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Alfred Charles True Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0176
Content Description
The Alfred Charles True Papers include manuscripts, notes, and drafts of works True was engaged in writing, as well as papers and documents that he accumulated for historical research between 1900 and 1929. The materials reflect his interest in agricultural history and relate especially to his trilogy of histories on research, education, and extension work.
Dates:
1847-1929
Alfred H. Baumhover Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0266
Content Description
The Alfred H. Baumhover Papers include reports, correspondence, publications, public information materials, photographs, awards, notes, and artifacts. Baumhover collected the materials during his involvement in the eradication of the screwworm from the United States and the island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.Baumhover (b. 1921), an entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is known for his contributions to the screwworm eradication programs of the 1950s...
Dates:
1949-1997
Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange
Collection
Identifier: MS0207
Content Description
The Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange contains correspondence, newspaper articles, journal reprints, conference papers, technical reports, congressional hearing testimony, government documents, monographs, and other research materials concerned with phenoxy herbicides, TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, a toxic impurity found in Agent Orange, and often referred to as dioxin), and related chemicals. Much of the collection focuses on, or is related to Agent Orange, a phenoxy...
Dates:
Late 1800s-2005; Majority of material found within 1960-1989
American Agricultural Economics Association Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0006
Content Description
The American Agricultural Economics Association Records contain the organization's constitution, bylaws, correspondence, handbooks, directories, ledgers, invoices, newsletters, black and white and color photographs, membership lists, reports, policies, student chapter papers, publications, and papers of various committees. A majority of the records are drafts of articles for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Includes files of the Committee on Women in...
Dates:
1938-1994
American Biological Safety Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS0359
Content Description
The American Biological Safety Association Collection contains conference, administrative, and publication records of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA). Materials include photographs of conference attendees (with captions), conference publications, membership directories, ABSA newsletters, ABSA governing laws, digital copies of "Safety Bulletin," and administrative files regarding conference planning, annual meetings, membership, meeting minutes, newsletters, and the Arnold...
Dates:
1950-2013; Majority of material found within 1964-1998
American Conifer Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0307
Content Description
The American Conifer Society Records include correspondence, ACS Bulletin materials, Board of Directors' meeting minutes, audiotapes of Board of Directors' meetings, financial records, incorporation documents, by-laws and policies, contracts, ACS national meetings materials, members' plant inventories, materials related to the slide program "A Brief Look at Garden Conifers," ACS Central Region meeting files, locations of ACS national meetings (1983-2001), and membership directories.
Dates:
1983-2002; Majority of material found within 1990-1999
American Dairy Goat Association Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0259
Content Description
The American Dairy Goat Association Records include registration records of dairy goats, meeting minutes, and publications. The majority of the collection consists of ADGA office records organized alphabetically by goat herd name, then by goat name. Cards include information on registration number, owners, breeders, records of transfer, and additional categories. Animal owners retain the official registration certificate. Also included are publications of the American Dairy Goat Association,...
Dates:
1914-2000; Majority of material found within 1928-1950
American Poultry Historical Society Artifacts
Collection
Identifier: MS0231
Content Description
The American Poultry Historical Society Artifacts include a marble rooster, an electronic egg, model poultry houses, an Utgaard Hatchery box, and poultry feed burlap sacks.
Dates:
undated
American Poultry Historical Society Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS0152
Content Description
The American Poultry Historical Society Photograph Collection contains 115 black-and-white and color photographs, with captions and texts, mostly of members of poultry-related institutions and events held by various poultry groups. Some of the institutions, conferences, and groups represented include the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry; American Feed Manufacturers Association; American Poultry Association; American Poultry and Hatchery Federation; American...
Dates:
1908-1983
American Romney Breeders Association Records
Collection
Identifier: MS0009
Content Description
The American Romney Breeders Association Records consist of the association's certificates of registry for ewes and rams.
Dates:
1919-1980
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