USDA history

Content Description Charles Valentine Riley pioneered the field of entomology in the United States. The impact of Riley's work of more than a century ago is still being felt today, not only in the fields of entomology and agriculture, but also in other natural sciences. The Charles Valentine Riley Collection, part of the National Agricultural Library's (NAL) Special Collections, illustrates Riley's vision to enhance the success of agriculture through new scientific knowledge. The collection of papers and...

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The Chester N. Husman Awards: Screwworm Eradication Program Records contains three awards given in recognition of work achievement in to Chester N. Husman and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for the screwworm eradication efforts in Mexico. The awards were provided by the U.S. War Department, dated 1947; the government of Mexico, dated 1991; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), dated 1971. All awards are in print format; the award from the USDA is in a wooden frame.

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,...

Content Description The Clarence E. Clement Collection consists of over 100 photographs and negatives related to the dairy industry from various sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bureau of Dairy Industry; San Francisco Dairy Company in San Francisco, California; Fitchett Brothers in Poughkeepsie, New York; Trapp Brothers Dairy Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Bowman Dairy Company in Chicago, Illinois; Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Telling-Belle Vernon...

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....

Content Description The Henry Agard Wallace Collection in Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library occupies eight linear feet, consisting of eight document boxes and four flat pamphlet boxes. The inclusive dates of the collection are 1921-1943, with the bulk of the records from 1933-1940, during Wallace's tenure as Secretary of Agriculture. The collection was originally housed in the library of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The Collection on Henry Agard Wallace includes press releases of...

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The Collection on Henry Cantwell Wallace consists of press releases of addresses and statements made by Wallace while he was the United States Secretary of Agriculture.

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The Collection on Robert Selmer Bergland includes a photograph album of a trip to the Philippines, which was presented to Bergland by the National Grains Authority.

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The Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog includes photographs, correspondence, Cazador's working gear, a short biography by John B. Welch, and a wooden box containing Cazador's remains.

Content Description The Cooperative Extension Service Farm Labor Program Collection contains reports of the Information Service in the Cooperative Extension Farm Labor Program during the years 1943 to 1947. The reports are illustrated with photographs and include recruitment information, sample recruitment materials such as posters and brochures, and farm labor stories from and about various volunteer farm labor groups during World War II. These groups include the Women's Land Army, the U.S. Crop Corps, the...