UER. USDA Employee or Records

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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.

Content Description The USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection contains approximately 7,000 watercolor paintings of fruit and nut specimens received by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from growers and plant explorers. The paintings were created by artists employed by the USDA Division of Pomology from 1888 to the 1930s. Credit information was written by the artist on each watercolor, and typically includes the name of the property owner, county, city, and state or country where the specimen was grown. Many...

Content Description The Henry Agard Wallace Collection in Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library occupies eight linear feet, consisting of eight document boxes and four flat pamphlet boxes. The inclusive dates of the collection are 1921-1943, with the bulk of the records from 1933-1940, during Wallace's tenure as Secretary of Agriculture. The collection was originally housed in the library of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The Collection on Henry Agard Wallace includes press releases of...

Content Description The U.S. Forest Service Woodsy Owl Collection includes films, slides, negatives, videotapes, posters, original artwork, song sheets, bumper stickers, embroidered patches, keyrings, campaign materials, costumes, distribution materials, legislation, photograph albums, and other miscellaneous items. Campaign materials consist of publication proposals, drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, newsletters, magazines, and public service announcement statistics and...

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The USDA Fruit Laboratory Card Files contain a series of catalog cards describing of a wide range of fruits. Card entries include dates of information.

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The USDA Agricultural Research Service Biological Control Center Records contain materials relating to biological control research conducted within the branches and divisions of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Materials include correspondence, unpublished reports, research reports, grant applications, publications, shipping records, databases, photographs, and videotapes. Materials from closed international laboratories are also included.

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The Philip Vincent Cardon Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, reprints, unpublished lectures and research papers, outlines and notes for radio talks and skits, and some memorabilia.

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The New Guinea Impatiens Breeding Program Collection, compiled and maintained by Robert J. Armstrong, contains a pedigree book from Longwood Gardens breeding program; slides showing the original New Guinea impatiens collection and the progeny developed from them at Longwood; and letters, memoranda, reports, brochures, and press releases concerning the breeding program.

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The USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection consists of films produced by and for the Soil Conservation Service. These films were used for education, training, and public service announcements.