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CPC Catalog
Content Description
The CPC Catalog contains bibliographic citations for plants and soils, mostly referring to articles, and the cards mostly carry the National Agricultural Library (NAL) cataloging system numbers. The cards are filed alphabetically by last name of author and by type of crop. Includes early horticultural literature from 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. There are both U.S. and foreign citations. Additions to the catalog may have ceased in the 1940s.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Total Size of Collection
600 Linear Feet (50 card drawers)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Cards may have originated in the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry. Materials are labeled CPC, but full name is unknown.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876