economics

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The John Monroe Brewster Papers include correspondence, research notes, photographs, and a manuscript of a book of Brewster's writings that was published posthumously. The book is titled, A Philosopher among Economists: Selected Works of John M. Brewster (Philadelphia: J. T. Murphy Co., 1970).

Content Description The Joseph Aloysius Becker Papers include a scrapbook dated January 31, 1959 commemorating Becker's retirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The scrapbook contains congratulatory notes, letters, and telegrams from Becker's colleagues and friends, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, and other notable people. The collection also contains award certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, and documents from Becker's personal life and career. Of note are documents...

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The Land Ladies' Club Records contain archives of the Land Ladies' Club consisting of membership lists, financial documents, charitable activities records, and other records associated with the various activities of the club.

Content Description The Lowell Dean Hill Collection consists of unpublished papers, correspondence, publications, and documents related to Hill's research on grain quality. Included are materials related to his involvement in the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service COMEX project. There are also minutes from Grain Quality Workshops of the North American Export Grain Association, and materials related to Hill's leadership on the international study on grain quality conducted by the U.S. Congress Office of...

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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.

Content Description The Manuscript and Records Related to 100 Years of the International Federation for Home Economics include manuscript materials and reference sources for the anniversary book 100 Years of the International Federation for Home Economics, script text for the DVD version of book, photographs of members, International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE) History Committee annual reports, other documents associated with the work of the History Committee, IFHE bulletins,...

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The Myron Ballard Account Book from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, contains price data from 1828 to 1850. A letter written by agricultural economist Everett E. Edwards accompanies the book.

Content Description The Nils Andreas Olsen Collection consists of journals, ledgers, and other account books of the Evans Hardware Company, Princeton, Minnesota, covering transactions prior to 1920; records of Alfred Erickson, Washington County, Minnesota; meeting minutes, payroll book, cash books, and other records of the Golden Valley Creamery Association, a cooperative functioning from 1908 to 1910, and its member groups; crop reports and land development literature from the Great Plains states; some 19th...

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The Nursery Associations Records Collection consists of the letterpress book of the Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen (1886-1896); the account book of the American Association of Propagating Nurserymen (1926-1933); the record book of the Pacific Coast Nursery Association (1937-1938); treasury records of the Council of Eastern Nurserymen (1936-1938); and files of the American Horticultural Council.

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P.J. Berckmans Company Records contain an inventory of the nursery stock at Berckmans' Fruitland Nurseries dated 1918, purchase and shipping orders, a private letter, covers of catalogs, and a number of photographs of the nursery stock.