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Everett Eugene Edwards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0053
Content Description

The Everett Eugene Edwards Papers include Edwards' writings, speeches, bibliographies, administrative information related to his position at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), materials for courses he taught, and historical materials that he may have used for research.

Dates: 1926-1951
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Glendora Products Company Label Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0068
Content Description The Glendora Products Company Label Collection contains food can labels for various products from the company's warehouse. There are also patent and trademark documents, along with some correspondence relating to them. The bulk of the collection consists of fruit and vegetable can labels in mint condition, printed between 1925 and 1942. They represent labels from Smith & Horton Co., Glendora Products Co., H.G. Prince & Co., Winters & Prophet Canning Co., Burt Olney Canning Co.,...
Dates: 1916-1956
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS0173
Content Description

The Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book is a 50-page volume containing invoices for flowers, trees, and seeds related to business transactions of the Grant Thorburn and Sons seed company.

Dates: 1830-1834
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Hudson Brick and Supply Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0114
Content Description

The Hudson Brick and Supply Company Ledgers consist of two volumes of business records from the brickyard formerly located on the grounds of the U.S. National Arboretum.

Dates: 1925-1929
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee Records on Cotton Trade Agreement

 Collection
Identifier: MS0043
Content Description

The Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee Records on Cotton Trade Agreement contain the committee's copies of the Proposed Cotton Agreement Draft and paperwork relating to it.

Dates: 1931-1941
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Israel McLaughlin Account Book and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0341
Content Description The Israel McLaughlin Account Book and Papers contain handwritten examples and practice pages of mathematical computations. There are several pages listing loans due to Israel McLaughlin (1853-1855, 1857-1858, 1868, and 1871-1872). One page has newspaper clippings of household remedies for illnesses. The account book also contains loose documents, most of which are land deeds for property owned by Robert J. Stringfellow in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Other names mentioned include the Pack...
Dates: 1838-1944; Majority of material found within 1838-1881
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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