Content Description The Agricultural Artifacts Collection consists of a variety of small to medium-sized artifacts broadly relating to agriculture. There are hand scythes from China, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Thailand, and the United States; a cocoa knife from Jamaica; a long scythe blade; and various small metal implements. Other categories of artifacts include tools, models, and research and laboratory devices. Examples include an animal trap, an insect trap, a telescope, a liquid nitrogen carrier, a...

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The Calvert County, Maryland, Oral History Transcripts consist of four oral history interviews. Interviewees include Gorman Buckler, Y. D. Hance, Michael Phipps, and J. W. Waters-Ross.

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The Charles William Pugsley Manuscript was compiled by Pugsley (circa 1930s) and is titled, "The Land Grant College in South Dakota: Its Field of Work. A Court Record with Supporting Notes." The material concerns a lawsuit brought against the Regents of Education of South Dakota in 1933. Part 1 of the manuscript contains copies of documents that were presented to and considered by the court. Part 2 has materials used by the attorneys for the defense.

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The Daniel Poppleton Account Book (typewritten copy, 1939) is titled "A Pioneer Farmer of Licking County, Ohio...1818-1852." Most of the entries in the account book are debit items. Little money was in circulation at that time, and marketing of farm products was accomplished through barter. There is an introduction to the account book written by W.W. Stockberger, which provides biographical information about Poppleton and an explanation of the account book.

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The Emerson Merlyn Brooks Papers contain the original manuscript material, worksheets, photographs, and maps relating to Brooks' book, The Growth of a Nation: A Pictorial Review of the United States from Colonial Days to the Present (1956). There are also materials intended for use in a book called Pictorial Agriculture-USA.

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The Hereford Home Makers Club Record Book and Home Economics Publications contain club meeting and activities information from 1926 to 1932; various Extension Service bulletins and documents; newspaper clippings on sewing; and other related publications.

Content Description The Historic Posters Collection contains approximately 470 posters relating to agricultural themes, including poultry, cattle, dairy, food production and preservation, and farming methods. Approximately 300 of the posters were produced during World Wars I and II. Although many of these posters are not dated, the known date range runs from 1917 to 1919 and 1940 to 1946. The posters were used to convey government information relating to wartime agricultural programs, and to educate and...

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The Jethro Wood Papers consist of an original 1823 contract signed by Jethro Wood and Williams Roads for the manufacture and sale of the improved cast-iron plow.

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The John Peter Richardson Correspondence with W. S. Reynolds contains two letters between Richardson and Reynolds relating to the status of agriculture in South Carolina and the possibility of a survey of agriculture, soils, and mineral resources.