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USDA Representation, Foreign Visitor and Protocol Office Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0180
Content Description

The USDA Representation, Foreign Visitor and Protocol Office Collection consists of items from foreign countries or American organizations that were presented as gifts to various U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials. The collection also contains metal dies of the USDA seal, including the original die made by Bailey Banks & Biddle in 1896.

Dates: 1896-1991

USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0489
Content Description

The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Photograph Collection consists of photographs highlighting historical agricultural cooperatives organized under the following general subject headings: Co-op Month, cotton, dairy, farm supply, fruits, grains, livestock, miscellaneous, people and places, nuts, transportation, and vegetables.

Dates: 1869-1987

USDA Seed and Grain Branch Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0337
Content Description The USDA Seed and Grain Branch Records include correspondence from plant breeders, seedsmen, and others, mainly addressed to Clyde R. Edwards, Seed and Grain Branch Division, for clearance of plant variety names in accordance with the Federal Seed Act. The files of vegetable crops and turf grasses are organized in alphabetical order by name of plant. Information within the letters indicates that trademark applications for seeds and U.S. Plant Variety Protection Certificates were sent to the...
Dates: 1895-1991; Majority of material found within 1957-1978

USDA Small Farms Research (Northeastern Region) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0177
Content Description

The USDA Small Farms Research (Northeastern Region) Records consist of monthly reports, correspondence, publications, and photocopies of articles.

Dates: 1978-1979

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

USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0329
Content Description

The USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection consists of films produced by and for the Soil Conservation Service. These films were used for education, training, and public service announcements.

Dates: 1953-1977

USDA Staff Directories

 Collection
Identifier: MS0238
Content Description

The USDA Staff Directories consist of telephone and staff directories for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA Agricultural Research Service, and some other units of USDA. Directories for some years are missing.

Dates: 1932-2008

USDA Sugar Crops Section Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0239
Content Description The USDA Sugar Crops Section Records include data sheets, reports, and manuscripts written by various employees; slides, negatives, and photographs of sugar beets; correspondence of George Herbert Coons and Dewey Stewart; and other research files related to sugar beets. The materials are primarily from the administrations of George Herbert Coons and Dewey Stewart. Coons was the principal pathologist of the Division of Sugar Plant Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry during the 1930s and...
Dates: 1926-1960

USDA Textile Publications Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0308
Content Description

The USDA Textile Publications Collection consists of brochures, reprints, leaflets, bulletins, and newspaper clippings related to clothing, textile history, fashion, fabrics, construction, consumer advice, and sewing machines.

Dates: 1920-1962

USDA Tobacco Market News Service Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0174
Content Description The USDA Tobacco Market News Service Records contain historical information on the Tobacco Market News Service (1928-1971); tobacco inspection (1927-1963); stocks, standards, and grading (pre-1929-1935); and auctions (1929-1962). There are correspondence, notes, and copies of tobacco annual reports (1932-1953); major legislation (1933-1952); and hearings and testimonies (1947-1950). There are also World War II-era regulation summaries and reports of tobacco activities (1941-1948); material...
Dates: 1920-1975

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