Albert Wade Brant Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS0027

Staff Only

Content Description

The Albert Wade Brant Collection contains copies of scientific literature and unpublished documents on poultry meat and egg research, dating from approximately 1930 until 1998. An author file of 17,000 cards accompanies the publications. The abstracts were generated or made available by the following organizations or individuals: Institute of American Poultry Industries; University of Illinois; U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine; Dr. George F. Stewart and A. Wade Brant.

Other materials in the collection include minutes of the Pacific Dairy and Poultry Association (PDPA), Institute of American Poultry Industries (IAPI), letters, photographs, cartoons, post cards, humorous poems, chicken and turkey stories, newspaper clippings, chicken jokes, Poultry Science Association mementos, and films.

Dates

Creation: 1907-1997

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Albert Wade Brant (1919-2011) graduated from Kansas State University in 1940 with a bachelor's degree in poultry husbandry. Brant received a master's degree in poultry nutrition from Michigan State University in 1942, and a Ph.D. in food science and technology in 1949 from Iowa State University. From 1949 to 1959, he worked for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland, conducting research on egg and poultry meat quality, rising to the position of chief of the Poultry Research Branch, Animal Husbandry Research Division.

From late 1959 through 1980, Brant was a food technologist and lecturer in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California-Davis, and served as an associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station. He was actively involved with the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) and its USA Branch (and predecessor committee) from 1958 to 1996. From 1965 to 1978, he served as secretary-treasurer, vice president, and president of the USA Branch. In 1978, he was elected treasurer of the WPSA and served in that capacity until 1996. Brant authored or co-authored over 250 research papers, bulletins, technical articles, and book chapters, and two public service patents.

Total Size of Collection

1 records_box

36 letter_document_box

5 boxes (1 folio box, 17.75 x 11 x 3.75; 1 folio box 20.75 x 16.75 x 1.5; 1 reference cards box, 19.5 x 8.5 x 5; 2 reference cards boxes, 12 x 24 x 10.5)

28.5 Linear Feet (38 boxes (Total number of boxes in Access record does not agree with box subtotals))