History, Art and Biography
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USDA. National Agricultural Library.
View our electronic collection of historic documents published before 1942 – a time before synthetic chemicals became widely used – containing state-of-the-art information and data that are still very pertinent for today's organic and sustainable agriculture.
USDA Celebrates 150 Years
United States Department of Agriculture.
Official USDA page to celebrate and commemorate the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing the United States Department of Agriculture.
United States Department of Agriculture.
A collaborative project between USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University, this archive currently contains Census of Agriculture information from 1925 through 1987, though information back to 1840 will be added. More recent Census publications are at the NASS Census of Agriculture site.
Rare and Special Collections Image Gallery
USDA. NAL. Rare and Special Collections.
Offers access to digital reproductions of original artwork, nursery and seed trade catalogs, manuscript collections, and portions of rare books from across the agricultural specialties.
Agricultural Image Gallery
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Offers free agriculture-related digital images. Sorts images by major subject and includes a search engine.
Farm, Field and Fireside Newspaper Collection
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Library.
Browse or search this collection of historically significant U.S. farm weekly newspapers published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Subject Guides are available on the site as well.
History of American Agriculture
USDA. NIFA. Agriculture in the Classroom.
A historical timeline of American agriculture, accessible by decade or major subject area.
United States Experiment Station Publications
University of North Texas Libraries.
Full text digitized publications of the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Experiment Stations from 1889 to 1941.