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Elsie Carper Collection on USDA Extension Service, Home Economics, and 4-H

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Identifier: MS0056
Content Description The Elsie Carper Collection on USDA Extension Service, Home Economics, and 4-H contains materials relating to early cooperative extension work, largely compiled by Extension specialists and program leaders over Carper's many years of employment as a clerk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Subject areas include Cooperative Extension history, early history of Extension home economics, the Extension Homemaker's Organization, early history of the National Association of Extension...
Dates: 1908-1990
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection

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Identifier: MS0120
Content Description The Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection contains over 150,000 catalogs from nursery and seed companies in the United States and countries around the world. The catalogs contain information regarding sources, prices, and descriptions of plant material offered for sale by nurserymen, growers, and seedsmen. The bulk of the catalogs were published by U.S. companies. The collection was started in 1904 by Percy Leroy Ricker, an economic botanist for the U.S. Department of...
Dates: 1724-2013; Majority of material found within 1890-2003
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Historic Posters Collection

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Identifier: MS0047
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...
Dates: 1877-1950; Majority of material found within 1915-1950
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Agricultural Research Service Video Recordings

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Identifier: MS0345
Content Description The USDA Agricultural Research Service Video Recordings contain over 200 USDA-produced videos on a wide range of subjects. The majority of the videos are stored on U-matic video cassettes, although there are 10 film reels and one audio cassette. Many of the videos are public service announcements, while others are informational videos in longer formats. Topics include plant and animal production, agricultural planning, pesticides, new research directions and machinery, and food and...
Dates: 1969-1989; Majority of material found within 1978-1988
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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