Dean Howard Mayberry Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0252

Staff Only

Content Description

The Dean Howard Mayberry Papers include research records of the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, as well as press releases, correspondence, publications, and papers on research relating to the transformation of agricultural products into commercial commodities. Some topics of research include oils, cereals, antibiotics, starch, polysaccharides, amylose, corn, and alcohol.

Dates

Creation: 1957-1990
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1979

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical Sketch

Dean Howard Mayberry began his U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service in 1956 with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) as the supervisory publications editor for agricultural and biological sciences at the Information Division in Washington, D.C. From 1958 to 1978, he was a public information officer for the ARS Information Division, Current Information Branch based at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria, Illinois. From 1978 to 1982, he worked for the Science and Education Administration, and in 1982 he was reassigned to ARS. Mayberry retired from the USDA in 1985 as a public affairs specialist.