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USDA Bureau of Soils Educational Sample Kit
Content Description
The USDA Bureau of Soils Educational Sample Kit consists of 90 vials containing soil samples from soil provinces and regions of the United States. The collection is accompanied by a booklet, entitled Important Soils of the United States.
Dates
- Creation: 1916
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Organizational History
The USDA Bureau of Soils Educational Sample Kit was created by the Bureau of Soils in 1916 for use in schools and colleges teaching agriculture and physical geography.
Total Size of Collection
1 boxes (1 oversize flat box)
2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
In 2015, a teacher in the Cumberland County (New Jersey) School District, who found the kit stored in a school classroom, gave it to an office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS transferred the kit to the Special Collections of the USDA National Agricultural Library in August 2015.
- Status
- Unprocessed
- 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