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PSC. Poultry Science Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: PSC

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Poultry and Egg National Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0131
Content Description

The Poultry and Egg National Board Records include board meeting minutes, financial statements, annual reports, egg promotional material, new product research, cholesterol and fat studies, diet and nutritional cookbooks, reports of the American Home Economics Association conferences, and reports of the 1969 White House Conference on Nutrition.

Dates: 1939-1979

Cackelator Poultry Feed Calculator

 Collection
Identifier: MS0134
Content Description

The Cackelator is an electronic instrument housed in a leather luggage-style case. It was used by Ag-Way Coop representatives as an early on-the-farm "computer" to formulate poultry feed mixtures based on flock production factors such as body weight and egg weight. This briefcase-sized device was carried to the farm and used by the feed representative and flock owner to determine nutritional inputs that would provide the highest net income for the poultry farmer.

Dates: undated

Poultry Processing Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0135
Content Description

The Poultry Processing Photograph Collection consists primarily of black and white prints and negatives of various dimensions, mounted and unmounted, representing stages in the handling and processing of poultry and eggs. There are some color images and written material related to poultry technology.

Dates: 1940s-1970s

World's Poultry Science Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0204
Content Description

The World's Poultry Science Association Records contain materials collected by various members and officers of the organization. Included are correspondence, reports, publications, awards information, ephemera, meeting minutes, and photographs. The majority of the materials correspond with member participation in the World's Poultry Congresses, European poultry conferences, and other meetings. The earliest material dates from the first World's Poultry Congress in 1921.

Dates: 1921-2004

World's Poultry Science Association U.S.A. Branch Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0205
Content Description The World's Poultry Science Association U.S.A. Branch Records contain materials pertaining to the organization of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) U.S.A. Branch, the Branch constitution and bylaws, and lists of members, including the officers and members of the Council and Board of Directors. There are minutes of the Board meetings and annual membership meetings. Detailed financial records cover years 1966 through 1993. Correspondence includes exchanges between the U.S. and...
Dates: 1937-1996

American Poultry Historical Society Artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: MS0231
Content Description

The American Poultry Historical Society Artifacts include a marble rooster, an electronic egg, model poultry houses, an Utgaard Hatchery box, and poultry feed burlap sacks.

Dates: undated

Roland Clarence Hartman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0254
Content Description

The Roland Clarence Hartman Papers include speeches, articles, publications, and advertising material related to poultry.

Dates: 1928-1980

Soren Husman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0219
Content Description

The Soren Husman Papers contain photographs of Husman and of the California Turkey Industry Federation (1925-1939), personal correspondence, and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1925-1939; Majority of material found within 1930-1932

Theodore Byerly Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0221
Content Description

The Theodore Byerly Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, publications, clippings, biographical information, photographs, and office files relating to Byerly's career in poultry science and his participation in agricultural organizations.

Dates: 1925-1990

Everett Eugene Lund Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0222
Content Description

The Everett Eugene Lund Papers contain Lund's notes, correspondence, biographical information on various parasitologists, and photographs and slides related to poultry diseases.

Dates: 1930-1977