APHS. American Poultry Historical Society Papers

Content Description The Clyde Dewey Mueller Papers contain correspondence, files on poultry breeding techniques, computer programs, random sample test reports published by the USDA and participating states, and a collection of brochures published by twelve poultry breeders. There are documents related to the work of national poultry organizations, such as the National Committee on Random Sample Poultry Testing and the Poultry Breeders of America. The papers also include Dr. Mueller's autobiography, which covers...

Content Description The National Poultry Improvement Plan Records contain documents, reports, and summaries of early efforts to improve the economic aspects of poultry production through breeding and disease control. Materials include newsletters, publications, and reports relating to the poultry industry and the early history of NPIP.The collection includes the following materials: Data on chickens and turkeys tested for Salmonella pullorum (1923-1948), and selection and...

Content Description The collection contains extensive files from the National Turkey Federation (NTF) and its advertising agency, the Evans Advertising Agency of Salt Lake City, Utah. Records include photographs of the NTF’s early officers, statistical reports, correspondence, promotional budgets, marketing research, recipes, photographs, slides, audio recordings, filmstrips, videotapes, and hundreds of color photographs and transparencies. Materials document the NTF’s efforts to promote the...

Content Description The New York State Poultry Industry Coordinated Effort Records consist of bylaws, articles of incorporation, and subsequent amendments. There are materials related to special studies regarding federal Turkey Marketing Orders (1961-1962) and freight rates for feedstuffs set by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Eastern Rail Carriers (1964-1966). Records of the federation's member organizations (New York State Poultry Council, SPICE Marketing Cooperatives, New York State Egg Distributors...

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The Poultry and Egg National Board Records include board meeting minutes, financial statements, annual reports, egg promotional material, new product research, cholesterol and fat studies, diet and nutritional cookbooks, reports of the American Home Economics Association conferences, and reports of the 1969 White House Conference on Nutrition.

Content Description The International Poultry Industry Exposition Records consist of four bound volumes of publicity notices for the 1968 and 1969 International Poultry Industry Expositions (IPIE) held in Chicago and New Orleans, respectively. In addition, there are two volumes of promotional material for a joint IPIE and Northeast Poultry Producers Council (NEPPCO) exposition in Cincinnati in 1970. The official guides, master programs, and daily event schedules for these expositions are included, as well as a...

Content Description The Poultry Science Department, University of Wisconsin, donated an electronic instrument housed in a leather luggage-style case titled "CACKALATOR, Linthicum, Maryland, 21090." This electronic device was carried to the farm and used by Ag-Way Co-op feed representatives and flock owners to make nutritional determinations to provide the highest net income for the poultryman. An early, on-the-farm computer, the CACKALATOR's 21 switches, dials, and knobs were used to formulate the crude...

Content Description The Poultryman and Poultry Times Newspaper Photograph Collection contains black and white negatives taken by the staff of Poultry Times, a weekly newspaper from Gainesville, Georgia, (1956-1985) and the Poultryman, a weekly newspaper from Vineland, New Jersey (1956-1969). Included are negatives of state poultry associations' personnel and functions, universities' personnel, U.S. Department of...

Content Description The American Poultry Historical Society Photograph Collection contains 115 black-and-white and color photographs, with captions and texts, mostly of members of poultry-related institutions and events held by various poultry groups. Some of the institutions, conferences, and groups represented include the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry; American Feed Manufacturers Association; American Poultry Association; American Poultry and Hatchery Federation; American...

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The Ralph H. Sturgeon Papers include correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to Sturgeon’s professional activities and accomplishments in the poultry industry. Included are photographs of Colonel Harlan Sanders and Sturgeon, a letter from President Richard Nixon, newsletters, and judging materials from the American Poultry Association.