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Harlan Loy (H.L.) Shrader Collection: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Harlan Loy Shrader Collection contains materials collected by Shrader during his time as a Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman from 1926 to 1959. The materials include reports, articles, newsletters, clippings, photographs, booklets, correspondence, items from various poultry extension services, a metal model of everted baby chick vents, etc. Some of the materials pertain to the American Poultry Historical Society. There are also materials on the “Chicken of Tomorrow” contest.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Harlan Loy (H.L.) Shrader (1889-1970) has had a long history in the poultry industry. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Missouri in 1914 and 1925. Shrader was an investigator in poultry and egg handling, Food Research Laboratory, USDA from 1914 to 1917. He was a pilot in the 11th Aero Squadron, AEF from 1917-1919. From 1920 to 1926, he served as an Extension Poultry Scientist in Missouri. In 1926 he became a Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman with the Federal Extension Service. He retired from this position in 1959. Shrader was a charter member of the National Chicken of Tomorrow Contest Committee. He authored or co-authored over two hundred articles, radio talks and speeches related to the poultry industry. He was a member of the Poultry Science Association and served as its President from 1929-1930 and on its Board of Directors from 1927-1932. In addition he was a member of Epsilon Sigma Phi, World’s Poultry Science Association, American Legion, AF&A Masons, Farm House and Acacia fraternities.

Collection Number: 335

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1926

Latest Date: 1975

Linear Feet: 0.5

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Digitization Status: None

Woodrow R. Jenkins Collection: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Woodrow R. Jenkins Collection contains mostly slides from Jenkins’ time as a Poultry Extension Scientist for the Extension Service, USDA, Washington, D.C. from 1960 to 1979. The slides are of visits to various poultry farms or businesses; a 1961 poultry fact finding conference; a script for "Poultry Production- Civil Defense"; and various meetings, conferences, and workshops. Also included are black and white photographs and reels of film. The films are titled "Peanut Hull Logs" and "Magic Eggs". There is an additional unlabeled canister of film. In additiion there is a record introducing National Turkey Month and a film "Teach in for Retailers from the Poultry and Egg National Board." The majority of the slides are labeled with either the poultry farm/business name, type of equipment, or location. The 1961 fact finding slides are accompanied by a description of each slide. Some of the photographs accompany a "Fun and Food Camp" report.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Woodrow "Wood" R. Jenkins (1918-1995) served as a Poultry Extension Scientist for the Extension Service, USDA, Washington D.C. from 1960-1979. He was Assistant Director of the Federal Extension Service, Agricultural Science, Technology and Management Decision from 1967 to 1970. He received a B.S. in Poultry Husbandry in 1940 from Purdue University. In 1947, Jenkins received a M.S. in Physiology and Genetics also from Purdue University. Wood Jenkins was active in the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA) and the USA Branch of the WPSA. He served as a member of the USDA’s work group on the World’s Poultry Congresses from 1962 to 1979. He was a U.S. Delegate to the 1962 and 1970 World’s Poultry Congresses. He also served as Treasurer of the 1974 World’s Poultry Congress. In addition he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the USA Branch of the WPSA. He served on various committees of the USA Branch of WPSA along with various youth program committees in poultry. He was a strong proponent of youth programs in poultry. Jenkins was also a member of the Poultry Science Association and Epsilon Sigma Phi. He received the Poultry and Egg Institute of America’s Poultry Industry Service Award in 1977. In 1978, he received the Distinguished Service Award from Epsilon Sigma Phi. In 1979, he was elected a Fellow in the Poultry Science Association.

Collection Number: 336

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1960

Latest Date: 1979

Linear Feet: 1.25

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Digitization Status: None

USDA Seed and Grain Branch Division Records

The records include correspondence from plant breeders, seedsmen, and others to mainly Clyde R. Edwards, Seed and Grain Branch Division, for clearance of plant variety names in accordance with the Federal Seed Act. The files of vegetable crops and turf grasses are organized in alphabetical order by name of plant. Information within the letters indicates that trademark applications for seeds and U.S. Plant Variety Protection Certificates were sent to the correspondents by this government office. There are reprints of articles and clippings. The collection also includes a filing cabinet of index cards of plant variety names in alphabetical order. The cards form the "Variety Name List" which is a list of names that have been used as variety names for agricultural and vegetable seeds. The purpose of the list is to prevent violations of the Federal Seed Act by providing to the plant breeders and others who are naming varieties a list of names that have already been used. The information gathered on the cards was collected from sources such as variety release notices, official journals, seed catalogs, and seed trade publications. In the early 2000s, information on the cards was entered into a database. The Variety Name List database can be accessed on the USDA, AMS, Seed Regulatory And Testing Programs website at http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/seed/varietyname.htm

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Clyde R. Edwards began his work with the USDA in 1952 as a marketing specialist at the USDA Seed Branch field office in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1958, he transferred to the Seed Branch headquarters in Beltsville, Maryland. By 1962 he was appointed Head of the Enforcement Section, then became Chief of the Seed Branch in 1971. He retired in 1980.

Collection Number: 337

Earliest Date: 1895

Latest Date: 1991

Bulk Dates: 1957-1978

Linear Feet: 40.5

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; Plant Science; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

John Wyss Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

The John Wyss Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records contain office files, reports, meeting files, brochures, newsletters, photographs and slides, blueprints, floppy disks and CD-ROMs, promotional materials, and publications related to the screwworm eradication effort in Mexico and Central America. The materials include plans for Screwworm Rearing Facility in Pacora, Panama.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

John Wyss worked as a screwworm coordinator in Mexico and Central America.

Collection Number: 338

Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

Earliest Date: 1976

Latest Date: 2003

Bulk Dates: 1990s

Linear Feet: 19

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Entomology; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Troy [Pennsylvania] Farmers Club Records

The Troy, Pennsyvlania, Farmers Club materials consist of four record books that include the organization's charter, meeting minutes, and account information. The entries indicate the agricultural problems of the community during the period covered and show how the farmers worked together. The first officers were J. C. McKean, president; G. M. Card, secretary.; A. M. Cornell, treasurer.; and A. S. Hooker, reporting secretary. According to letters found with the record books in the Everett Eugene Edwards Papers, these materials were loaned to the USDA Division of Statistical and Historical Research's Agricultural History Unit by Fred W. Card in 1941. Everett Edwards, agricultural economist, reviewed the record books, determined they were valuable, and recommended that a co-worker persuade Card to donate them.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

The Troy Farmers Club was created in 1874 to hold meetings for the discussion of subjects pertaining to agriculture and horticulture and to hold an annual fair for the encouragement of agriculture and horticulture.

Collection Number: 339

Earliest Date: 1874

Latest Date: 1888

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Farms and Farming Systems

Digitization Status: None

Myron Ballard Account Book

The Myron Ballard Account Book from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, contains price data from 1828-1850. A letter written by agricultural economist Everett E. Edwards accompanies the book. Edwards explained that Fred W. Card donated the book to the Agricultural History Unit of USDA's Division of Statistical and Historical Research.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Myron Ballard (1800-1878) lived in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

Collection Number: 340

Earliest Date: 1828

Latest Date: 1850

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Economics

Digitization Status: None

Israel McLaughlin Account Book and Papers

The Israel McLaughlin Account Book contains handwritten examples and practice pages of mathematical computations such as “The Single Rule of Three”, The Double Rule of Three”, “Compound Interest”, “Insurance Commission and Brokage”, “Discount”, “Barter”, “Loss and Gain”, and “Domestic Exchange.” There are several pages listing loans due to Israel McLaughlin in 1853, 1853-55, 1857-58, 1868, and 1871-72. One page has newspaper clippings of household remedies for illnesses. The account book also contained loose documents, most of which are land deeds for property owned by Robert J. Stringfellow in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Other names include the Pack and Harris families. There is a business card of John O'Neill, Solicitor of Claims, Washington D.C. and an envelope with a return address of T.R. Dickson, Country Court Clerk, Charlotte, Tennessee. The collection includes an 1862 bill of sale for four slaves.

Collection Number: 341

Earliest Date: 1838

Latest Date: 1944

Bulk Dates: 1838-1881

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Economics

Digitization Status: None

Lyle Thomas Alexander Papers

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.

Collection Number: 342

Earliest Date: 1932

Latest Date: 2004

Linear Feet: 4

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; Physical Sciences; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs

Digitization Status: None

R. Ewing and R. LeNeil Poultry Anatomy Drawings

The R. Ewing and R. LeNeil Poultry Anatomy Drawings materials consist of approximately 600 anatomical drawings of poultry used in publications. There are 10 oversized boxes and an inventory of the collection is on CD.

Collection Number: 343

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Linear Feet: 30

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia

Digitization Status: None

Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Records

The Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Records contain materials from a fruit nursery run by Robert A. Nitschke, including records, catalogs, order forms, tasting evaluation forms, and a large collection of color slides and photographs of a variety of fruits. Journal articles, association materials, and correspondence with other growers regarding grafting, plant samples, and the availability and quality of plants are also included. The predominant focus is on apples but there is also information on pears, peaches, grapes, gooseberries, cherries, plums, quince, and currents. A website for the Southmeadow Fruit Gardens can be found at http://www.southmeadowfruitgardens.com/index/html (as of 2/13/2006).

Collection Number: 344

Earliest Date: 1932

Latest Date: 2005

Bulk Dates: 1959-1989

Linear Feet: 3.75

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Plant Science

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

ARS Research Report U-matic Videocassette Collection

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.

Collection Number: 345

Earliest Date: 1969

Latest Date: 1989

Bulk Dates: 1978-1988

Linear Feet: 36

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Animal Science; Human Nutrition; USDA History

Formats: Audiovisuals

Digitization Status: None

Isabel S. Cunningham Collection on Howard Scott Gentry

The Isabel S. Cunningham Collection on Howard Scott Gentry consists of articles, notes, photographs, and Cunningham's draft articles on Howard Gentry's expeditions as plant collector. Cunningham collected these materials to write several articles about Gentry. Cunningham donated these materials in April 2006.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Howard Scott Gentry (1903-1993) earned a bachelor's degree in vertebrate zoology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1931. In 1933, Gentry started plant expeditions in Yaqui country (Sonora-Chihuahua, Mexico) and the following year in Indian barranca country in Mexico. He published his first book titled Rio May Plants of Sonora-Chihuahua in 1942. Gentry started working for the United States Department of Agriculture's Rubber Office in 1942 until 1945. The next four years he was a research botanist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In 1947 he obtained a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Michigan. From 1950 to 1971, Gentry was a plant collector for the New Crops Research Branch, USDA, and led expeditions into Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, and Mexico. In 1970 Gentry opened the Gentry Experimental Farm in Murrieta, California, and became a research botanist at the Desert Botanical Garden two years later. He began his final position as Research Director for the Desert Botanical Garden in 1985.

Collection Number: 346

Collection Group: Plant Exploration Collections

Earliest Date: 1940

Latest Date: 1995

Bulk Dates: 1984-1993

Linear Feet: 0.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Plant Exploration; Plant Science; USDA History

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection

The Roland Jefferson Collection contains articles, correspondence, e-mail, documents, lectures, photographs, programs, and other notes. Some of the articles, correspondence, and programs are in Japanese or Taiwanese. The majority of the collection highlights Jefferson’s work, including plant expeditions for cherry trees at the United States National Arboretum and his post-retirement lectures. The collection also mentions Jefferson’s work with plant labels, crabapples, the dogwood seed exchange program, and the President Reagan Cherry Tree. Part of the collection was donated by Roland Maurice Jefferson in April 2006. Isabel S. Cunningham added to the collection with an April 2006 donation of materials which she collected to write a series of articles on Jefferson’s work as a plant explorer.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Roland Maurice Jefferson (1923-) was born in Washington, D.C. on September 3, 1923. In 1950 he obtained a bachelor's degree in botany from Howard University and started making plant labels at the United States National Arboretum (USNA) in 1956. The next year Jefferson was promoted to become the first African-American botanist at the USNA and over the next decade studied crabapples. In 1973, Jefferson started compiling historical and scientific data about the Japanese cherry trees planted in Washington, D.C.'s Potomac Park, which included taking cuttings from the surviving trees. In 1977 he published "The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C., which was later translated into Japanese. In 1978-1979 he was part of a plant expedition in Europe to study cherry and crabapple trees. In 1981, Nancy Reagan presented the President Reagan Cherry Tree to Japan, which Jefferson propagated from the 1912 cherry tree that First Lady Taft planted from Japan. From 1981-1983 he went to Japan to study, lecture, locate, evaluate, and collect cherry tree budwood from Prunus germplasm or ornamental cherry trees. He started the dogwood seed exchange program from 1982-1983, where Japanese school children collected cherry seeds in exchange for American collected dogwood seeds. In 1983 he married Keiko Ishisaki. In 1986, Jefferson led expeditions into Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to study cherry trees. He retired from the USNA in 1987, but continued to lecture on cherry trees in Japan through 1998.

Collection Number: 347

Collection Group: Plant Exploration Collections

Earliest Date: 1912

Latest Date: 2007

Bulk Dates: 1979-1989

Linear Feet: 2

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Text Available in NALDR: http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT78696066/PDF

Subjects: Plant Exploration; Plant Science; USDA History

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Artifacts: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

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.

Collection Number: 348

Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

Linear Feet: 4

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Entomology; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia

Digitization Status: None

Chester N. Husman Awards: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

Chester N. Husman Awards: Screwworm Eradication Program Records contains awards given to Chester N. Husman and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for their efforts in the screwworm eradication programs. Granting organizations include the U.S. War Department, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Mexican government.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Chester N. Husman was an engineer for the USDA and assisted on the screwworm efforts. He participated in research efforts in Florida, assisting with the rearing process and construction of buildings. At Sebring, Florida, Husman developed a system for collecting screwworm larvae which involved transporting larvae in a water tray; this decreased mortality rates and rates at which the larvae escaped their holding trays. In the 1970s he designed irradiators that were used to sterilize the screwworms, often referred to as the Husman irradiator.

Collection Number: 349

Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

Earliest Date: 1947

Latest Date: 1991

Linear Feet: 1.25

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Entomology; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia

Digitization Status: None

Abraham D. Stoesz Papers

The Abraham D. Stoesz Papers are composed of approximately 1100 35mm slides. Subjects of the slides include erosion, soil, plants, and flowers, as well as what seem to be tourism photographs from Washington D.C., New York City, and other cities and universities. Many slides are clearly labeled with the date, location, and subjects of the slide. The slides represent locations all over the United States. A second large part of the collection contains field notebooks kept by Stoesz. There are approximately 50 notebooks which include notes from conferences, meetings, field expeditions, etc. Some are clearly dated and easy to understand; others contain abbreviated notes and are undated. The notebooks date from 1952-1963, with the bulk of them relating to 1957-1961. Also included in this collection is a program from Stoesz's funeral, two photographs, and 12 35mm film rolls. All film rolls are rolled and may not be viewable without proper preservation. Eight of the rolls are stored in metal film canisters that could not be opened during the accession process.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Abraham D. Stoesz was born on April 26, 1894. He worked with the Soil Conservation Service beginning in the late 1920s and continued there until his retirement in the early 1960s. He worked in locations including Mandan, ND; Rapid City, SD; Lincoln, NE; Washington, DC; and Tanzania. He died on February 24, 1982. The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); for more information: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov

Collection Number: 350

Earliest Date: 1930

Latest Date: 1963

Bulk Dates: 1957-1961

Linear Feet: 3

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Natural Resources; Physical Sciences; Plant Science

Formats: Audiovisuals; Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Joseph Francis Charles Rock Papers

The Joseph Francis Charles Rock Papers contain a bibliofilm (microfilm photograph) of Rock's specimen notebook from 1928. Lists a specimen number followed by a description of the the specimen and the location or altitude. The actual specimens are currently at Harvard University Herbaria.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884-1962) was a plant explorer, botanist, linguist, and correspondent for National Geographic Magazine. He is famous for his work with studying the Nakhi (Naxi) language and his works on Hawaiian plants.

Collection Number: 351

Collection Group: Plant Exploration Collections

Earliest Date: 1928

Latest Date: 1928

Bulk Dates: 1928

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Plant Exploration; Plant Science; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

James A. Duke Papers

The James A. Duke Papers consist of notes, drafts of articles, published articles, reprints, statistical data, reports, and photographs. Materials document the uses of common roots, herbs, fruits, vegetables, plants, and leaves to prevent or even cure illnesses. Duke analyzes and discusses about the different types of chemical composition of the roots, herbs, fruits, vegetables, plants and leaves. He also provides details about his trips to various places including where he lived with different ethnic groups and how these groups used their surrounding forest products to create "folk" remedies or herbal medicinals. Besides studying these ethnic groups’ forest dependency, Duke writes about different everyday foods and how they can prove to be advantageous or disadvantageous to healthy living.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Dr. James A. "Jim" Duke (1929-2017) was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of North Carolina. Duke began his passion on neotropical ethnobotany at Washington University and Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1963 to 1965, he was an ecologist with the USDA for ecological and ethnobotanical studies in Panama and Columbia. During this period, Duke lived with various ethnic groups while observing their dependence on forest products. In 1971, rejoining USDA, Duke was given assignments relating to crop diversification, energy plant studies, and medicinal plants in developing countries. After 30 years with the USDA, Duke retired on September 30, 1995. There after from 1966 to 1968, Duke was a resident in Panama; while working on an encyclopedia of economic plants, he also teamed up with the National Cancer Institute to work on their AIDS and cancer screening program and their Designer Food Program. Between 1990 to 1992, Duke helps advise the National Institute of Health’s Designer Food Program. Besides continuing with his passion on neotropical ethnobotany, Duke also has a curiosity in natural foods and nutritional approaches to preventive medicine. Today, Duke has written multiple significant books and articles and he also helps advise several councils, research groups, pharmaceuticals, and he is CEO of Duke’s Herbal Vineyard Inc.

Collection Number: 352

Earliest Date: 1948

Latest Date: 1994

Linear Feet: 19

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Plant Science

Digitization Status: None

Raymond Andrew Ioanes Papers

The Raymond Andrew Ioanes Papers include correspondence and memoranda from the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), speeches given by Ioanes, and 2 photographs. Topics include 20th century history of FAS, foreign agriculture trade, the dispersal of surplus agricultural products in foreign countries, and trade relations with Russia, the European Community (EC), and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Materials relating to the Association for Diplomatic Studies' Foreign Affairs Oral History Program, for which Ioanes acted as both an interviewer and interviewee, are represented, including interviews conducted by Ioanes and two copies, one edited manuscript and one finalized, of an interview in which he is the interviewee. Foreign Affairs Oral History Program materials are housed at Georgetown University.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Raymond Andrew Ioanes (1918-2005) began working for the Foreign Agriculture Service in 1953 and served as Administrator starting in 1962 until his retirement in 1973. Ioanes was very active in world food trade and provided food relief by supplying surplus American agriculture products to other countries. Ioanes was influential on many large scale USDA food relief programs, including relief to Berlin after World War II and the implementation of the "Food for Peace Program," Public Law 480, which outlined the U.S. food relief program to Third World countries.

Collection Number: 353

Earliest Date: 1953

Latest Date: 1997

Bulk Dates: 1954-1965, 1990-1997

Linear Feet: 1.25

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Economics; Human Nutrition; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

American Seed Trade Association Photographs

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]

Collection Number: 354

Earliest Date: 1924

Latest Date: 1956

Bulk Dates: 1924-1956, n.d.

Linear Feet: 2

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Economics; Plant Science

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

International Collection: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

This collection documents screwworm eradication efforts in international programs. Countries represented in this collection include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, North Africa (including Libya), Panama, Paraguay, and the United States. Some records are organized by region, including Central America and the West Indies. Materials relating to the programs in Mexico are located in Collection 211, Southwestern United States and Mexico Collection. Due to the interconnectedness and staff overlap of many of the screwworm eradication programs, there may be international program materials in other Screwworm Eradication Program Record collections.

Collection Number: 355

Collection Group: Screwworm Eradication Program Records

Earliest Date: 1954

Latest Date: 2002

Bulk Dates: 1976-2000

Linear Feet: 4.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Entomology; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center History Collection

The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) History Collection contains several donations from the ARS Visitor Center at BARC. 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, Animal Husbandry Lab, Animal Disease Station, Poultry Unit, Horticultural Field Station, and the Civilian Conservation Corps at the USDA Experimental Farm); blueprints from the construction of BARC; lab materials (microscopes, lab glassware, measuring devices); the silver tea set used during VIP visits; a framed certificate from the United States Secret Service; and a miniature train car that was on display at the Visitor Center. In 2011, the ARS Visitor Center closed. At that time the following materials were transferred to Special Collections: ARS Visitor Center records of tours; information files on BARC history, a model of the visitor center, a framed painting of the Log Lodge by a former USDA employee (38.5" x 26.75"), a framed blueprint of The Log Lodge (February 23, 1934) by Louis De Laouranthys for Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry (26" x 21"); a drawing of the Log Lodge on onion skin paper, undated; a poster on foamcore of the Agricultural Administrators (post 2004); Agricultural Research Center blueprint, undated; and a microscope and case.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a central part of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service and is one of the world's largest agricultural research complexes. On June 6, 2000, BARC is named in honor of former Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, who was instrumental in it's expansion; under his guidance the center grew to 12,600 acres with over 40 major research buildings. USDA began relocating research to Beltsville in 1910. Major expansion during the 1930s and 1940s established its importance within the USDA's research activities.

Collection Number: 356

Earliest Date: 1934

Latest Date: 2011

Linear Feet: 29

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Plant Exploration; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs; Posters

Digitization Status: None

Sterling Brown Hendricks Papers

The Sterling Brown Hendricks Papers consists primarily of article reprints written and compiled by Hendricks, a USDA scientist and administrator from 1922-1970. Annual reports from the Mineral Nutrition Laboratory for the years 1958-1969 and reference articles are also included.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Sterling Brown Hendricks (April 13, 1902 - January 4, 1981) served within several departments of the USDA, including holding the position of Chief Scientist in the Mineral Nutrition Engineering Research Laboratory, ARS, USDA from 1943-1970. Hendricks was an accomplished chemist and mineralogist. He was awarded the ARS Science Hall of Fame posthumously in 1993 and the Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lectureship Award was established in 1982.

Collection Number: 357

Earliest Date: 1924

Latest Date: 1970

Bulk Dates: 1960-1968

Linear Feet: 4

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Natural Resources; Physical Sciences; USDA History

Formats: Reprints

Digitization Status: None

USDA Potato Research Collection

The USDA Potato Research Collection consists primarily of photographs used for research studies and documenting labs, fields, experiments, types of potatoes, equipment, and personal photographs and portraits. A wide range of locations are included: Potomac Flats in Washington, DC; Honeoye Falls, NY; the Colorado Potato Experiment Station; and various locations in Idaho, Oregon, California, Minnesota, Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. Formats are mostly black and white photograph prints, but film negatives, glass plate negatives, and glass prints are also included.

Collection Number: 358

Earliest Date: 1907

Latest Date: 1945

Bulk Dates: 1910-1938

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Plant Science; USDA History

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia; Photographs

American Biological Safety Association Collection

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

Collection Number: 359

Earliest Date: 1950

Latest Date: 2013

Bulk Dates: 1964-1998

Linear Feet: 12.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None