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agricultural history

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Glendora Products Company Label Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0068
Content Description The Glendora Products Company Label Collection contains food can labels for various products from the company's warehouse. There are also patent and trademark documents, along with some correspondence relating to them. The bulk of the collection consists of fruit and vegetable can labels in mint condition, printed between 1925 and 1942. They represent labels from Smith & Horton Co., Glendora Products Co., H.G. Prince & Co., Winters & Prophet Canning Co., Burt Olney Canning Co.,...
Dates: 1916-1956
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS0173
Content Description

The Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book is a 50-page volume containing invoices for flowers, trees, and seeds related to business transactions of the Grant Thorburn and Sons seed company.

Dates: 1830-1834
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0356
Content Description The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) History Collection contains materials from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Visitor Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Materials include land surveys, building specifications, blueprints, and reports about the Visitor Center; a photograph album compiled by Robert T. Walker, former BARC landscape architect, showing the construction of BARC buildings (Departmental Laboratory Group, Main Lab, Mansion House, Sheep Barn,...
Dates: 1934-2011
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Henry E. Alvord Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS0005
Content Description

The Henry E. Alvord Correspondence relates to the passage of An Act to Establish Agricultural Experiment Stations, which took effect on March 2, 1887, and an amendment in 1890 authorizing appropriations for agricultural experiment stations. The collection contains petitions with suggestions on changing the Act.

Dates: 1887-1890
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

Herbert Roedenbeck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0474
Content Description

The Herbert Roedenbeck Papers consist mainly of stories and recollections written by Roedenbeck about his experiences as a farmer, rancher, and land dealer in Colorado and southeastern Texas during the early 20th century. Most of the documents in the collection are photocopies of Roedenbeck's manuscripts. The collection also includes some photographs, postcards, and correspondence.

Dates: 1903-1975; Majority of material found within 1967-1970
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

Israel McLaughlin Account Book and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0341
Content Description The Israel McLaughlin Account Book and Papers contain handwritten examples and practice pages of mathematical computations. There are several pages listing loans due to Israel McLaughlin (1853-1855, 1857-1858, 1868, and 1871-1872). One page has newspaper clippings of household remedies for illnesses. The account book also contains loose documents, most of which are land deeds for property owned by Robert J. Stringfellow in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Other names mentioned include the Pack...
Dates: 1838-1944; Majority of material found within 1838-1881
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