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S.VI Highlights

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  • Project Description
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    • Series I. Documentary Files
      • Subseries I.1 (1914-1939)
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    • Series VI. Newsletters
      • S.VI Container List
      • S.VI Highlights
    • Series VII. Photographs
      • S.VII Container List
      • Winters Photographs of Liberia, 1953
    • Series VIII. Audio, Video, and Oral History Material
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    • Series IX. Administrative and Biographical Records
      • S. IX Container List
    • Series X. Historical Manuscripts
      • S. X Container List
      • Collections "Ballard" through "Hollister"
      • Collections "Hoxie" through "Loomis"
      • Collection "Marshall"
      • Collections "Pennsylvania" through "USDA"
    • Series XI. Personal Papers
      • S. XI Container List
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    • Series XII. Addenda
  • Reference Pages
    • USDA Seal
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    • Ezra Taft Benson
    • Orville L. Freeman
    • Paul H. Appleby
    • Mordecai Ezekiel
    • Rexford G. Tugwell
    • M. L. (Millburn Lincoln) Wilson

Newsletter Covers

Covers of selected issues of the Departmental newsletter, USDA, from Series VI, subseries 1, USDA Newsletters.

Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, February 6, 1942  (Newsletter).
USDA, February 6, 1942 (Newsletter)
(2/6/1942)
Front page of USDA dated February 6, 1942. Secretary Wickard invokes the attack on Pearl Harbor as the nation's wake-up call to its responsibility in…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, October 5, 1942 (Newsletter).
USDA, October 5, 1942 (Newsletter)
(10/5/1942)
Front page of USDA dated October 5, 1942.Series VI.1, USDA Newsletters, Box 6/4, file "USDA. 1942" USDA History Collection, Special Collections,…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, November 27, 1943 (Newsletter).
USDA, November 27, 1943 (Newsletter)
(11/27/1943)
Front page of USDA dated November 27, 1943, with a story about the challenge of providing enough turkeys to meet both civilian and military demand…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, March 18, 1944 (Newsletter).
USDA, March 18, 1944 (Newsletter)
(3/18/1944)
Front page of USDA dated March 18, 1944.Series VI.1, USDA Newsletters, Box 6/4, file "USDA. 1944" USDA History Collection, Special Collections,…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, April 15, 1944 (Newsletter).
USDA, April 15, 1944 (Newsletter)
(4/15/1944)
Front page of USDA dated April 15, 1944 tells the history of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) beginning with its inception in 1933.…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, November 13, 1944 (Newsletter).
USDA, November 13, 1944 (Newsletter)
(11/13/1944)
Front page of USDA dated November 13, 1944, with an article discussing the programs of the Office of Distribution.Series VI.1, USDA Newsletters, Box…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, August 29, 1949 (Newsletter).
USDA, August 29, 1949 (Newsletter)
(8/29/1949)
Front page of USDA dated August 29, 1949.Series VI.1, USDA Newsletters, Box 6/4, file "USDA. 1949" USDA History Collection, Special Collections,…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, November 25, 1965 (Newsletter).
USDA, November 25, 1965 (Newsletter)
(11/25/1965)
Front page of USDA dated November 25, 1965. Secretary Orville Freeman and Jimmy Durante are pictured supporting the "Food is a Bargain"…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of USDA, January 9, 1974 (Newsletter).
USDA, January 9, 1974 (Newsletter)
(1/9/1974)
Front page of USDA dated January 9, 1974, with an article discussing the department's role in energy conservation in light of the fuel shortage.Series…

Centennial Edition

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act creating the Department on May 15, 1862.

Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

    

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

    

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

   

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

    

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

   

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

    

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

   

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of <em>USDA</em> Centennial Edition.
USDA Centennial Edition
(1962-05-09)

   

This issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Department of Agriculture. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Act…
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