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Ernest Imle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0220
Content Description

The Ernest Imle Papers include photographs, reports, and articles about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rubber research from the 1940s to the 1970s, primarily at the Regional Rubber Experiment Station in Turrialba, Costa Rica. There are also articles and correspondence on tropical agriculture, including cacao, and publications on lilies.

Dates: 1940-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Flood Control Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0291
Content Description The Flood Control Collection contains reports, publications, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio recordings, maps, and data regarding floods and flood control in the United States. Most of these items were produced by the USDA Soil Conservation Service. There are a few pieces authored by other individuals and agencies. The collection also includes articles and addresses written for professional organizations, such as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of...
Dates: 1910-1979; Majority of material found within 1938-1953
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Franklin Benjamin Hough Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0263
Content Description

The Franklin Benjamin Hough Papers consist of handwritten correspondence, agreements, and memoranda. Much of the correspondence deals with forestry matters and Hough’s paper, titled "The Duty of Governments in the Preservation of Forests," which he presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1873.

Dates: 1870-1884; Majority of material found within 1876-1877
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Glenn Loren Fuller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0420
Content Description The Glenn Loren Fuller Collection contains soil science-related correspondence, reports, memoranda, soil surveys and maps, photographs, rock and soil samples, and collecting equipment such as a leather satchel, duffle bag, and camera tripod. Personal belongings include a funeral memorial book and cards, family photographs, house plans, investment records, vital statistics correspondence, engraving plates for a wedding announcement, automobile data, and the Spartanburg, South Carolina Park...
Dates: 1902-1964
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Harriett Singleton Stubbs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0163
Content Description

The Harriett Singleton Stubbs Papers consist of publications, brochures, reports, articles, speeches, fact sheets, bibliographies, and correspondence relating to acid rain in Canada and to United States government agencies and other organizations that addressed acid rain.

Dates: 1982-1985
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Harvey Washington Wiley Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS0199
Content Description

The Harvey Washington Wiley manuscript consists of a typewritten draft of an unpublished USDA Bureau of Chemistry bulletin entitled "Comparative Fertility and Nitrifying Power of Soils." The draft was co-written by Wiley, C. C. Moore, and E. E. Ewell. It is dated June 30, 1904.

Dates: 1904
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Jean Pablo Collection of Rudolph Wendelin Artwork Images

 Collection
Identifier: MS0463
Content Description

The Jean Pablo Collection of Rudolph Wendelin Artwork Images contains two binders of photographs and copies of artwork. One binder contains photographs of prepublication artwork for the book A Walk in the Woods with Smokey. The second binder contains written reflections and photographs of Rudy Wendelin, along with color photocopies of 30 of Wendelin's watercolor paintings, chiefly landscapes in U.S. National Forests.

Dates: 1950-1992; Majority of material found in 1992
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

John W. Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0465
Content Description The John W. Taylor Papers consists of Taylor's unpublished list of birds he observed at the U.S. National Arboretum in 1947. The list, entitled "The Birds of the National Arboretum," includes numbers of birds observed, handwritten descriptions, and hand-drawn illustrations by Taylor. The collection also contains Taylor's field notes from 1947 to 1950. In addition, there are photographs and information related to a pair of bald eagles that nested in a tree on the Arboretum grounds in 2015,...
Dates: 1947-1950
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Kenneth L. Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0406
Content Description

The Kenneth L. Williams Papers pertain to Williams' work on the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act (RCA) of 1977 (PL 95-192). The papers in this collection, mainly covering the period from 1976 to 1983, describe events in the development and implementation of this piece of legislation.

Dates: 1976-1983
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Lyle Frederick Bellinger Collection of Gerow D. Brill Letters and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0018
Content Description The Lyle Frederick Bellinger Collection of Gerow D. Brill Letters and Photographs contains materials received by Bellinger from 1897 to 1903 while Brill was posted to China by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). There are 10 letters including envelopes, three envelopes only, and one postcard. The collection also includes eight black and white photographs, four of which have been colored by hand. The photographs show scenes from China, including the Great Wall, as well as some cultural...
Dates: 1897-1916; Majority of material found within 1897-1901
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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