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Vivian Wiser Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS0200
Content Description

The Vivian Wiser Manuscript consists of draft copies of seven chapters written by Wiser about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) history. The drafts trace the origins and development of the USDA, starting with the establishment of the federal government under the U.S. Constitution in 1789, and continuing through the New Deal agricultural programs of the 1930s.

Dates: 1964-1967
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Voices of American Homemakers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0311
Content Description

The Voices of American Homemakers Collection consists of 171 audiocassette tapes of recorded interviews and five large binders containing typed transcripts of the interviews. Also included is the monograph that resulted from the project, Voices of American Homemakers, published in 1985. This publication contains photographs and abstracts of selected oral histories from the project.

Dates: 1980-1985
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Walker M. Dawson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0543
Content Description The Walker M. Dawson Collection comprises two photograph albums created by the Animal Husbandry Research Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, as part of a project to study the intelligence and temperament of farm animals. The photos depict experiments in canine behaviors, as their shepherding skills were thought to be both indicative of intellect and important to agricultural work. Dogs were also believed to have a greater range in personalities across breeds,...
Dates: 1937-1941
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Walter A. Gentner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0412
Content Description

The Walter A. Gentner Collection contains research manuscripts, photographs, award plaques and certificates, framed artifacts, paintings, and memorabilia related to Gentner's career as a plant physiologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Weed Science Laboratory.

Dates: 1952-1988
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Wheat Quality Laboratory Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0525
Dates: 1978 - 1986
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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