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Walter LeRoy Sayre Daybooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS0457
Content Description

The Walter LeRoy Sayre Daybooks consist of 14 daily diaries written by Sayre. The books record Sayre's daily schedules and activities from 1926 through 1940, and 1944. A second author, probably Sayre's wife, Esther (Robinson) Sayre (1897-1991), added comments and recorded daily events from the late 1950s and early 1960s. There are some loose items, such as receipts and notes, inserted within the pages.

Dates: 1926-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s

Walter T. Swingle Envelopes

 Collection
Identifier: MS0506
Content Description

Received 7 empty envelopes but addressed to: Mr. Walter T. Swingle envelopes, from various parts of the world, i.e., Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Algeria, Brussels, etc. and including 2 post cards as well.

Dates: Usage: 1917

Walter W. Sadler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0270
Content Description

The Walter W. Sadler Papers consist of reprints of 55 of Sadler's published papers. Sadler wrote a variety of journal articles and essays on topics such as hatchability of poultry eggs, pasteurization of milk, care of bats, salmonella in turkeys, avian diseases, animal-borne infections, and food-borne diseases of animal origin, among other subjects.

Dates: 1953-1971

Warren R. Bailey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0013
Content Description

The Warren R. Bailey papers include correspondence and information on meetings attended, unpublished reports by various authors on topics such as food production and farms, published reports by Bailey and various authors, and handwritten reports and notes from college classes in economics that he attended.

Dates: 1933-1976

Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0046
Content Description The Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs includes approximately 4,500 catalogs of Shorthorn public sales (a few private sale or herd catalogs), complete or nearly complete files of breed magazines, official herd books, breed history books, and a wide variety of ephemeral publications. Most of the catalogs were produced in the United States, but there are catalogs from Canada, the British Isles, Australia, South Africa, and other countries where Shorthorn cattle are...
Dates: 1900-2002

Wheat Quality Laboratory Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0525

Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0261
Content Description

The Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers contain correspondence, photographs, publications, and data sheets related to Atwater's research in the chemical composition of foods, dietary studies, and the respiration calorimeter.

Dates: 1865-1993; Majority of material found within 1893-1904

William A. Taylor Memory Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS0378
Content Description The William A. Taylor Memory Book is a working copy of an album compiled by friends of Dr. William A. Taylor, former chief of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), and presented to him in 1944. The memory book highlights the personnel and work of the Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Maryland, in the 1940s. It contains reminiscences, reproductions of congratulatory letters, and photographs. Robert L. Taylor (no relation to William A. Taylor)...
Dates: 1944

William Allison Lloyd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0099
Content Description The William Allison Lloyd Papers comprise four volumes. The first three volumes contain more than 60 items, including papers and addresses relating to agricultural extension written between 1913 and 1945. The collection covers the pre-Smith-Lever extension work in the northern and western states. Lloyd addressed the organization of cooperative extension services under the Smith-Lever Act, the development of county agent work in the northern and western states, and the development of the...
Dates: 1913-1946

William Ashby Jump Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0090
Content Description

The William Ashby Jump Papers consist primarily of correspondence, budgetary data, and reports relating directly to Jump's work and professional interests. It also includes 27 volumes of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Budgetary Material, 1946-1952.

Dates: 1938-1949

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