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Douglas Helms Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0424

  • Staff Only

Content Description

The Douglas Helms Collection contains articles, books, reports, correspondence, photographs, films, oral histories, speeches, and research materials related to the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Soil Conservation Service, and its successor agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1930s-2011

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Douglas Helms (1945-2018) served as the historian for the USDA Soil Conservation Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service from 1981 to 2011.

Total Size of Collection

166 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Genres

audiovisuals, maps, photographs

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