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The Charles Thom Papers cover materials from Thom's college years to biographical memoirs published after his death. The collection includes correspondence, notes, notebooks, essays, lectures, speeches, diaries, journals, and lantern slides from professional trips. There are also published items, including monographs, journal articles, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection focuses on soil microbiology, mycology, food spoilage, food poisoning, and penicillin.

Content Description The Flood Control Collection contains reports, publications, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio recordings, maps, and data regarding floods and flood control in the United States. Most of these items were produced by the USDA Soil Conservation Service. There are a few pieces authored by other individuals and agencies. The collection also includes articles and addresses written for professional organizations, such as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of...

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The Franklin Benjamin Hough Papers consist of handwritten correspondence, agreements, and memoranda. Much of the correspondence deals with forestry matters and Hough’s paper, titled "The Duty of Governments in the Preservation of Forests," which he presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1873.

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The Lyle Thomas Alexander Papers contain biographical documents, letters, photographs, awards, medals, publications, journal transcript of West Africa and Belgian Congo, maps, and clippings related to his career as a soil chemist for USDA Soil Conservation Service.

Content Description The Marvin A. Norcross Papers relate to food safety and food residues, including integrating the concept of risk assessment into food production and processing. There are manuscripts for presentations (including slides), publications, and awards. There is also research data associated with Norcross's Ph.D. thesis, titled "An Immunological Study of the Localization of Certain Chemical Carcinogens in Rat Tissue," along with black and white photographs of dissections, camera slides, and...

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The Sterling Brown Hendricks Papers consists primarily of article reprints written and compiled by Hendricks, a USDA scientist and administrator from 1922 to 1970. Annual reports from the Mineral Nutrition Laboratory for the years 1958 to 1969 and reference articles are also included.

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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.

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The USDA Bureau of Soils Educational Sample Kit consists of 90 vials containing soil samples from soil provinces and regions of the United States. The collection is accompanied by a booklet, entitled Important Soils of the United States.

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The USDA Insecticide Division Notebooks on White Arsenic Research contain the notebooks of scientists who worked on white arsenic research in the Insecticide Division, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. Names on notebooks include F. E. Dearborn, Charles Meldrum Smith, Ole Anker Nelson, Lloyd E. Smith, J. W. Barnes, Cecil Robert Gross, J. Weisser, Carroll Clayton Cassil, E. H. Hamilton, Robert K. Preston, Robert A. Hayes, N. Green, Houston Vernon Claborn, and W. H. Tonkin.