Content Description The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) History Collection contains materials from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Visitor Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Materials include land surveys, building specifications, blueprints, and reports about the Visitor Center; a photograph album compiled by Robert T. Walker, former BARC landscape architect, showing the construction of BARC buildings (Departmental Laboratory Group, Main Lab, Mansion House, Sheep Barn,...

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...

Content Description The Palemon Howard Dorsett Collection on Persimmons contains 200 photographs of persimmon fruits, trees, orchard workers, and related views. The photographs were taken by Dorsett on several plant exploration trips to Asia between 1924 and 1930. There are many handwritten captions and Chinese writing. Materials originated from the USDA New Crops Research Branch offices in Beltsville, Maryland. Some of the photographs may duplicate those found in the Dorsett-Morse Oriental Agricultural...

Content Description This collection of papers relates to the National Agricultural Library's participation in Doris Löve's project to translate Five Continents by Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov. Löve translated the book to English from the original Russian in 1992. Records include correspondence, drafts, final text, contract papers, photocopies of images, and diskettes. The papers include Löve's communication with Henry L. Shands, Associate Deputy Administrator, Genetic Resources, USDA...

Content Description The U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files contain materials related to the history of cherry trees introduced to the District of Columbia from Japan. The files were compiled by botanist Roland Maurice Jefferson beginning in 1973, during his career as a botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum, and after his retirement. One of the products of this research was the publication, The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship (1977),...

Content Description The USDA Plant Introduction Station Records consist of correspondence, notes, reports, plant inventories, photographs, lists, books, and drawings from files compiled by the Bureau of Plant Industry's plant introduction garden in Miami, Florida. The bulk of the files contain primarily notes, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets on the subject of mangoes. There is also original and copy correspondence between David G. Fairchild and personnel at the Miami station. Other records include...