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4-H Slide Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS0285
Content Description
The 4-H Slide Collection contains 769 35-millimeter color slides of 4-H club activities during the 1960s and 1970s. Images depict activities such as swimming, canoeing, archery, animal care, gardening, dairy judging, knitting, and other activities, as well as meetings, people, and events. There are also images of 1970s posters promoting 4-H, probably created by 4-H members. In addition, there is an undated slide show titled "Audio-Visual Media in Education" with many images showing people...
Dates:
1964-1975
Abraham D. Stoesz Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0350
Content Description
The Abraham D. Stoesz Papers are composed of approximately 1,100 35mm slides. Subjects of the slides include soil and soil erosion, plants, and flowers, as well as tourism photographs from Washington, D.C., New York City, and other cities and universities. Many slides are clearly labeled with the date, location, and subjects. The slides represent locations across the United States. The collection also contains approximately 50 of Stoesz's field notebooks, which include notes from...
Dates:
1930-1963; Majority of material found within 1957-1961
Absalom Donahoo Apple Nursery Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0373
Content Description
The Absalom Donahoo Apple Nursery Records contain Donahoo's records of the apple cultivars he was testing for potential commercial production on his property south of Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Dates:
1870-1880
Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County Record Book
Collection
Identifier: MS0001
Scope and Contents
The Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County Record Book consists of the handwritten record book of meetings of the Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County, Virginia, from 1871 to 1876. The book contains entries on the establishment of the club, including its constitution, by-laws, officers, and membership. There is also a handwritten index of names and meeting subjects like seeds received from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for distribution among club...
Dates:
1871-1876
Agricultural Artifacts Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS0217
Content Description
The Agricultural Artifacts Collection consists of a variety of small to medium-sized artifacts broadly relating to agriculture. There are hand scythes from China, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Thailand, and the United States; a cocoa knife from Jamaica; a long scythe blade; and various small metal implements. Other categories of artifacts include tools, models, and research and laboratory devices. Examples include an animal trap, an insect trap, a telescope, a liquid nitrogen carrier, a...
Dates:
undated
Agricultural History Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0002
Abstract
The Agricultural History Society Records contain meeting papers such as minutes, reports, programs, invitations, and financial statements; correspondence; and materials pertaining to the Agricultural History journal, such as administrative records, correspondence, award committee notes, reviewed articles, permission to publish forms, and information on symposiums given by the journal organization.
Dates:
1919-2003
Agricultural Relations Council Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0003
Content Description
The Agricultural Relations Council Records include some membership listings and directories, ARCLight newsletters (April 1956 to July 1994), biographies of past presidents and notable early members, and meeting programs.
Dates:
1956-1994
Albert Franklin Burgess Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS0480
Content Description
The Albert Franklin Burgess Manuscript consists of two volumes, titled "The Gypsy Moth and the Brown-tail Moth: A History of the Work for Prevention of Spread and Extermination of these Insects in North America," by A.F. Burgess. The text volume is dated 1944 and the photographs and maps volume is dated 1889 to 1942.
Dates:
1889-1944; Majority of material found in 1944
Albert Wade Brant Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS0027
Content Description
The Albert Wade Brant Collection contains copies of scientific literature and unpublished documents on poultry meat and egg research, dating from approximately 1930 until 1998. An author file of 17,000 cards accompanies the publications. The abstracts were generated or made available by the following organizations or individuals: Institute of American Poultry Industries; University of Illinois; U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine; Dr. George F. Stewart and A. Wade Brant.Other materials...
Dates:
1907-1997
Alexander Gordeuk Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0069
Content Description
This collection contains personal and organizational files of Alexander Gordeuk of Rahway, New Jersey. He was a member of U.S. Participation Committee, World's Poultry Congress and a staff coordinator for animal products, Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories. The collection includes items relating to the U.S. Branch of the World Poultry Science Association and its Participation Committee's activities leading to and involvement in World's Poultry Congresses held in Mexico City, Mexico...
Dates:
1940-1997
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