animal science

Content Description The Quelea Research Collection consists of reports and notes collected by Richard L. Bruggers, director of the National Wildlife Research Center. The documents are primarily published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations; however, many are produced by government and non-government entities. Materials include research reports, technical reports, conference minutes, and other types of informational reports, many with maps. There are documents in English, and...

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The Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers consist of autobiographical and biographical information, writings, studies, papers, speeches, trip reports, bulletins, reprints, and publications. Of significance to those interested in Hodgson's early years is his 1970 autobiographical work titled "From the Sands of Mazomanie: A Story of a Wisconsin Farm Boy."

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The Robert Leslie Usinger Collection on Carolus Linnaeus is a collection of books by Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of systematic biology, on insects and other animals. The collection also includes works about Linnaeus.

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The Ronald Fayer Papers consist primarily of reprints of over 400 published research papers, book chapters, and abstracts authored or co-authored by Fayer. Other materials in the collection include copies of patents awarded to Fayer, news clippings about his research on sarcocystis, and awards. There is also an undated, large format aerial photograph of the Animal Parasite Institute buildings at the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center.

Content Description The Sanitary Medicine Class Exercise Folio consists of a notebook containing an unidentified student's handwritten notes from Professor Daniel E. Salmon's first lectures at the newly established National Veterinary College in Washington, D.C. The notes extend from October 25, 1892 to March 10, 1893, and indicate that Salmon gave one to three lectures per week. The topic of the first two lectures was nomenclature; the third lecture covered methods to control animal diseases, especially...

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The collection includes sheep skins and wool samples collected in 1948. Wool samples are accompanied by undated black and white photographs of the corresponding type of animal.

Content Description The Tayloe Family Journal is a handwritten account book maintained by Edward Thornton Tayloe of the Powhatan plantation in King George County, Virginia, between 1834 and 1849. The journal has entries related to barns, beef, cattle, clover, corn, cultivators, dairying, ditching, drought, fallowing, fencing, grapes, harvesting, hogs, manure, marl, oats, pruning, and sheep, as well as some detailed maps, crop production and slave inventories, and an index. There is also legal background...

Content Description The U.S. National Parasite Collection Records contain photographs, line drawings, lantern slides, and negatives of animal parasites. Many of the drawings were used as illustrations for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) publications. There are copies of articles, reprints, and several manuscripts, materials on the history of animal parasitology in USDA, including biographical information on various scientists, photographs, and documents prepared for the centennial anniversary of the...

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The USDA Agricultural Research Service Photographs of Poultry and Livestock contain 26 albums with photographs of poultry, sheep, swine, cattle, and other livestock. Grouped by subject, many of the photographs were taken at the Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center between 1906 and 1950. The bulk of the photographs are from 1910 to 1935. The albums also include lithographs from the mid-19th century.

Content Description The USDA Agricultural Research Service Video Recordings contain over 200 USDA-produced videos on a wide range of subjects. The majority of the videos are stored on U-matic video cassettes, although there are 10 film reels and one audio cassette. Many of the videos are public service announcements, while others are informational videos in longer formats. Topics include plant and animal production, agricultural planning, pesticides, new research directions and machinery, and food and...