George Burnet Rogers Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0385

Staff Only

Content Description

The George Burnet Rogers Papers contain documents related to poultry and egg production, marketing, pollution, and other related research. Many of Rogers' publications and presentations are included, as well as a limited amount of his personal correspondence. The collection also contains poultry trade show pamphlets and programs; egg and poultry pricing documents; poultry and egg marketing, consumer, price-related papers, publications, research data; materials from private poultry companies and associations; survey results; academic and technical papers for conferences, presentations, and publications; poultry and egg-related product trade catalogs, brochures; farm price support data; bibliographies on topics such as eggs and poultry; three egg and poultry bumper stickers; cost of living issue-related papers and documents.

Dates

Creation: 1950-1979

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

George Burnet Rogers (b. 1919) worked in the Poultry Branch, Food and Restaurant Division of the Office of Price Stabilization in the early 1950s. Later he moved to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service, Marketing Economics Division, where he worked from the 1950s to the 1970s. He published numerous articles and monographs on poultry and egg production, marketing, price controls, and related topics.