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USDA Bureau of Statistics Photograph Collection
Content Description
The USDA Bureau of Statistics Photograph Collection consists of seven glass negatives, circa 1910, with images of statisticians and clerks at work in their offices. There are several images of Victor H. Olmsted, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, with other members of the Crop Reporting Board, including Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Willet Martin Hays.
Dates
- Creation: 1910
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Organizational History
The Crop Reporting Board prepared the final monthly crop reports and was composed of the Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Statistics as chairman; the Assistant Chief of the bureau; an expert statistician employed by the bureau; and two ad hoc members (special field agents or state statistical agents) who were called to Washington, D.C., for service in preparing each crop report.
Total Size of Collection
2 boxes (12 x 6.5 x 9)
2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Genres
photographs
Topical
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876