educational materials

Content Description The People on the Farm Program Records include correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, photographs, and contact sheets for the "People on the Farm" leaflet series produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1977 to 1982. The collection includes a complete set of the published leaflets. Subjects include dairying, growing wheat, growing vegetables, growing oranges, black families, broiler growers, corn and hog farming, and raising beef cattle.The publication...

Scope and Content Note The USDA Motion Picture Film Collection contains approximately 830 unique film titles on 8, 16, and 35mm film that were produced by or for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The films are in both black and white and color; some are silent. Duplicate copies of some titles exist, and a number of films span multiple reels.These films were produced across several decades, from the mid-20th century into the 1980s, documenting USDA's activities, research, and educational outreach...