Thomas S. Buie Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0423

Staff Only

Content Description

The Thomas S. Buie Papers contain articles, memoranda, letters, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Farm Bureau Federation's attempt to close regional offices of the Soil Conservation Service and the transfer their functions to other USDA agencies.

Dates

Creation: 1941-1948

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical Sketch

Thomas S. Buie (1896-1973) was appointed director of the Soil Conservation Service Southeastern Regional Office in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1935, where he served until 1954. Prior to this, he was the Regional Director of the South Tyger Regional Project, one of the first United States federally initiated soil conservation projects (begun in 1933). Buie experimented with erosion control techniques beginning in the 1930s, and is responsible for the adoption of many soil and water conservation practices in South Carolina and the Southeast. He was one of the founders of the Soil Conservation Society of America, and served as its president in 1948. He graduated from Clemson University in 1917. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at Iowa State University.