USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS0298

Staff Only

Content Description

The USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Photograph Collection contains black and white photographs of Bureau of Plant Quarantine inspection personnel; plant inspection facilities in Washington and New Jersey; and inspection equipment.

Personnel pictured include L. M. Scott, C. E. Cooley, Leonard S. McLaine, J. F. Olds, H. S. McLeod, T. A. Barnett, Donald P. Limber, Martin Hansen, Emile Kostal, Herbert L. Sanford, Charles E. Prince, Emmit I. Smith, John C. Pritchett, James W. Stanton, J. Paul Young, R. F. Wilbur, Clarence V. Scott, Louis M. Scott, James M. R. Adams, Louis Greenberg, George Janifer, and Michael Holmes.

Dates

Creation: 1936-1942
Creation: Majority of material found within 1938-1941

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Organizational History

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine was established in 1934. In 1942, it became part of the Agricultural Research Administration. The purpose of the bureau was to study and control insects in cooperation with the states to prevent plant diseases.