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Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0081
Content Description

The Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers consist of autobiographical and biographical information, writings, studies, papers, speeches, trip reports, bulletins, reprints, and publications. Of significance to those interested in Hodgson's early years is his 1970 autobiographical work titled "From the Sands of Mazomanie: A Story of a Wisconsin Farm Boy."

Dates: 1929-1975

Robert Leslie Usinger Collection on Carolus Linnaeus

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Identifier: MS0187
Content Description

The Robert Leslie Usinger Collection on Carolus Linnaeus is a collection of books by Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of systematic biology, on insects and other animals. The collection also includes works about Linnaeus.

Dates: 1747-1957

Ronald Fayer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0485
Content Description

The Ronald Fayer Papers consist primarily of reprints of over 400 published research papers, book chapters, and abstracts authored or co-authored by Fayer. Other materials in the collection include copies of patents awarded to Fayer, news clippings about his research on sarcocystis, and awards. There is also an undated, large format aerial photograph of the Animal Parasite Institute buildings at the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center.

Dates: 1966-2016

Sanitary Medicine Class Exercise Folio

 Collection
Identifier: MS0452
Content Description The Sanitary Medicine Class Exercise Folio consists of a notebook containing an unidentified student's handwritten notes from Professor Daniel E. Salmon's first lectures at the newly established National Veterinary College in Washington, D.C. The notes extend from October 25, 1892 to March 10, 1893, and indicate that Salmon gave one to three lectures per week. The topic of the first two lectures was nomenclature; the third lecture covered methods to control animal diseases, especially...
Dates: 1892-1893

Sheepskin and Wool Samples Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0206
Content Description

The collection includes sheep skins and wool samples collected in 1948. Wool samples are accompanied by undated black and white photographs of the corresponding type of animal.

Dates: 1948

Tayloe Family Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MS0166
Content Description The Tayloe Family Journal is a handwritten account book maintained by Edward Thornton Tayloe of the Powhatan plantation in King George County, Virginia, between 1834 and 1849. The journal has entries related to barns, beef, cattle, clover, corn, cultivators, dairying, ditching, drought, fallowing, fencing, grapes, harvesting, hogs, manure, marl, oats, pruning, and sheep, as well as some detailed maps, crop production and slave inventories, and an index. There is also legal background...
Dates: 1831-1849

U.S. National Parasite Collection Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0223
Content Description The U.S. National Parasite Collection Records contain photographs, line drawings, lantern slides, and negatives of animal parasites. Many of the drawings were used as illustrations for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) publications. There are copies of articles, reprints, and several manuscripts, materials on the history of animal parasitology in USDA, including biographical information on various scientists, photographs, and documents prepared for the centennial anniversary of the...
Dates: 1886-2003

USDA Agricultural Research Service Photographs of Poultry and Livestock

 Collection
Identifier: MS0273
Content Description

The USDA Agricultural Research Service Photographs of Poultry and Livestock contain 26 albums with photographs of poultry, sheep, swine, cattle, and other livestock. Grouped by subject, many of the photographs were taken at the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center between 1906 and 1950. The bulk of the photographs are from 1910 to 1935. The albums also include lithographs from the mid-19th century.

Dates: 1842-1950

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

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0060
Content Description The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services Records cover animal inspection and quarantine memoranda, procedures, forms, letters, and reports. Topics include export livestock; domestics, ruminants, and swine; organisms and vectors; restricted meat; restricted byproducts; and virus-serum control. There are materials related to the Animal Quarantine Station in Clifton, New York, 1949. Additionally, there are records on the Foreign Animal Diseases Advisory Committee,...
Dates: 1947-1974; Majority of material found within 1960-1969

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