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USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Photographs of Log Lodge Construction

 Collection
Identifier: MS0470
Content Description

The USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Photographs of Log Lodge Construction contain photographs, documents, and news clippings related to the construction of the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center (BARC) Visitor Center, also known as the Log Lodge.

Dates: Circa 1938-1940s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Guinea Pig Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0388
Content Description

The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Guinea Pig Records contain the birth records of guinea pigs bred by the Bureau's Animal Husbandry Division for its early 20th century animal genetics research. The records span the years 1906 to 1915 and 1926 to 1933. There are no records from 1916 to 1925.

Dates: 1906-1933
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS0319
Content Description

The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Ledger contains entries dating from October 20 to December 12, 1913. The ledger consists of handwritten administrative data and typewritten official correspondence. The primary subjects appear to be tick infestation of cattle and oxen in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. Surveillance and quarantine were the primary methods used to eradicate the ticks.

Dates: 1913
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0178
Content Description The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry Photograph Collection, also known as the Animal Science Institute (ASI) Archives, comprises black-and-white photographs, 531 glass negatives, and 1,220 acetate negatives of images covering many aspects of animal production. Subjects include animal anatomy, animal housing, products such as wool, meat processing procedures and equipment, cuts of beef, animal diseases, and research laboratories. Photographs document people involved in the work of the Bureau of...
Dates: 1913-1959
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Biological Survey Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0331
Content Description

The USDA Bureau of Biological Survey Records consist of memoranda and transcripts related to hunting regulations; water and forest conservation; wildlife control, management, research, and development; migratory habits of birds and other animals; control of rodent pests; and bureau management.

Dates: 1918-1939; Majority of material found within 1934-1939
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Dairy Industry Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0031
Introduction The USDA Bureau of Dairy Industry Records contain materials on subjects related to the care and production of dairy animals, including applicable laws, byproducts, models, and animal well-being. Notable names appearing in this collection are Carl William (C.W.) Larson, Ollie Ezekiel Reed, J.H. McClain, Dr. Louis Pasteur, President Dwight David Eisenhower, and Dr. G.W. Pope. The materials span the years 1908 to 1983, with the bulk produced between 1960 and 1983. The materials are in good...
Dates: 1908-1983; Majority of material found within 1960-1967
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Entomology Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS0309
Content Description The USDA Bureau of Entomology Album consists of black and white photographs, and press clippings. There is one U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Information publication dated 1958. The photographs are mainly of individuals associated with the Bureau, taken between 1925 and 1961. Most of the photos are unlabeled. Some of the labeled subjects include R. H. Nelson, Jessie Mingle, and P. G. Piguet. The album also includes three group photographs of the American Association of Economic...
Dates: 1925-1966; Majority of material found within 1936-1953
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0235
Content Description The USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Collection contains materials related to the Japanese beetle, the mountain pine beetle, and Dutch elm disease. There are black and white photographs, bark samples, insect specimens, and framed examples of foliage damage from the insects. Text accompanies the samples. In 2018, ten undated postcards were added from the Bureau of Entomology, depicting mostly parasites of the gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth, as well as representing the gypsy...
Dates: 1940
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0298
Content Description The USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Photograph Collection contains black and white photographs of Bureau of Plant Quarantine inspection personnel; plant inspection facilities in Washington and New Jersey; and inspection equipment. Personnel pictured include L. M. Scott, C. E. Cooley, Leonard S. McLaine, J. F. Olds, H. S. McLeod, T. A. Barnett, Donald P. Limber, Martin Hansen, Emile Kostal, Herbert L. Sanford, Charles E. Prince, Emmit I. Smith, John C. Pritchett,...
Dates: 1936-1942; Majority of material found within 1938-1941
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0334
Content Description

The USDA Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Records contain a history of the bureau; organizational charts; photographs of employees, nutrition experiments, equipment, exhibits, and food; a scrapbook of the 25th anniversary of the bureau (1923-1948); publicity information including posters; and lab notebooks. There is also a reprint collection of 24,000 publications with a card index.

Dates: 1921-1972; Majority of material found within 1950-1970
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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