Content Description The 4-H Slide Collection contains 769 35-millimeter color slides of 4-H club activities during the 1960s and 1970s. Images depict activities such as swimming, canoeing, archery, animal care, gardening, dairy judging, knitting, and other activities, as well as meetings, people, and events. There are also images of 1970s posters promoting 4-H, probably created by 4-H members. In addition, there is an undated slide show titled "Audio-Visual Media in Education" with many images showing people...

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The Associates of the National Agricultural Library Records consist of copies of the Journal of NAL Associates, newsletters, as well as other publications and promotional materials with which the Associates were involved.

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The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) Symposia Records contain files on the symposia kept by the Friends of Agricultural Research-Beltsville (FAR-B) from 1987 to 1993, which include BARC Symposia XII through XXIV. There are programs, committee information, speaker and attendee materials, and bills and receipts with some explanatory letters. The materials were retained by Francis "Frank" Longen, the first and longest serving treasurer of FAR-B.

Content Description The Beltsville Area Modernization Study Records contain materials collected by Robinson and Associates, Inc., a company that was hired by the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center (BARC) to conduct a modernization study. The records include historical newspaper clippings, journal articles, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and government agency memos and correspondence, photographs and negatives, floorplans, maps, and blueprints. The main subject of all materials is BARC...

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The Early USDA Extension Service Miscellaneous Materials contain reference materials from the early U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extension services, including publications, glass slides, photographs, and film.

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The Harold F. Breimyer Papers include correspondence produced during Breimyer's association with the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) and the American Farm Economic Association (AFEA), programs of meetings, reprints, and newspaper clippings related to AAEA and AFEA.

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The Land Ladies' Club Records contain archives of the Land Ladies' Club consisting of membership lists, financial documents, charitable activities records, and other records associated with the various activities of the club.

Content Description The National 4-H Camp Medal is a bronze-toned medal measuring 1.5 inches x 2 inches. It is presumed to be a participant's badge from the Third National 4-H Camp held in Washington, D.C. in 1929.The front (obverse) of the disc carries the words "United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Colleges" in an outer ring, and "Cooperative Extension Service" in an inner ring. The clover-shaped 4-H emblem occupies the center. The back (reverse) contains the following words:...

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The Payne/National 4-H Fellowship Collection includes photographs, publications, scrapbooks, programs, monthly reports, newsletters and news clippings, and correspondence detailing the activities of 4-H Fellows.

Content Description The USDA Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory Photograph Collection includes photographs, associated notes, and a record book on various U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) activities and personnel, dated between 1888 and 1968. The collection contains a series of photographs related to testing insecticide spraying apparatuses on different crops between 1912 and 1944. Much of the collection consists of photographs of employees from departments of Plant Industry and Plant Pathology, and...