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Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0120
Content Description The Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection contains over 150,000 catalogs from nursery and seed companies in the United States and countries around the world. The catalogs contain information regarding sources, prices, and descriptions of plant material offered for sale by nurserymen, growers, and seedsmen. The bulk of the catalogs were published by U.S. companies. The collection was started in 1904 by Percy Leroy Ricker, an economic botanist for the U.S. Department of...
Dates: 1724-2013; Majority of material found within 1890-2003
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry L. Shands Lantern Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0364
Content Description

The Henry L. Shands Lantern Slide Collection consists of 27 lantern slides related to farming. Images show experimental fields and farming equipment. The slides are undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry M. Beachell and Charles N. Bollich Field Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS0476
Content Description

The Henry M. Beachell and Charles N. Bollich Rice Research Field Notebooks consist of approximately 600 bound notebooks in which the researchers recorded field data collected in Beaumont, Texas, from 1932 to 1991. The collection includes agronomic data from the Uniform Regional Rice Nursery, experimental plot research and breeding nursery books along with Beachell’s daily field diaries from 1943 to 1959.

Dates: 1932-1991
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Herbert Roedenbeck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0474
Content Description

The Herbert Roedenbeck Papers consist mainly of stories and recollections written by Roedenbeck about his experiences as a farmer, rancher, and land dealer in Colorado and southeastern Texas during the early 20th century. Most of the documents in the collection are photocopies of Roedenbeck's manuscripts. The collection also includes some photographs, postcards, and correspondence.

Dates: 1903-1975; Majority of material found within 1967-1970
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Hereford Home Makers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0367
Content Description

The Hereford Home Makers Club Record Book and Home Economics Publications contain club meeting and activities information from 1926 to 1932; various Extension Service bulletins and documents; newspaper clippings on sewing; and other related publications.

Dates: 1926-1960
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Historic Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0047
Content Description The Historic Posters Collection contains approximately 470 posters relating to agricultural themes, including poultry, cattle, dairy, food production and preservation, and farming methods. Approximately 300 of the posters were produced during World Wars I and II. Although many of these posters are not dated, the known date range runs from 1917 to 1919 and 1940 to 1946. The posters were used to convey government information relating to wartime agricultural programs, and to educate and...
Dates: 1877-1950; Majority of material found within 1915-1950
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Hudson Brick and Supply Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0114
Content Description

The Hudson Brick and Supply Company Ledgers consist of two volumes of business records from the brickyard formerly located on the grounds of the U.S. National Arboretum.

Dates: 1925-1929
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Card Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS0446
Content Description The Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology Card Files contain the original catalog cards compiled by the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry to record and organize references to literature on topics related to parasitology. These cards predate the publication of the Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, by Charles Wardell Stiles and Albert Hassall, published in USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin, no. 39., 1902-1912 (call number 1 An5B no. 39). The publication,...
Dates: Circa 1890s-1930s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee Records on Cotton Trade Agreement

 Collection
Identifier: MS0043
Content Description

The Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee Records on Cotton Trade Agreement contain the committee's copies of the Proposed Cotton Agreement Draft and paperwork relating to it.

Dates: 1931-1941
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0086
Content Description

The Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records consist of five bound volumes listing poultry judging team members and coaches, and the names of the institutions that sponsored the teams. Also included are pictures of the winning team members and coaches.

Dates: 1920-1965
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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