UER. USDA Employee or Records

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The Foster Edward Mohrhardt Papers consist of Mohrhardt's published papers, speeches, studies, book reviews, and biographical articles. The collection includes a bibliography detailing these publications.

Content Description The USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Photograph Collection contains black and white photographs of Bureau of Plant Quarantine inspection personnel; plant inspection facilities in Washington and New Jersey; and inspection equipment. Personnel pictured include L. M. Scott, C. E. Cooley, Leonard S. McLaine, J. F. Olds, H. S. McLeod, T. A. Barnett, Donald P. Limber, Martin Hansen, Emile Kostal, Herbert L. Sanford, Charles E. Prince, Emmit I. Smith, John C. Pritchett,...

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The Cornelius Lott Shear Papers contain certificates given to botanist and plant pathologist Shear, who traveled to foreign countries to research agriculture. Many of the certificates serve as introduction letters or statements of purpose presenting Shear’s credentials for official travel. An addition of two reprinted articles about Shear and a few personal photographs was made to the collection in 2011.

Content Description The USDA Division of Forage Crops and Diseases Collection of Weed Photographs consists of approximately 1,400 negatives (glass and nitrate) and black and white photographs of weeds in different geographic locations. There are images of weed specimens, fields with weeds, experimental plots of land, weeds in suburban yards, downtown Washington, DC, corn fields, fallow fields, experiment stations, desert areas, and farm land, as well as examples of well-kept fields. There are also photographs...

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The Vivian Wiser Manuscript consists of draft copies of seven chapters written by Wiser about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) history. The drafts trace the origins and development of the USDA, starting with the establishment of the federal government under the U.S. Constitution in 1789, and continuing through the New Deal agricultural programs of the 1930s.

Content Description The Edward Fred Knipling Papers are part of the Screwworm Eradication Program Records in the Special Collections of the USDA National Agricultural Library. The Knipling papers cover the areas of entomology researched by Knipling during his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including his early research on the screwworm and the eradication efforts in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and the Southeast United States in the 1950s. Knipling's research included parasite control...

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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.

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The Ernest Imle Papers include photographs, reports, and articles about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rubber research from the 1940s to the 1970s, primarily at the Regional Rubber Experiment Station in Turrialba, Costa Rica. There are also articles and correspondence on tropical agriculture, including cacao, and publications on lilies.

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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.