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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

Hazel Katherine Stiebeling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0267
Content Description The Hazel Katherine Stiebeling Papers span the period from 1919 to 1990. The collection includes articles pertaining to nutrition research, Dr. Stiebeling’s work and career highlights, along with publications by some of her colleagues in the nutrition field. The collection also includes photographs of agricultural research staff, nutrition professionals, and Dr. Hazel Stiebeling throughout her life and career. The Hazel Katherine Stiebeling Papers span the period from 1919 to 1990. The...
Dates: 1919-1990

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

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

International Food Information Service Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0283
Content Description

The International Food Information Service Records include minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and directories.

Dates: 1970-1993

Jacqueline L. Dupont and Gary R. Beecher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0482
Content Description

The Jaqueline L. Dupont and Gary R. Beecher Papers consist of research materials that pertain to "History of Human Nutrition Research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service: People, Events, and Accomplishments." The book was edited by Jacqueline L. Dupont and Gary R. Beecher and was published in November 2017. Materials include publications, research notes, slides, and a floppy disc.

Dates: 1894-2008; Majority of material found within 1970-2008

Jane F. Robens Card Catalog

 Collection
Identifier: MS0439
Content Description

The Jane F. Robens Card Catalog contains bibliographic citations to literature on topics such as chemicals in foods, the effects of chemicals in the body, diseases from chemical exposure, toxicology of insecticides, and others. Literature is listed by subject, dates from 1911 to 1978, and consists of serials, reprints, and books.

Dates: 1911-1979

Joel Solkoff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0324
Content Description

The Joel Solkoff Papers consist of Solkoff's agricultural writings, which appeared in such publications as The New Republic, Congressional Record, Skeptic, The New York Times, Newsday, and The Washington Star. Also included are Solkoff's book, The Politics of Food, and several reviews of the book; several issues of MLAP Monthly Report, a publication for which Solkoff served as editor; a collection of unpublished manuscripts; and Solkoff's resume (2004).

Dates: 1974-2004

Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense

 Collection
Identifier: MS0079
Content Description

The Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense (ICNND) consist of correspondence, reports, field notebooks, data, news clippings, drafts, and publications related to the committee activities of the ICNND National Survey of the Turkish Armed Forces in 1957 and the West Indies Survey of 1961.

Dates: 1956-1996; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s

Lillian N. Meyer Cookbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0282
Content Description

The Lillian N. Meyer Cookbook Collection consists of 450 American and international cookbooks. Many of the cookbooks contain annotations and comments. The collection is particularly strong in the subject of cookery with herbs. There is an index to the collection.

Dates: 1820-1983; Majority of material found within 1970-1980