USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS0260

Staff Only

Content Description

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection consists primarily of slides of farm markets and associated marketing and transportation activities throughout the United States, with a few examples from foreign countries.

Dates

Creation: 1959-1984
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Organizational Chronology

July 1, 1938: Division of Transportation established in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics

July 1, 1939: Divisions of Marketing and Transportation Research combined to form a single division, the Division of Marketing and Transportation Research

April 3, 1961: Bureau of Agricultural Economics reorganized and reassigned to Agricultural Marketing Service. Marketing research related to the development of improved equipment, facilities, work methods, techniques and practices for efficient handling and movement of fruit and vegetables to consumers. The Agricultural Marketing Service administered the United Terminal Market Wholesale Division.

July 1, 1964: Functions of the Market Quality Research Section and of the Transportation and Facilities Research Division transferred to the Agricultural Research Service.

Total Size of Collection

4 records_box

4 Files (Slide drawer unit: 3 drawers, 24 x 18 x 11.25; 1 drawer, 5.5 x 12 x 4)

11.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 4 slide storage drawers)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Bibliography

Sources Used for Finding Aid: Baker, Gladys L. Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: Centennial Committee, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1963.

Bowers, Douglas E. The United States Department of Agriculture, 1961-1989: [draft]. Washington, D.C.: Agricultural and Rural History Section, National Economy and History Branch, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesdepa00bowe

Related Collections at the National Agricultural Library: Special Collections Film Collection

https://www.nal.usda.gov/finding_aids/film-collection

Food Markets – Transition to the Future

Tour of Atlanta Market

Related Collections at Other Institutions: The National Archives and Records Administration. “Records of the Agricultural Marketing Service [AMS] Record Group 136.” https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/136.html.