; a 1961 poultry fact-finding conference; a script for "Poultry Production-Civil Defense"; and various meetings, conferences, and workshops. Also included are black and white photographs and reels of film. The films are titled "Peanut Hull Logs" and "Magic Eggs". There is an...

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The R. Ewing and R. LeNeil Poultry Anatomy Drawings consist of approximately 600 anatomical drawings of poultry used in various publications. There are 10 oversized boxes and an inventory of the collection is stored on CD-ROM.

Content Description The George Burnet Rogers Papers contain documents related to poultry and egg production, marketing, pollution, and other related research. Many of Rogers' publications and presentations are included, as well as a limited amount of his personal correspondence. The collection also contains poultry trade show pamphlets and programs; egg and poultry pricing documents; poultry and egg marketing, consumer, price-related papers, publications, research data; materials from private poultry companies...

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The USDA Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Collection on Poultry Feather Research consists of photographs and negatives of poultry science activities and staff, business notes and correspondence, and approximately 30 samples of products made from feathers, such as fabric swatches, cardboard, and yarn.

Content Description The Albert Wade Brant Collection contains copies of scientific literature and unpublished documents on poultry meat and egg research, dating from approximately 1930 until 1998. An author file of 17,000 cards accompanies the publications. The abstracts were generated or made available by the following organizations or individuals: Institute of American Poultry Industries; University of Illinois; U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine; Dr. George F. Stewart and A. Wade Brant.Other materials...