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28 record(s) found Collection Number: 1 Collection Name: Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County, Virginia, Manuscript Earliest Date: 1871 Latest Date: 1876 Linear Feet: 0.5 Collection Description: The Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County, Virginia, Manuscript consists of the handwritten record book of the club's meetings from 1871-1876. It contains entries on the establishment of the club including its constitution, by-laws, officers, and membership. There is a handwritten index of names and subjects listed in the book. Some of the subjects of meetings include seeds received from the secretary of agriculture for distribution among club members; canning; commercial fertilizer; implements; plowing; crops; grapes; hay; improvement of farms; fences and fence laws; immigration; labor; land; manures; potatoes; and sheep husbandry. Members present at first meeting included Col. Edward T. Tayloe, Maj. John D. Rogers, John F. Dickerson, John P. Robb, Fielding Lewis, Horace D. Ashton, Michael Wallace, Thomas T. Arnold, Julien J. Hason, and William I. Brown [sic]. The Virginia Historical Society Library owns a related eight-page manuscript, "Proceedings at a meeting held at the court house, on Saturday the 11th of November, 1871." Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Agricultural Organizations; Farms and Farming Systems; Plant Science Digitization Status: None Collection Number: 217 Collection Name: Agricultural Artifacts Collection Linear Feet: 19.25 Collection Description: The Agricultural Artifacts Collection consists of a variety of small to medium-sized artifacts relating to agriculture. There are hand scythes from China, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Thailand, and the United States; a cocoa knife from Jamaica; a long scythe blade; and various small metal implements. Other categories of artifacts include tools, models, and research and laboratory devices. Examples include an animal trap, an insect trap, a telescope, a liquid nitrogen carrier, a magnifying eye piece, and models of farmers hoeing and plowing. No specific dates are known. Alice H. Schilberg donated one stereoscope plus one colored image titled "Grounds from the Agricultural Department, Washington, DC." J. F. Harris publishers, Washington, D.C. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Farms and Farming Systems Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia Collection Number: 2 Collection Name: Agricultural History Society (AHS) Records Earliest Date: 1919 Latest Date: 2003 Linear Feet: 33.25 Collection Description: The Agricultural History Society (AHS) Records contain meeting papers such as minutes, reports, programs, invitations, and financial statements; correspondence; and materials pertaining to the Agricultural History journal, such as administrative records, correspondence, award committee notes, reviewed articles, permission to publish forms, and information on symposiums given by the journal. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Agricultural History Society (AHS), founded in 1919, was one of the first specialized history groups. The distinguished botanist Rodney H. True was chosen as chair and later elected the first president of the society. The founding members were of diverse professions: historians, sociologists, economists, and other scientists who believed they could better comprehend their individual fields through an understanding of the history of agriculture. The society maintained a close association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and successor organizations. Several employees of USDA have served as secretary-treasurer or editor of Agricultural History, or both. Today the society's stated purpose is "stimulating interest in, promoting the study of and facilitating research and publications on Rural Societies." The journal Agricultural History explores agricultural developments over time, in all regions, and among all peoples. Agricultural History is issued quarterly and publishes a range of articles on institutions, organizations, methodologies, and sciences—all of which have been contributing factors in agricultural growth. The journal includes research, book and film reviews, and special issues that unite diverse methodology under one agriculture history-related theme. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Agricultural History; Agricultural Organizations Collection Number: 260 Collection Name: Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection Earliest Date: 1959 Latest Date: 1984 Bulk Dates: 1960s-1970s Linear Feet: 11.5 Collection Description: The Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Photograph Collection consists primarily of slides of farm markets and associated marketing and transportation activities throughout the United States, with a few examples from foreign countries. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Economics; Farms and Farming Systems Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 3 Collection Name: Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) Records Earliest Date: 1956 Latest Date: 1994 Linear Feet: 3.75 Collection Description: The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) Records include some membership listings and directories, ARCLight newsletters (April 1956- July 1994), biographies of past presidents and significant early members, and meeting programs. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) was founded in December 1953 as a national professional association for practitioners of agricultural public relations. ARC conceived and organized the first U.S. Agricultural Communicators’ Congress (USACC) in Washington, D.C., in June 1984, and has coordinated a similar national program for every four years since. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations Collection Number: 4 Collection Name: Agricultural Society of Albemarle Transactions Manuscript (Photostatic copy) Earliest Date: 1817 Latest Date: 1828 Linear Feet: 0.25 Collection Description: The Agricultural Society of Albemarle Transactions Manuscript (Photostatic copy) includes rules and regulations, records of new members, their signatures, minutes of meetings, and committee reports. Preceding the manuscript are two letters from Armistead C. Gordon, an attorney in Staunton, Virginia, to Rodney H. True, a botanist at the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), regarding the manuscript's origins and previous ownership. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Agricultural Society of Albemarle (Virginia) was formed in 1817 to promote the interests of agriculture, and rural and domestic economy. Many distinguished Virginians, including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were members. Staunton, Virigina attorney Armistead C. Gordon indicated that he was presented the photostatic copy of the manuscript by a descendant of one of the society's members and then sent it to the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, in 1913. By 1917, the manuscript copy was in the possession of Rodney H. True, a botanist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bureau of Plant Industry, and he and Gordon were corresponding about its origins. The bookplate in the front cover indicates that True presented the manuscript copy to the National Agricultural Library. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Agricultural Organizations; Economics Collection Number: 342 Collection Name: Alexander, Lyle Thomas, Papers Earliest Date: 1932 Latest Date: 2004 Linear Feet: 4 Collection Description: The Lyle Thomas Alexander Papers contain biographical documents, letters, photographs, awards, medals, publications, journal transcript of West Africa and Belgian Congo, maps, and clippings related to his career as a soil chemist for USDA Soil Conservation Service. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Lyle T. Alexander (1905-1983) worked for USDA for over 40 years as a soil chemist. After graduating from the University of Arkansas with a chemistry degree in 1928, he began working at USDA as a soil scientist in the Soil Conservation Service. He earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Maryland in 1935. During his career with USDA, Alexander developed a specialty in tropical soils. He became an expert in the radioactive fallout content of soils and agriculture, thereby traveling extensively to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific area, the Sahara area of Africa, Europe, and the Near East. He retired in 1968 as chief of the Soil Survey Laboratories, Soil Conservation Service. After retirement, he went to work as a consultant for Resources for the Future, in Washington, D.C. He collaborated with Marion Clawson and Hans Landsberg on the topic of desalination of seawater. During his career with the USDA, he authored approximately 70 papers in soil science in such publications as the USDA's technical bulletins and its yearbooks (1938-1957), and the Proceedings of the Soil Science of America. Together with Thomas M. Shaw, he held a patent in the use of dielectric constant measurements to detect ice formations. Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; Physical Sciences; USDA History Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs Collection Number: 266 Collection Name: Alfred H. Baumhover Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Earliest Date: 1949 Latest Date: 1997 Bulk Dates: 1950-1970 Linear Feet: 17 Collection Description: The Alfred H. Baumhover: Screwworm Eradication Program Records include reports, correspondence, publications, public information materials, photographs, awards, notes, and artifacts. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Alfred H. Baumhover (b. 1921) was integral to the screwworm eradication program in its early stages and continued to advise the program for many years. Baumhover, an entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is best known for his contributions to the screwworm eradication programs of the 1950s and 1960s. He began his career in 1949 in the USDA Grasshopper Control Division and worked with Raymond Bushland in Texas on various farm pests. Bushland and Edward F. Knipling were preparing to begin field experimentation on the sterile insect technique. Baumhover became the lead field agent of these experiments, which primarily targeted the screwworm. In 1954 he led the experiment in Curacao that eradicated screwworms from the island. For his efforts, he was conferred knighthood by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Baumhover also worked on the eradication programs in the Southeast and Southwest United States. Although he continued to advise the screwworm program throughout his career, Baumhover worked primarily with tobacco insect research from 1963 until his retirement. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Entomology; USDA History Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs Collection Number: 5 Collection Name: Alvord, Henry E., Correspondence Earliest Date: 1887 Latest Date: 1890 Linear Feet: 1 Collection Description: Henry E. Alvord's Correspondence relates to the passage of An Act to Establish Agricultural Experiment Stations on March 2, 1887, and an amendment in 1890 authorizing appropriations for agricultural experiment stations. The collection contains petitions with suggestions on how to change the act. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Alvord (1844-1904) was chairman of the executive committee of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Stations and president of Maryland Agricultural College from 1888-1892. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History Collection Number: 6 Collection Name: American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Records (now the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) Earliest Date: 1938 Latest Date: 1994 Linear Feet: 145 Collection Description: The American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Records contains correspondence, constitution, bylaws, handbooks, directories, ledgers, invoices, newsletters, black and white and color photographs, membership listings, reports, policies, student chapters papers, publications, and papers of various committees. A majority of the records are drafts of articles for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The AAEA is a professional society for those interested in agricultural economics. The organization is committed to furthering knowledge about the economics of agriculture, rural communities, and natural resources. It was organized in 1910 as the American Farm Management Association, and became the American Farm Economics Association in 1914. In 1968 a subgroup left the organization and called itself the American Agricultural Economics Association. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Economics; Farms and Farming Systems; Natural Resources Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 7 Collection Name: American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) Records Earliest Date: 1944 Latest Date: 1987 Linear Feet: 28 Collection Description: American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) Records include correspondence of officers, the American Agricultural Editors Association constitution, minutes of meetings, committee notes, membership directories, reports, and Agricultural Editors Photo School correspondence and newsletters. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) was founded in 1921 by a small group of magazine editors to provide opportunities for professional improvement and networking to agricultural editors, writers and photojournalists. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations Collection Number: 359 Collection Name: American Biological Safety Association Collection Earliest Date: 1950 Latest Date: 1998 Bulk Dates: 1964-1998 Linear Feet: 6 Collection Description: This collection contains conference, administrative, and publication records for the American Biological Safety Association. Materials include photographs of conference attendees (with captions), conference publications, membership directories, ABSA newsletters, ABSA governing laws, digital copies of "Safety Bulletin," and administrative files for ABSA regarding conference planning, annual meetings, membership, meeting minutes, newsletters, and the Arnold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture materials. Historical or Biographical Sketch: "The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. Its goals are to provide a professional association that represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological safety, and to provide a forum for the continued and timely exchange of biosafety in formation." from www.absa.org Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 307 Collection Name: American Conifer Society (ACS) Records Earliest Date: 1983 Latest Date: 2002 Bulk Dates: 1990-1999 Linear Feet: 3 Collection Description: The American Conifer Society (ACS) Records include correspondence, ACS Bulletin materials, Board of Directors' minutes, audiotapes of Board of Directors' meetings, financial records, legal incorporation documents, by-laws and policy documents, legal contract documents, national annual meetings, members' plant inventories, materials pertinent to the slide program "A Brief Look at Garden Conifers," ACS Central Region meeting files, locations of ACS national meetings (1983-2001), and membership directories. This is an open collection. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Conifer Society (ACS) is an organization of people who develop, preserve, and propagate conifers, clarify nomenclature, and educate the public. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Forestry; Plant Science Collection Number: 259 Collection Name: American Dairy Goat Association Records Collection Group: Dairy Science Collections Earliest Date: 1914 Latest Date: 2000 Bulk Dates: 1928-1950 Linear Feet: 224 Collection Description: The American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) Records include registration records of dairy goats, meeting minutes, and publications. The majority of the collection consists of ADGA office records organized alphabetically by goat herd name, then by goat name. Cards include information on registration number, owners, breeders, records of transfer, and additional categories. Animal owners retain the official registration certificate. Also included are publications of the American Dairy Goat Association, the American Milk Goat Record Association, and the Nubian Milk Goat Register. Information in the collection is useful for researchers to track pedigrees. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Animal Science Collection Number: 152 Collection Name: American Poultry Historical Society (APHS) Photograph Collection: American Poultry Historical Society Papers Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections Earliest Date: 1908 Latest Date: 1983 Bulk Dates: 1925-1954 Linear Feet: 2.5 Collection Description: The American Poultry Historical Society (APHS) Photograph Collection contains 115 black-and-white and color photographs, with captions and texts, mostly of members of poultry-related institutions and of events held by various poultry groups. Some of the institutions, conferences, and groups represented include the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry; American Feed Manufacturers Association; American Poultry Association; American Poultry and Hatchery Federation; American Poultry School; International Baby Chick Association; Judging and Breeding School; National Poultry Improvement Plan; National Turkey Federation; National Poultry Congress; Northeast Poultry Producers Council; Poultry Science Association; and the World’s Poultry Congress. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Poultry Historical Society (APHS) was organized in 1952. According to the book American Poultry History 1823-1973, "The purpose of the [society] is to find, collect, and preserve records, pictures, materials and objects connected with the development of the poultry industry and to make available its great history to this and future generations, and to honor or recognize persons for outstanding achievement or leadership." The society (and a Hall of Fame, which was formed in 1954) was modeled on similar developments in the dairy industry. The APHS wanted to form an independent and inclusive organization that would serve all types of interest in the poultry industry, from "fanciers" to commercial poultry breeders. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 231 Collection Name: American Poultry Historical Society Artifact Collection: American Poultry Historical Society Papers Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections Linear Feet: 8.5 Collection Description: The American Poultry Historical Society Artifact Collection includes a marble rooster, an electronic egg, model poultry houses, an "Utgaard Hatchery" box, and poultry feed burlap sacks. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Agricultural Organizations; Poultry Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia Collection Number: 9 Collection Name: American Romney Breeders Association (ARBA) Records Earliest Date: 1919 Latest Date: 1980 Linear Feet: 48.5 Collection Description: American Romney Breeders Association (ARBA) Records consist of the American Romney Breeders Association's certificates of registry for ewes and rams. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Romney Breeders Association (ARBA) was founded in 1912 by Joe Wing, a world traveler and expert on sheep. He became an early secretary of ARBA, and was instrumental in the development of Romney sheep in America. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Animal Science Collection Number: 10 Collection Name: American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Records Earliest Date: 1883 Latest Date: 1982 Linear Feet: 12.75 Collection Description: The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Records consist mostly of photographs and negatives of people and places, organized and labeled by state and name of conference held within the state. Most photographs were taken at ASTA's annual meetings. Other organizational photographs include Southern Seedsmen’s Association, Western Seedsmen’s Association, and Pacific Seedsmen’s Association. The collection also includes minutes, constitutions, by-laws, letters, and memoranda of both New England Seedsmen’s Association and Seed Council of North America; as well as records of the ASTA’s National Beautification Committee papers (1967-1971), reports, committee papers, and seed packets. Historical or Biographical Sketch: One of the oldest trade organizations in America, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) was founded in 1883. Its founding members wanted an effective voice of action in all matters concerning the development, marketing and free movement of seeds, associated products, and services throughout the world with a minimum of regulations affecting its members. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Plant Science Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 354 Collection Name: American Seed Trade Association Photographs Earliest Date: 1924 Latest Date: 1596 Bulk Dates: 1924-1956, n.d. Linear Feet: 2 Collection Description: The American Seed Trade Association Photographs contain matted 24"x15" (inc. mat) group photographs from various United States seed trade association meetings. Persons in photographs are not identified. Seed trade associations represented are as follows: American Seed Trade Association (1924, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1952), Atlantic Seedmen's Association (1956), California Seed Association (1949), Pacific Seedmen's Association (1943), and Western Seedmen's Association (1924, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1952, 1953). Historical or Biographical Sketch: "Founded in 1883, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the oldest trade organizations in the United States. Its membership consists of about 850 companies involved in seed production and distribution, plant breeding, and related industries in North America. As an authority on plant germplasm, ASTA advocates science and policy issues of industry-wide importance." [From the American Seed Trade Association website, www.amseed.com] Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Economics; Plant Science Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 229 Collection Name: American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) Records Earliest Date: 1988 Latest Date: 1988 Bulk Dates: 1988 Linear Feet: 0.5 Collection Description: The American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) Records consist of nine VHS video tapes of the International Agribusiness Forum at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants, October 9-12, 1988, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1963 to improve the standards and image of professional agricultural consultants. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations Formats: Audiovisuals Collection Number: 232 Collection Name: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Records Earliest Date: 1968 Latest Date: 1972 Bulk Dates: 1968-1972 Linear Feet: 2.5 Collection Description: The American Society of Agricultural Engineers Records includes yearbooks, journals and transactions. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The American Society of Agricultural Engineers is a professional and technical organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations Collection Number: 316 Collection Name: Appalachian Oral History Project Collection Earliest Date: 1970 Latest Date: 1977 Linear Feet: 2.5 Collection Description: The Appalachian Oral History Project Collection consists of five document boxes with file folders of transcribed oral history interviews plus the Appalachian Oral History Project Union Catalog, which is in reality a box list for the file folders. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Begun in 1970 as a cooperative effort by Alice Lloyd College and Lee Junior College in eastern Kentucky, the Appalachian Oral History Project was expanded to include Emory & Henry College in Virginia and Appalachian State University in North Carolina. The primary purpose was to collect tape recorded interviews of the history and folklore of the Central Appalachian region. In 1977, with the goal of making the material more accessible to researchers, the Project published the Appalachian Oral History Project Union Catalog, which is based on annotations from selected transcribed tapes. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Human Nutrition Formats: Audiovisuals Collection Number: 11 Collection Name: Arkell, Thomas, Account Book Collection Group: Dairy Science Collections Earliest Date: 1829 Latest Date: 1886 Bulk Dates: 1829-1849 & 1854-1886 Linear Feet: 0.25 Collection Description: The Thomas Arkell Account Book Collection consists of two account books, one covering the years 1829-1849, and one spanning 1854-1886. The earlier account book contains entries on dairy products, barley, oats, and the cradling and harvesting of wheat. The later account book, 1854-86, consists of pedigrees of Durham or Short Horned cattle bought and bred by Thomas Arkell on his Little Farmham Farm near Guelph, Canada. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Thomas Arkell (ca. 1802-1875) was a native of Berkshire, England. He settled in Puslinch Township, Ontario, Canada, in May 1831 after living briefly in New York. He became a prominent sheep and cattle breeder in Puslinch and served as a magistrate there for more than 30 years. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural History; Agricultural Organizations; Animal Science; Farms and Farming Systems Collection Number: 345 Collection Name: ARS Research Report U-matic Videocassette Collection Earliest Date: 1969 Latest Date: 1989 Bulk Dates: 1978-1988 Linear Feet: 36 Collection Description: The ARS Research Report U-matic Videocassette Collection is composed of over 200 USDA produced videos on a wide range of subjects. The majority of the videos are stored on the U-matic format, although there are roughly 10 films found on film reels and one audio cassette. Many videos are public service announcements, others are informational videos in a longer format. Topics include plant and animal production, agricultural planning, pesticides, new research directions and machinery, and food and nutrition. The materials were donated by William E. Premble at ARS in 1992. The series of videos were a part of the ARS Research Report series. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Animal Science; Human Nutrition; USDA History Formats: Audiovisuals Collection Number: 348 Collection Name: Artifacts: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Linear Feet: 4 Collection Description: Artifacts: Screwworm Eradication Program Records contain materials used in various screwworm eradication program areas. Materials include screwworm fly dispersal boxes, a collection tube, a collection cup and holders, and signs. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Entomology; USDA History Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia Collection Number: 12 Collection Name: Associates of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) Records Earliest Date: 1971 Latest Date: 1989 Linear Feet: 9.75 Collection Description: The Associates of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) Records consist of copies of the Journal of NAL Associates, newsletters, as well as other publications and promotional materials with which the Associates were involved. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Associates of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) was founded in 1970 to promote the development of the library by means of encouraging the donation of gifts and desirable collections, providing direct financial assistance for the purchase of unique items, aiding in public relations by informing the community about library services and challenges, and communicating the needs of the community to the library administration. In the 1990s, the organization dissolved. Processed: No, contact Special Collections. Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; USDA History Collection Number: 261 Collection Name: Atwater, Wilbur Olin, Papers Earliest Date: 1865 Latest Date: 1993 Bulk Dates: 1893-1904 Linear Feet: 4 Collection Description: The Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers contain correspondence, photographs, publications, and data sheets related to Atwater's research in the chemical composition of foods, dietary studies, and the respiration calorimeter. Historical or Biographical Sketch: Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844-1907) was the first Chief of the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1888, and the first person in the United States to conduct chemical analysis of food. As a special agent in charge of USDA nutrition programs beginning in 1891, he developed plans for experiments in the areas of food nutrition, the effects of food processing on nutrient changes, food consumption studies, and human nutrient requirements and metabolism. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Human Nutrition; USDA History Formats: Photographs Collection Number: 215 Collection Name: Audiovisual Materials: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records Linear Feet: 7 Collection Description: Collection includes photographs, slides, and films portraying the screwworm eradication efforts in the U.S., Mexico, and South America. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Screwworm Audiovisual materials document aspects of the effort to eliminate the New World screwworm from North American and South America. A flesh-eating pest of warm-blooded animals, the screwworm was brought under control using the Sterile Insect Technique, which emphasizes biological control methods. The technique uses large numbers of reared sterile flies to overwhelm and eliminate the wild fertile population through interbreeding. Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online. Subjects: Entomology; USDA History Formats: Audiovisuals; Photographs Digitization Status: None
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