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Calvin Lunsford Beale Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0422

  • Staff Only

Content Description

The Calvin Lunsford Beale Collection includes books, reprints, papers and correspondence. The collection also includes photographs and slides of over 2,000 county courthouses in the United States, which Beale visited during his career.

Dates

  • Creation: Mid-20th century-2008

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Calvin Lunsford Beale (1923-2008) was a senior demographer in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service from 1953 until his death. Beale specialized in studying rural population dynamics, including migration and population redistribution, and racial and ethnic composition. He is noted for discovering a population turnaround in the late 1960s as people began to return to rural areas from the cities.

Total Size of Collection

56 records_box

2 boxes (1 half records carton; 1 oversize flat box)

138 Linear Feet (58 boxes and 21.5 shelves of books)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Genres

photographs, reprints, slides

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

https://www.nal.usda.gov/collections/special-collections
Contact:
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876