UER. USDA Employee or Records

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The Henry M. Beachell and Charles N. Bollich Rice Research Field Notebooks consist of approximately 600 bound notebooks in which the researchers recorded field data collected in Beaumont, Texas, from 1932 to 1991. The collection includes agronomic data from the Uniform Regional Rice Nursery, experimental plot research and breeding nursery books along with Beachell’s daily field diaries from 1943 to 1959.

Content Description The U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files contain materials related to the history of cherry trees introduced to the District of Columbia from Japan. The files were compiled by botanist Roland Maurice Jefferson beginning in 1973, during his career as a botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum, and after his retirement. One of the products of this research was the publication, The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship (1977),...

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The Henry F. Shepherd Papers consist of safety and personnel related documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, and material associated with "The President's Safety Award" given to Shepherd in 1965.

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The Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers consist of autobiographical and biographical information, writings, studies, papers, speeches, trip reports, bulletins, reprints, and publications. Of significance to those interested in Hodgson's early years is his 1970 autobiographical work titled "From the Sands of Mazomanie: A Story of a Wisconsin Farm Boy."

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The Collection on Henry Cantwell Wallace consists of press releases of addresses and statements made by Wallace while he was the United States Secretary of Agriculture.

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The USDA Staff Directories consist of telephone and staff directories for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA Agricultural Research Service, and some other units of USDA. Directories for some years are missing.

Content Description The USDA and National Cancer Institute Plant Collections Records consist of 36 three-ring binders, known as active books, organized geographically. Each active book contains forms, called active sheets, that were used to record data and procurement status for plant species collected in approximately 40 specific geographic areas. Plants represented in the records were collected for studies of their antitumor activity. Active sheets were filed alphabetically by genus and species name within a...

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The Glenn A. Holroyd Papers include photographs of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) employees; Holroyd's service and merit awards; employee newsletters; certificates from Holroyd's educational courses; and correspondence about the ASCS Loan Task Force.

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The Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers contain correspondence, photographs, publications, and data sheets related to Atwater's research in the chemical composition of foods, dietary studies, and the respiration calorimeter.

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The Ben Bereskin Papers consist of papers, photographs, publications and reports by Bereskin and others, including H. O. Hetzer, as well as data, notes, correspondence, drafts, abstracts, and other manuscripts. Materials cover subjects such as livestock, poultry, and swine.