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Charles Valentine Riley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0143
Content Description

The Charles Valentine Riley Collection consists of letters to Riley, unpublished lectures, notes, photographs, news clippings, reports, reprints, paintings, drawings, sketch books, books, and artifacts. The collection focuses on the history of entomology and the development of biological control of insects injurious to crops, and on Riley's energetic efforts on its behalf during the latter part of the 19th century.

Dates: 1868-1919
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0281
Content Description

The Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation Records include correspondence, agreements, minutes, financial records, briefing books, and publications and reports produced by the foundation.

Dates: 1985-2012; Majority of material found within 1985-2001
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Charles Valentine Riley Printing Blocks

 Collection
Identifier: MS0190
Content Description The Charles Valentine Riley Printing Blocks consist of 1,211 woodcuts, electrotypes (electroplated lead molds of original engravings), and metal casts used to illustrate Riley's publications. Approximately 508 blocks were figures for the nine annual reports (1869-1877) produced by Riley when he served as Missouri's first state entomologist. Other printing blocks were used in publications such as American Entomologist and American Entomologist and Botanist. Some of the electrotypes are...
Dates: 1872-1895
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Charles William Pugsley Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS0140
Content Description

The Charles William Pugsley Manuscript was compiled by Pugsley (circa 1930s) and is titled, "The Land Grant College in South Dakota: Its Field of Work. A Court Record with Supporting Notes." The material concerns a lawsuit brought against the Regents of Education of South Dakota in 1933. Part 1 of the manuscript contains copies of documents that were presented to and considered by the court. Part 2 has materials used by the attorneys for the defense.

Dates: Circa 1930s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Chester N. Husman Award Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: MS0349
Content Description

The Chester N. Husman Award Certificates consist of awards given to Chester N. Husman and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for their efforts in the screwworm eradication programs. Granting organizations include the U.S. War Department, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Mexican government.

Dates: 1947-1991
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Clair Elman Terrill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0251
Content Description The Clair Elman Terrill Collection contains proofs and photographs for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) bulletins and circulars, sheep and goat registry and breeding records, a card catalog of publications on rabbits, and black and white photographs of rabbits and related subjects. There are papers related to the U.S. Rabbit Experiment Station in Fontana, California, and the U.S. Fur Experiment Station in Ithaca, New York. Also included are photographs, glass and acetate negatives,...
Dates: 1912-1978; Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Clarence Joseph Enzler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0265
Content Description The Clarence Joseph Enzler Papers include speeches and testimonies of former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture, including Henry A. Wallace, Claude R. Wickard, Clinton Anderson, Charles Brannan, Ezra Taft Benson, Orville L. Freeman, and Clifford Hardin. There are also speeches and testimonies of Assistant Secretaries Ervin L. Peterson, J. Earl Coke, John P. Duncan, Jr., George L. Mehren, Trienah Meyers, Joseph M. Robertson, and Under-secretaries Norris Dodd, J. Phil Campbell, and John A....
Dates: 1936-1972
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Clifford D. Carpenter Collection of Poultry Humor and Art

 Collection
Identifier: MS0040
Content Description

The Clifford D. Carpenter Collection of Poultry Humor and Art contains original artwork, comics, and advertisements created by artists Joe E. Buresch, Charles Dennis, Charles W. Trotter, and others.

Dates: 1952-1962
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Clifford M. Foust Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0063
Content Description

The Clifford M. Foust Papers include a card catalog, contact cards, photocopies of articles, correspondence, articles written by Foust, notes for his book entitled Rhubarb: The Wondrous Drug (Princeton University Press, 1992), recipes, and personal files on rhubarb.

Dates: 1976-1994
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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