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Society of American Florists Records and Book Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0209
Content Description

The Society of American Florists Records and Book Collection consists of both organizational records and bound volumes. The Society of American Florists (SAF) Records cover the period from 1894 to 1993, and contain proceedings, meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, publications, photographs, and scrapbooks. The SAF Book Collection consists of over 200 volumes, including monographs and bound serials from 1793 to 1990.

Dates: 1793-1993; Majority of material found within 1925-1980
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Soren Husman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0219
Content Description

The Soren Husman Papers contain photographs of Husman and of the California Turkey Industry Federation (1925-1939), personal correspondence, and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1925-1939; Majority of material found within 1930-1932
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0344
Content Description The Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Records contain materials from a fruit nursery run by Robert A. Nitschke. These materials include records, catalogs, order forms, tasting evaluation forms, and a large collection of color slides and photographs of a variety of fruits. Journal articles, association materials, and correspondence with other growers regarding grafting, plant samples, and the availability and quality of plants are also included. The predominant focus is on apples, but there is also...
Dates: 1932-2005; Majority of material found within 1959-1989
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Special Collections Film Reel Library

 Collection
Identifier: MS0522
Dates: Majority of material found within 1925 - 1986
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Stereo Cards of USDA Buildings and Grounds in Washington, D.C.

 Collection
Identifier: MS0400
Content Description

The collection includes approximately 60 stereo cards that represent various U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) facilities from around 1870 to 1930. Many of the cards have information, such as the location of the scene, noted on the back or sides of the stereo card. These cards document the early history of USDA buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1870-1930
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Sterling Brown Hendricks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0357
Content Description

The Sterling Brown Hendricks Papers consists primarily of article reprints written and compiled by Hendricks, a USDA scientist and administrator from 1922 to 1970. Annual reports from the Mineral Nutrition Laboratory for the years 1958 to 1969 and reference articles are also included.

Dates: 1924-1970; Majority of material found within 1960-1968
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Strawberry Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0330
Content Description

The Strawberry Photographs Collection contains black and white negatives, prints, and glass plate images of strawberry plants and activities related to strawberry cultivation.

Dates: 1887-1953
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Sugar Industry Pamphlet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0286
Content Description

The Sugar Industry Pamphlet Collection contains 152 items, including pamphlets, books, and reprints, concerning the development of the sugar industry. The materials are written in Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. Included are several rare publications from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Dates: 1728-1915
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Suzanne K. Hale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0507
Content Description

Folder of papers from former Foreign Agricultural Service Officer Suzanne Hale including reports, briefs, draft speeches, interviews, and press kits. The bulk is about agricultural trade issues from Hale's time in Japan as agricultural attache and Minister-Counselor.

Dates: 1981-10-09 - 2004-02-16
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Tayloe Family Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MS0166
Content Description The Tayloe Family Journal is a handwritten account book maintained by Edward Thornton Tayloe of the Powhatan plantation in King George County, Virginia, between 1834 and 1849. The journal has entries related to barns, beef, cattle, clover, corn, cultivators, dairying, ditching, drought, fallowing, fencing, grapes, harvesting, hogs, manure, marl, oats, pruning, and sheep, as well as some detailed maps, crop production and slave inventories, and an index. There is also legal background...
Dates: 1831-1849
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 3
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McCann, Neil F. (Neil Frank), 1909-1986 1
Preston, William H. 1