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farms and farming systems

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Emerson Merlyn Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0030
Content Description

The Emerson Merlyn Brooks Papers contain the original manuscript material, worksheets, photographs, and maps relating to Brooks' book, The Growth of a Nation: A Pictorial Review of the United States from Colonial Days to the Present (1956). There are also materials intended for use in a book called Pictorial Agriculture-USA.

Dates: 1913-1972
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0120
Content Description The Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection contains over 150,000 catalogs from nursery and seed companies in the United States and countries around the world. The catalogs contain information regarding sources, prices, and descriptions of plant material offered for sale by nurserymen, growers, and seedsmen. The bulk of the catalogs were published by U.S. companies. The collection was started in 1904 by Percy Leroy Ricker, an economic botanist for the U.S. Department of...
Dates: 1724-2013; Majority of material found within 1890-2003
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry L. Shands Lantern Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0364
Content Description

The Henry L. Shands Lantern Slide Collection consists of 27 lantern slides related to farming. Images show experimental fields and farming equipment. The slides are undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Hereford Home Makers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0367
Content Description

The Hereford Home Makers Club Record Book and Home Economics Publications contain club meeting and activities information from 1926 to 1932; various Extension Service bulletins and documents; newspaper clippings on sewing; and other related publications.

Dates: 1926-1960
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Historic Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0047
Content Description The Historic Posters Collection contains approximately 470 posters relating to agricultural themes, including poultry, cattle, dairy, food production and preservation, and farming methods. Approximately 300 of the posters were produced during World Wars I and II. Although many of these posters are not dated, the known date range runs from 1917 to 1919 and 1940 to 1946. The posters were used to convey government information relating to wartime agricultural programs, and to educate and...
Dates: 1877-1950; Majority of material found within 1915-1950
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Jethro Wood Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0202
Content Description

The Jethro Wood Papers consist of an original 1823 contract signed by Jethro Wood and Williams Roads for the manufacture and sale of the improved cast-iron plow.

Dates: 1823
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

John Peter Richardson Correspondence with W. S. Reynolds

 Collection
Identifier: MS0142
Content Description

The John Peter Richardson Correspondence with W. S. Reynolds contains two letters between Richardson and Reynolds relating to the status of agriculture in South Carolina and the possibility of a survey of agriculture, soils, and mineral resources.

Dates: 1840
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense

 Collection
Identifier: MS0079
Content Description

The Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense (ICNND) consist of correspondence, reports, field notebooks, data, news clippings, drafts, and publications related to the committee activities of the ICNND National Survey of the Turkish Armed Forces in 1957 and the West Indies Survey of 1961.

Dates: 1956-1996; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Lyle Frederick Bellinger Collection of Gerow D. Brill Letters and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS0018
Content Description The Lyle Frederick Bellinger Collection of Gerow D. Brill Letters and Photographs contains materials received by Bellinger from 1897 to 1903 while Brill was posted to China by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). There are 10 letters including envelopes, three envelopes only, and one postcard. The collection also includes eight black and white photographs, four of which have been colored by hand. The photographs show scenes from China, including the Great Wall, as well as some cultural...
Dates: 1897-1916; Majority of material found within 1897-1901
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Lyle Thomas Alexander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0342
Content Description

The Lyle Thomas Alexander Papers contain biographical documents, letters, photographs, awards, medals, publications, journal transcript of West Africa and Belgian Congo, maps, and clippings related to his career as a soil chemist for USDA Soil Conservation Service.

Dates: 1932-2004
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections