USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS0329

Staff Only

Content Description

The USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection consists of films produced by and for the Soil Conservation Service. These films were used for education, training, and public service announcements.

Dates

Creation: 1953-1977

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Organizational History

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was established in 1935 when the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Agriculture to create an agency to address critical soil quality and erosion issues. The SCS succeeded the Soil Erosion Service of the Department of the Interior, which had been established just two years earlier. Hugh Hammond Bennett, who began to advocate for soil conservation in a bulletin published in 1928, was appointed the first Chief of the SCS. The SCS became part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reorganized in 1994.