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George McMillan Darrow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0048
Content Description

The George McMillan Darrow Papers contain materials related to Darrow's scientific career and the literature he contributed to the field. There are correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, a book, publications such as articles and reports, photographs, field notes, papers related to plant physiology, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1835-1980; Majority of material found within 1925-1965
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

Laurence Howland MacDaniels Collection of Pomological Research Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0466
Content Description The Laurence Howland MacDaniels Collection of Pomological Research Photographs consists of lantern slides, photographs, and negatives of fruit, fruit anatomy, and fruit diseases. The materials were collected by MacDaniels during his career as a professor in Cornell University's Department of Pomology. This collection includes images captured during MacDaniels' trips to Hawaii and the South Pacific, and from his work with Arthur J. Eames on their plant anatomy textbook. Some of the images...
Dates: 1890-1950; Majority of material found within 1920-1940
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Bureau of Plant Industry Horticultural and Pomological Investigations Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0065
Content Description The USDA Bureau of Plant Industry Horticultural and Pomological Investigations Records contain black and white photographs, acetate and glass negatives, glass slides, drawings, note cards, project reports, research records, and correspondence related to research on small fruits and nuts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fruit Laboratory. Examples of topics include experimental fruits, fruit varieties, plant anatomy, breeding, crossing, diseases, insects, irrigation, handling,...
Dates: 1892-1960; Majority of material found within 1902-1949
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0184
Content Description The USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection contains approximately 7,000 watercolor paintings of fruit and nut specimens received by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from growers and plant explorers. The paintings were created by artists employed by the USDA Division of Pomology from 1888 to the 1930s. Credit information was written by the artist on each watercolor, and typically includes the name of the property owner, county, city, and state or country where the specimen was grown. Many...
Dates: 1888-1939
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

USDA Small Fruit Improvement Programs Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0155
Content Description The USDA Small Fruit Improvement Programs Records contain the following: Donald H. Scott's strawberry, blueberry, and blackberry field notebooks (1950-1978) and work notes (1941-1970), Scott's and George M. Darrow's photographs for illustrations of USDA bulletins, and John Hull’s blackberry records (1961-1969).Files from the office of Gene Galletta, including strawberry records (1953-1969), grape papers (1946-1967), correspondence files (1947-1972), and raspberry...
Dates: 1914-1985; Majority of material found within 1941-1985
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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