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Citizens Food Committee Program Posters and Publicity Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS0225
Content Description

he Citizens Food Committee Program Posters and Publicity Materials contain posters, drafts, and mock-ups of advertising materials related to conserving food supplies after World War II. These materials illustrate the efforts of the Citizens Food Committee to encourage Americans to save food so that supplies could be shared with Europeans.

Dates: 1947

Dairy Publications Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0216
Content Description

The Dairy Publications Collection consists mainly of papers relating to dairy programs, agricultural organizations, committees, conferences, reports, congressional testimony, marketing, and federal regulations.

Dates: 1908-1986; Majority of material found within 1961-1986

James M. Gwin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0072
Content Description

The James M. Gwin Collection contains approximately 50,000 items of poultry information resources. It consists primarily of business correspondence pertaining to several poultry associations, catalogs from poultry equipment manufacturing firms, documents about early breeders in the poultry industry, egg and poultry legislation, papers on industry meetings held in various states of the United States, and miscellaneous publication clippings related to the egg and poultry industry.

Dates: 1906-1993

M. Truman Fossum Floriculture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0062
Content Description

The M. Truman Fossum Floriculture Collection include Fossum's business and personal correspondence, as well as reports and publications related to marketing, horticulture, and the floriculture industry in the United States and abroad.

Dates: 1890-1986

Poultry and Egg National Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0131
Content Description

The Poultry and Egg National Board Records include board meeting minutes, financial statements, annual reports, egg promotional material, new product research, cholesterol and fat studies, diet and nutritional cookbooks, reports of the American Home Economics Association conferences, and reports of the 1969 White House Conference on Nutrition.

Dates: 1939-1979

U.S. Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0159
Content Description

The U.S. Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection consists of various materials related to the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign and the promotion of the campaign's symbol, Smokey Bear. Collection materials include posters, photographs, audiovisuals, document files, publications, cartoons, original artwork, and a wide variety of promotional products, artifacts, and ephemera, some of which are from countries outside the United States.

Dates: 1902-2019; Majority of material found within 1944-1990

U.S. Forest Service Woodsy Owl Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0203
Content Description The U.S. Forest Service Woodsy Owl Collection includes films, slides, negatives, videotapes, posters, original artwork, song sheets, bumper stickers, embroidered patches, keyrings, campaign materials, costumes, distribution materials, legislation, photograph albums, and other miscellaneous items. Campaign materials consist of publication proposals, drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, newsletters, magazines, and public service announcement statistics and...
Dates: 1974-1987

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0260
Content Description

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection consists primarily of slides of farm markets and associated marketing and transportation activities throughout the United States, with a few examples from foreign countries.

Dates: 1959-1984; Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s