UER. USDA Employee or Records

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The Owen Hugh Graham Papers relate to screwworm eradication efforts in Florida, the Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and North Africa. Materials include correspondence, reports, publications, maps, charts, photographs, public information materials, and manuscripts. The language of materials is mostly English, with some items in Spanish and a few articles in French.

Content Description The James A. Duke Papers consist of notes, drafts of articles, published articles, reprints, statistical data, reports, and photographs. Materials document the uses of common roots, herbs, fruits, vegetables, plants, and leaves to prevent or treat illnesses. Included are analyses of the chemical composition of plant materials. There are also notes about Duke's travels to various countries, and his observations of indigenous people and their uses of forest products in folk remedies or herbal...

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The USDA Representation, Foreign Visitor and Protocol Office Collection consists of items from foreign countries or American organizations that were presented as gifts to various U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials. The collection also contains metal dies of the USDA seal, including the original die made by Bailey Banks & Biddle in 1896.

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The USDA Graduate School Records contain catalogs, schedules of classes, annual reports, newsletters, promotional materials, newspaper articles, lectures, publications, legal memoranda and correspondence, a history of origin, 25th and 50th anniversary materials, self-evaluation and long range planning information, regulations and operating procedures, general administration files, educational statistics, a filmstrip, and an audio tape.

Content Description The USDA Drug and Poisonous Plant Investigations Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white lantern slides with images from research projects conducted by the Drug and Poisonous Plant Investigations division of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Some of the slides feature images of medicinal plant gardens at various institutions across the United States. Other subjects include drug plant field plots at the USDA South Farm in Beltsville, Maryland; drug plant specimens; distribution charts...

Content Description The Thomas E. Devine Papers contain materials from Devine’s 32-year career with the Agricultural Research, where he researched the genetics and breeding of legumes (birdsfoot trefoil, alfalfa, and soybeans). Papers include information on conferences attended, advisory functions, professional organizations, and research-related correspondence. Many of Devine's 90 publications are included in the papers. There are also detailed field plans and evaluations from various research projects. The...

Content Description The U.S. National Arboretum Records consist of legislation, Advisory Council papers, correspondence, maps, photographs, field trip notes, herbarium index files, bound Service Lot Reports, plant indexes, staff files (specifically those of John L. Creech and Frederick G. Meyer), taxonomic information, and brochures from miscellaneous arboreta and botanical gardens. There are documents related to Fern Valley, including photographs, cards, programs, newspaper articles, and albums, which were...

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The USDA Office of the General Counsel Legislative Histories Collection consists of 517 bound volumes containing materials related to U.S. federal laws pertaining to agriculture. The volumes are arranged by congressional session number, then by public law number. Within each public law section, the documents are ordered by date. The collection is not exhaustive but includes major pieces of legislative history related to federal agricultural laws.

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The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Photograph Collection consists of photographs highlighting historical agricultural cooperatives organized under the following general subject headings: Co-op Month, cotton, dairy, farm supply, fruits, grains, livestock, miscellaneous, people and places, nuts, transportation, and vegetables.

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The Karl H. Norris Papers consist of reports, correspondence, articles (originals and photocopies), reprints, and publications related to Norris's work with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS).