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USDA history

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Fred Knipling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0210
Content Description The Edward Fred Knipling Papers are part of the Screwworm Eradication Program Records in the Special Collections of the USDA National Agricultural Library. The Knipling papers cover the areas of entomology researched by Knipling during his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including his early research on the screwworm and the eradication efforts in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and the Southeast United States in the 1950s. Knipling's research included parasite control...
Dates: 1906-2003; Majority of material found within 1930-1990
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Eldon C. Beagle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0070
Content Description

The Eldon C. Beagle Papers contain correspondence, U.S. government and United Nations publications, bibliographies on rice hull and furfural research, articles, studies, research papers, and personal journals. Some records relate to international projects in the Philippines, India, Egypt, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Japan.

Dates: 1939-1983; Majority of material found within 1960s - early1980s
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Eloise B. Cram Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0045
Content Description

The Eloise B. Cram Papers contain correspondence, photographs, scientific articles, and various ephemera relating to the professional lives and work of several scientists employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), and by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The scientists included are Eloise B. Cram, Maurice C. Hall, Brayton H. Ransom, Charles W. Stiles, Albert Hassall, and Daniel E. Salmon.

Dates: 1853-1991
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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

Ernest Imle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0220
Content Description

The Ernest Imle Papers include photographs, reports, and articles about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rubber research from the 1940s to the 1970s, primarily at the Regional Rubber Experiment Station in Turrialba, Costa Rica. There are also articles and correspondence on tropical agriculture, including cacao, and publications on lilies.

Dates: 1940-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Everett Eugene Edwards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0053
Content Description

The Everett Eugene Edwards Papers include Edwards' writings, speeches, bibliographies, administrative information related to his position at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), materials for courses he taught, and historical materials that he may have used for research.

Dates: 1926-1951
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Flood Control Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0291
Content Description The Flood Control Collection contains reports, publications, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio recordings, maps, and data regarding floods and flood control in the United States. Most of these items were produced by the USDA Soil Conservation Service. There are a few pieces authored by other individuals and agencies. The collection also includes articles and addresses written for professional organizations, such as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Society of...
Dates: 1910-1979; Majority of material found within 1938-1953
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Foster Edward Mohrhardt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0290
Content Description

The Foster Edward Mohrhardt Papers consist of Mohrhardt's published papers, speeches, studies, book reviews, and biographical articles. The collection includes a bibliography detailing these publications.

Dates: 1934-1968
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Frank Leslie Duley Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0383
Content Description

The Frank Leslie Duley Photograph Collection consists of photographs and negatives of sorghum, corn, soil moisture, and soil structure. Many are not labeled geographically. Some are labeled with names of towns and cities in Nebraska, including Lincoln, Dalton, Chappell, and Gurley.

Dates: 1939-1965; Majority of material found within 1939-1940
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Frank Nicholas Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0295
Content Description

The Frank Nicholas Meyer Collection consists of a typescript, a certificate, and photographs of Meyer.

Dates: 1905-1918
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections