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Franklin Benjamin Hough Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0263
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1870-1884; Majority of material found within 1876-1877

Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries

 Collection
Identifier: MS0413
Content Description The Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries document the U.S. Department of Agriculture's earliest crosses of commercial blueberries. Frederick Vernon Coville, along with George M. Darrow, were the first breeders in the blueberry program. The research notes in this collection are primarily Coville's and include a complete description of blueberry plant parentage and field note data. There are daily handwritten entries about growing plants in research fields and separate notebooks...
Dates: 1907-1938

Gene Eisenbeiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0054
Content Description

The Gene Eisenbeiss Papers include administrative files, such as correspondence regarding registration of cultivar names, location of cultivars for purchase, and information requested about the Ilex genus (holly and its relatives). There are also miscellaneous publications and literature on plants, as well as engraving blocks of holly illustrations used for publications and given to Eisenbeiss by Harry William Dengler of the Extension Service, USDA, at the University of Maryland.

Dates: 1974-1996

Gene L. Wunderlich Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0453
Content Description The Gene L. Wunderlich Papers contain materials regarding the land economics programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and more specifically, land economics agencies, committees, and programs of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Economic Research Service (ERS). Materials are chiefly concerned with the era from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. The documents consist of committee meeting reports, papers, correspondence, bibliographies, and other publications on land...
Dates: 1933-1995; Majority of material found within 1955-1973

George McMillan Darrow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0048
Content Description

The George McMillan Darrow Papers contain materials related to Darrow's scientific career and the literature he contributed to the field. There are correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, a book, publications such as articles and reports, photographs, field notes, papers related to plant physiology, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1835-1980; Majority of material found within 1925-1965

Glenn A. Holroyd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0393
Content Description

The Glenn A. Holroyd Papers include photographs, awards, newsletters, and documentation of educational courses.

Dates: 1957-1971

Glenn Loren Fuller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0420
Content Description The Glenn Loren Fuller Collection contains soil science-related correspondence, reports, memoranda, soil surveys and maps, photographs, rock and soil samples, and collecting equipment such as a leather satchel, duffle bag, and camera tripod. Personal belongings include a funeral memorial book and cards, family photographs, house plans, investment records, vital statistics correspondence, engraving plates for a wedding announcement, automobile data, and the Spartanburg, South Carolina Park...
Dates: 1902-1964

Harold F. Breimyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0028
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1958-1970

Harold Kent Street Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0162
Content Description

The Harold Kent Street Papers include resumes, official correspondence related to his various positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), newspaper clippings, unpublished works, photographs, and the article "The Restless Earth" by Nigel Calder.

Dates: 1955-1977

Harry Alfred Borthwick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0026
Content Description

The Harry Alfred Borthwick Papers contain reprints, experiment results, correspondence, abstracts, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, positives, maps, graphs, tables, charts, slides, and notebooks. There are indexes to the reprints, abstracts, photographs, and negatives.

Dates: 1901-1967

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