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Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0046

  • Staff Only

Content Description

The Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs includes approximately 4,500 catalogs of Shorthorn public sales (a few private sale or herd catalogs), complete or nearly complete files of breed magazines, official herd books, breed history books, and a wide variety of ephemeral publications. Most of the catalogs were produced in the United States, but there are catalogs from Canada, the British Isles, Australia, South Africa, and other countries where Shorthorn cattle are bred.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-2002

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Wayne Caldwell Neely (1904-1994) was a chairman of the department of economics and sociology at Hood College, in Frederick, Maryland. After Neely's retirement from teaching in 1972, he served as secretary-treasurer of the Maryland Shorthorn Association until 1988.

The Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs is an outgrowth of Neely's love of the study of pedigrees and show and sale reports. His family owned a farm in Iowa called Verd Lea (meaning "green field"). The farm was actively engaged in breeding purebred Shorthorn cattle from 1883 until the farm was donated to the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development in 1993.

Total Size of Collection

23 records_box

163 boxes (163 boxes, 12.25 x 10.5 x 3)

81 Linear Feet (163 total boxes? Need to verify number of boxes because of discrepancy in Access record.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Alternate Call Number

SF199.S56 S56 1900

Genres

agricultural art and memorabilia

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
Unprocessed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

https://www.nal.usda.gov/collections/special-collections
Contact:
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876