PSC. Poultry Science Collections

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

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

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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.

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

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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 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.

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.