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Alfonso L. Herrera Manuscript

The Alfonso L. Herrera Manuscript, titled "Siliza y Vida; Importancia de la Siliza en Biologia, Medicina, Plasmogenia, Agricultura e Industria y Teorias Acerca del Origen de la Vida" (1930), is 791 numbered leaves. Translation of title page: Silica And Life; The importance of silica in biology, medicine, plasmogenia, agriculture and theories about the origin of life. Illustrated work with 115 prints and color plates. Imitation of chromosomes segmentation by calcium fluorosilicate. Infiltration of sea-water in fluorosilicate fresh water.

Collection Number: 77

Earliest Date: 1930

Latest Date: 1930

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Natural Resources

Elijah Hinman Account Book

The Elijah Hinman Account Book is a handwritten, 124 page account book containing entries on many agricultural activities including farm animals, flax, indigo, ginger, labor, lumber, molasses, nails, plows, plowing, prices (received and paid), salt, and wine.

Collection Number: 78

Earliest Date: 1769

Latest Date: 1812

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Farms and Farming Systems

Digitization Status: None

Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense (ICNND) National Surveys of Turkey and the West Indies

The Karl E. Gardner Papers on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense (ICNND) National Surveys of Turkey and the West Indies consist of correspondence, reports, field notebooks, data, news clippings, drafts, and publications related to the committee activities of the ICNND National Survey of the Turkish Armed Forces in 1957 and the West Indies Survey of 1961.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Karl E. Gardner (b. 1913) served on the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for the National Defense (ICNND) National Survey of the Turkish Armed Forces in 1957 and the West Indies Survey of 1961. The ICNND, a subdivision of the National Research Council, U.S. National Library of Medicine, conducted nutrition studies in more than 20 countries from 1956-1969.

Collection Number: 79

Earliest Date: 1956

Latest Date: 1996

Bulk Dates: 1950s-1960s

Linear Feet: 2.5

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; Human Nutrition

Digitization Status: None

Floyd Marcus Hixson Papers: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Floyd M. Hixson Papers consist of performance reports of various poultry tests conducted by several American states and Canadian provinces. Other chicken- and turkey-testing program reports cover topics of meat and egg production.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Floyd Marcus Hixon (b. 1918) was a professor of animal sciences at California State University, Fresno, from 1951-1980. Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, he earned his bachelor of science degree at Oklahoma A&M College, and his master of science and Ph.D. degrees at Kansas State University.

Collection Number: 80

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1919

Latest Date: 1982

Linear Feet: 5.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Digitization Status: None

Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers

The Ralph Edward Hodgson Papers consist of autobiographical and biographical information, writings, studies, papers, speeches, trip reports, bulletins, reprints, and publications. Of significance to those interested in Hodgson's early years is his 1970 autobiographical work titled "From the Sands of Mazomanie: A Story of a Wisconsin Farm Boy."

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Ralph Edward Hodgson (1906-1990) worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 1930-1973 and held progressively more responsible positions in professional, scientific, and administrative work in connection with dairy and animal husbandry, focusing on dairy cattle breeding, feeding, and management. His notable positions within USDA include Assistant Chief, Bureau of Dairy Industry, 1945-1953; Chief, Dairy Husbandry Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, 1953-1957, and Director, Animal Science Research Division, 1957-1973.

Collection Number: 81

Collection Group: Dairy Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1929

Latest Date: 1975

Linear Feet: 5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Animal Science; USDA History

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Robert L. Hogue Papers: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Robert L. Hogue Papers relate to Hogue’s role on the Participation Committee, U.S.A. Branch, of the World’s Poultry Science Association, which dealt with the 15th World’s Poultry Congress held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1974. Files include bulletins published during and following World War II on animal feedstuffs, publications on poultry housing and equipment, newsprint, 16-millimeter films, brochures, photographs, and negatives.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Robert L. Hogue (1913-2000) encouraged development of 4-H poultry programs; coordinated disease control and marketing programs; encouraged consumer enlightenment; and provided an organizational hub for industry, university, and governmental interests throughout the United States, as well as representing the United States at many foreign poultry activities. In 1989, Hogue was inducted into the American Poultry Historical Society's Poultry Hall of Fame.

Collection Number: 82

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1908

Latest Date: 1995

Linear Feet: 21.25

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Formats: Audiovisuals; Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Clinton C. Hollenback Papers: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Clinton C. Hollenback Papers include personal correspondence and ledger accounts of purchases and sales of hatching eggs, baby chicks, and farm equipment. There are brochures, invoices, receipts, and price lists, along with detailed egg-production and incubation records of individual pedigree chickens and numerous American Poultry Association prize ribbons awarded to Hollenback’s entries in the 1919 Mukwonago, Wisconsin, Poultry Show.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Clinton C. Hollenback of Columbus, Ohio, was a poultry breeder, exhibitor, and merchandiser of poultry and agricultural products.

Collection Number: 83

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1911

Latest Date: 1920

Linear Feet: 1.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Digitization Status: None

William Brandemuhl Manuscript

The William Brandemuhl Manuscript is a typed, loose-leaf manuscript of Brandemuhl’s report "Soybean Utilization in Japan." The 478-page report details Brandemuhl’s extensive field research in Japan during the early 1960s and covers topics such as soybean supply, production, history, and utilization. Brandemuhl completed the manuscript in 1965 and his wife, Tomoko, published it posthumously in 2004. A copy of the published work is housed in the National Agricultural Library's general collection.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

William Victor Brandemuhl (1940-1998) graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1963 with a degree in economics. While in school, he also studied Japanese language and anthropology, which led to his strong interest in the history of soybeans. Upon his graduation, he received a scholarship from Honey Mead Products Company of Mankato, Minnesota to study soybean utilization in Japan, becoming one of the first Americans to do so. He conducted his research at Kyoto University Department of Agricultural Economics.

Collection Number: 84

Earliest Date: 1965

Latest Date: 2004

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Economics; Plant Science

Paul E. Howe Papers

The Paul E. Howe Papers include Howe's publications and a 1959 Work Project Annual Report for the Animal Husbandry Research Division, Dairy Cattle Research Branch of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Paul E. Howe (1885-1974) started working at the USDA in 1923 as a biological chemist in the Bureau of Animal Industry. In 1936 he became an Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry and Chief of the Division of Animal Nutrition, which conducted research in animal nutrition and the biochemical study of animal products. During World War II he was Head of the Division of Foods and Nutrition of the Surgeon General’s office. After the war, he worked on the nutritional needs of the civilian populations of Germany and Japan. As his career progressed, Howe also served as a consulting biochemist within USDA and, in 1952, went on detail to the Foreign Agricultural Relations Technical Collaboration Branch for approximately five months. He retired in 1955. Howe wrote extensively on topics such as the effects of fasting on humans and animals, animal nutrition, and the biochemistry of animal products.

Collection Number: 85

Collection Group: Dairy Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1907

Latest Date: 1973

Linear Feet: 2

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Animal Science

Digitization Status: None

Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records consist of five bound volumes listing poultry judging team members and coaches, and the names of the institutions that sponsored the teams. Also included are pictures of the winning team members and coaches.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

The Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest was open to undergraduate students enrolled in participating colleges. Contestants formed teams to judge poultry in areas such as production judging, breed selection, and market products judging.

Collection Number: 86

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1920

Latest Date: 1965

Linear Feet: 2.25

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Formats: Photographs

Digitization Status: None

Harry Vaughn Harlan Manuscript and Book

The Harry Vaughn Harlan Manuscript and Book collection contains the original manuscript for Harlan’s memoir, "One Man’s Life with Barley: The Memories and Observations of Harry V. Harlan," along with a first edition copy of the published book. The memoir spans the period from about 1910 to 1944, and was published posthumously in 1957. It details Harlan’s education; his early days in the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering; experiences with barley breeding, international travel and plant exploration; and discoveries at American agricultural experiment stations.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Harry Vaughn Harlan (1882-1944) graduated from Kansas State College in 1904. He worked in Manila, Philippines from 1905 to 1908. After two years of graduate school at Kansas State, he joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture and worked for plant introduction scientists David Fairchild and Mark Carleton. Even though he had no prior experience with barley, he accepted an assignment in barley research. Harlan headed barley investigations for the USDA’s Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering from 1910 until his death in 1944. His work took him around the world as he carried out plant exploration and searched for new varieties of barley. Most notably, he traveled to Peru (1913-1914), Central and Eastern Europe (1919), Northern Africa (1923-1924), and India (1923).

Collection Number: 87

Collection Group: Plant Exploration Collections

Earliest Date: 1910

Latest Date: 1957

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Plant Exploration; Plant Science

Digitization Status: None

Jules Janick and James N. Moore Manuscripts

The Jules Janick and James N. Moore Manuscripts consist of the authors' manuscripts and correspondence. Janick and Moore determined a need for updating the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 1937 Yearbook of Agriculture (Better Plants and Animals). They served as editors for Advances in Fruit Breeding, published in 1975 by Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana, and considered the monograph a standard reference for fruit breeding throughout the world. Each chapter was written by a world-recognized authority, and the book includes all major fruits and nuts, temperate as well as tropical. The manuscript materials include the authors’ manuscripts and correspondence between the individual chapter authors and editors. Janick and Moore also edited a companion volume to Advances in Fruit Breeding, the monograph Methods in Fruit Breeding, published in 1983 by Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana. The editors provided updates to the literature and information on new advances in plant science. The manuscript materials include correspondence and rough drafts for the book.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Jules Janick (b. 1931) was a professor of horticulture at Purdue University, and James N. Moore (b. 1931) was a professor of horticulture and forestry at the University of Arkansas.

Collection Number: 88

Earliest Date: 1971

Latest Date: 1983

Linear Feet: 6.75

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: USDA History

Digitization Status: None

Thomas Jefferson Correspondence

The Thomas Jefferson Correspondence collection consists of eleven letters to Jefferson, from Jefferson, and about Jefferson (1786-1819) and a set of four letters (1915) between W. K. Bixby and Secretary of Agriculture D. F. Houston, regarding Jefferson letters that Bixby had found and sent to Houston. Houston later placed the Jefferson letters in the Department of Agriculture Library. The Jefferson letters contain information on agricultural topics. For example, subjects include nursery stock purchased by Jefferson, a request to Jefferson for an appointment to a federal agricultural office, letters from Jefferson transferring "millet seed" and "succory seed" to various acquaintances in the United States and Canada, and a letter to Jefferson from "Lord Sheffield" of the Board of Agriculture in London, England, commenting on Jefferson’s invention of a "mould board" for use in farming.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), one of the founders of the United States, was born into a family of high social standing in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson, was an agriculturalist who had a 1,900-acre plantation, on which he primarily grew tobacco and wheat. Thomas inherited the entire family estate upon his father’s death in 1757. He attended the College of William and Mary, and also studied law under George Wythe. Jefferson was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767. Jefferson was best known for his career in public service, which began when he became a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769. Other major positions Jefferson held in public office include delegate to the Second Continental Congress; governor of Virginia; foreign minister to France; Secretary of State; Vice President of the United States; and President of the United States. Jefferson’s greatest accomplishments as President were the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition, both of which allowing the country to handle future expansion and development. Despite a long career in public service, Jefferson never lost his strong interest in agriculture. He had begun his career as an agriculturalist at the age of 21, when he was legally able to take over his father’s estate. As a statesman, he represented himself as a farmer. In addition to his inheritance, Jefferson owned over 5,000 acres in Albemarle County that he maintained as a plantation. The home farm within this plantation was Monticello, which was atop a mountain. After the end of his second term as President in 1809, Jefferson retired to Monticello. In his retirement, Jefferson advised Presidents Madison and Monroe, and also helped found and design the University of Virginia.

Collection Number: 89

Earliest Date: 1786

Latest Date: 1993

Linear Feet: 2.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

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

Digitization Status: Portion of collection digitized

William Ashby Jump Papers

The William Ashby Jump Papers consist primarily of correspondence, budgetary data, and reports relating directly to his work and professional interests. It also includes 27 volumes of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Budgetary Material, 1946-1952, housed with the rare books.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

William Ashby Jump (1891-1949) began his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1907 as a messenger boy for the Bureau of Animal Industry and progressed through various administrative positions within the Bureau of Markets and the Division of Publications. He soon became the chief administrative officer to the Secretary of Agriculture (1921-1924), the Assistant Director of the office of Personnel and Business Administration and Budget Officer for the Department (1925-1934), and the Director of Finance in the Office of Budget and Finance (1934-1949.) Jump was recognized as an outstanding authority on budgetary and financial administration. His early realization that budgeting was a basic part of program development and operation did much to make the concept of budgeting the vital management force that it is today.

Collection Number: 90

Earliest Date: 1938

Latest Date: 1949

Linear Feet: 6

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Economics; Human Nutrition; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

Charles Edwin Kellogg Papers

The Charles Edwin Kellogg Papers contain scripts of Kellogg's speeches, articles, reviews, reprints, correspondence, field notes, journals, slides, photographs, soil maps, and publications relating to soil science and agriculture. Publications include many of the rare works of soil science pioneers such as Glinka, Ruffin, Evelyn, Young, and Marbut.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Charles Edwin Kellogg (1902-1980) began his career at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1934 as a soil technologist on the National Cooperative Soil Survey and was appointed Chief of the Soil Survey Division of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils in 1935. His department became a part of the Bureau of Plant Industry in 1939. A prolific writer, Kellogg played a major part in outlining and writing Soils and Man, the USDA's Yearbook of Agriculture for 1938, and wrote the first edition of the Soil Survey Manual in 1939, which was subsequently adopted by soil survey organizations throughout the world. He advised international organizations and national research and agricultural agencies in this and other countries, helping to organize research and promote improved farming systems for efficient production, soil conservation, and high standards of rural living. While traveling to other countries to learn farming methods and to assist in agricultural development programs, Kellogg wrote field notes and took photographs of his soil surveys and of other experiences of the trips. At the time of his retirement in 1971, Kellogg was the Deputy Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service.

Collection Number: 91

Earliest Date: 1929

Latest Date: 1975

Bulk Dates: 1947-71

Linear Feet: 307

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; Natural Resources; Physical Sciences

Formats: Maps; Photographs

Digitization Status: Portion of collection digitized

USDA Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Records

The USDA Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Records consist of letters, memoranda, correspondence, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and publications. These records were donated by Howard W. Kerr, Director.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Howard W. Kerr (b. 1932) was Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office for Small-Scale Agriculture. In 1984, Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block assigned a team of USDA policy and technical experts to produce ways for the federal government to assist small-scale farms, and Kerr was named to oversee the new effort. In 1986, Kerr was named Director of the newly-created Office for Small-Scale Agriculture which, in 1987, became part of the Cooperative State Research Service.

Collection Number: 92

Earliest Date: 1982

Latest Date: 1994

Linear Feet: 13

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Farms and Farming Systems; USDA History

Kimber Poultry Breeding Farms Records: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Kimber Poultry Breeding Farms Records contain 1926-1927 pedigrees of individual records attained by chickens in breeding pens; a catalog describing all factors in Kimber Farms’ efforts to produce a more profitable White Leghorn chicken; newsletters; and a photograph.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

This is Walter F. Hughes’s collection of materials pertaining to Kimber Poultry Breeding Farms.

Collection Number: 93

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1926

Latest Date: 1965

Linear Feet: 1.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Digitization Status: None

Henry Granger Knight Diary

The Henry Granger Knight Diary is two volumes and contains detailed daily entries of Knight's work activities for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Henry Granger Knight (1878-1942), a chemist, was Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils from 1927-1939 and then of the Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering from 1939-1942.

Collection Number: 94

Earliest Date: 1929

Latest Date: 1942

Linear Feet: 0.75

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Physical Sciences; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

Land Ladies' Club Records

The Land Ladies' Club Records contain archives of the Land Ladies’ Club consisting of membership lists, financial documents, charitable activities records, and other records associated with the various activities of the club.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

The Land Ladies' Club was founded in 1930 as an active organization of women whose husbands were professionals in the Farm Economics Research Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Collection Number: 95

Earliest Date: 1936

Latest Date: 1990

Linear Feet: 2.75

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Economics; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

Charles Ford Langworthy Papers

The Charles Ford Langworthy Papers contain miscellaneous publications and notes on food and nutrition with a subject index.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Charles Ford Langworthy (1864-1932) was Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Home Economics, predecessor of the Bureau of Home Economics.

Collection Number: 96

Earliest Date: 1904

Latest Date: 1919

Linear Feet: 6

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Human Nutrition

Digitization Status: None

Rupert Coles Papers: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Rupert Coles Papers consist of Christmas cards created from Coles's original artwork.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

Rupert Coles was the Chief Poultry Advisory Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in Great Britain (dates unknown). Coles served as the President of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) circa 1956-1957 (the best estimate is that he served from 1954-1958, corresponding to the period of time between the World Poultry Congresses, which took place every four years). He was the acting secretary-treasurer of the WPSA from 1968-1970 and became secretary in 1970. He held that position until at least 1982. Coles wrote a book entitled: Development of the Poultry Industry in England and Wales 1945-1959. [Poultry World Limited, London, 1960] Coles had a B.A., M.S. in economics, M.S. In Agriculture, and Ph.D.

Collection Number: 97

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1977

Latest Date: 1997

Linear Feet: 1

Processed: No, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia

Digitization Status: None

William Gates LeDuc Manuscript

The William Gates LeDuc Manuscript is an autobiography [ca. 1909] of LeDuc, the fifth U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture. This manuscript, "Recollection of a Quartermaster; Autobiography of General William Gates LeDuc," was copied in 1927 from the original owned by LeDuc's brother Henry. It includes one original letter written by LeDuc on April 8, 1892. Subjects include a family history, details on LeDuc's travels and business dealings, an account of LeDuc's role as quartermaster in the Civil War, incidents during his term of office as commissioner of agriculture, and information about farm life and society in general during the 19th century.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

William Gates LeDuc (1823-1917) was born and raised in Ohio, and was a graduate of Kenyon College. After graduation, Le Duc went into the book trade, then settled in Minnesota where he started the manufacture and marketing of flour from Minnesota spring wheat. He volunteered for service in the Civil War, served as quartermaster in the army, and was discharged with the brevet rank of brigadier general. After several unsuccessful business ventures, LeDuc turned to farming. He became Commissioner of Agriculture on July 1, 1877, and served until June 30, 1881. Afterward, he was appointed as a receiver of the National Bank in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As Commissioner, LeDuc desired to make the United States as self-sufficient as possible. He believed that sugar and tea should be produced in the United States instead of imported from other countries. Research was done on improving the yield of sugar from cane and obtaining sugar from beets, corn, sorghum, and other products. He established an experimental tea farm at Summerville, South Carolina. Because of the spread of disease through animals, he established the Division of Veterinary Science to deal with disease prevention. He organized a Division of Forestry headed by Franklin B. Hough.

Collection Number: 98

Earliest Date: 1890

Latest Date: 1927

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Economics; Farms and Farming Systems

Digitization Status: None

William Allison Lloyd Papers

The William Allison Lloyd Papers consist of over 60 items contained in three volumes. They include papers and addresses relating to agricultural extension written between 1913 and 1945. The collection covers the pre-Smith-Lever extension work in the northern and western states. Lloyd addressed the organization of cooperative extension services under the Smith-Lever Act, the development of county agent work in the northern and western states, and the development of the County Farm Bureau as an extension agency. He also discusses the New Deal’s national agricultural policies and the Extension Service. Biographical information and a subject index to Lloyd’s public papers are included at end of the third volume. A fourth volume containing the proceedings of the Western States Regional Extension Conference held on August 5-8, 1946 includes a section of remarks from a memorial service for William A. Lloyd held in conjunction with the conference.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

William Allison Lloyd (1870-1946) was born in Morrow County, Ohio on September 9, 1870. He graduated from the National Northern University in Lebanon, Ohio. He later earned a law degree from that university. After practicing law in Texas, he returned to Ohio and settled in Meigs County. As a farmer, he took a leading part in revitalizing the Grange movement in Ohio. Lloyd was hired by the USDA Office of Farm Management (later the Office of Cooperative Extension Work) in 1913 to supervise the work of county agents in more than 30 midwestern and western states. He pioneered programs in farm leadership at the local level, and developed plans for state and county bureaus to conduct extension work. Lloyd was known for his contributions of scientific applications to practical farming.

Collection Number: 99

Earliest Date: 1913

Latest Date: 1946

Linear Feet: 0.5

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Economics; Farms and Farming Systems; USDA History

Digitization Status: None

William Logan Diary

The William Logan Diary is titled: Memoranda in Husbandry on My Own Plantation. It contains details of day-to-day management of crop and livestock production on a large colonial estate. It includes entries on barley, cattle, corn, horses, manure, plowing, wheat, and wine made by Logan on his plantation near Germantown, Pennsylvania. It also contains tidbits of advice about various agricultural and rural-life matters, such as treatment for a horse's sore back, how to get bees to increase, and treatment for the bite of a mad dog.

Historical or Biographical Sketch

William Logan (1717-1776) inherited the plantation, Stenton, in 1751 from his father, James Logan. The Logans were a notable and prosperous family of colonial Pennsylvania. James Logan served as William Penn's secretary, and acting governor of the colony. William also served in positions of responsibility in the colony, and was an enthusiastic agriculturalist.

Collection Number: 100

Earliest Date: 1748

Latest Date: 1756

Linear Feet: 0.25

Processed: Yes, contact Special Collections.

Subjects: Agricultural History; Farms and Farming Systems

Digitization Status: None

Alfred Martin Lucas Papers: American Poultry Historical Society Papers

The Alfred Martin Lucas (b. 1900) Papers contain original artwork, color swatches, galley proofs, and other materials related to the Atlas of Avian Hematology, 1961. Collection contains detailed notes on avian anatomy, unidentified printers’ plates, three German language publications, a list of poultry theses presented for advanced degrees in the United States between 1896 and 1950, and a copy of the proceedings from Avian Leukosis Conference of 1962.

Collection Number: 101

Collection Group: Poultry Science Collections

Earliest Date: 1866

Latest Date: 1962

Linear Feet: 27

Processed: Yes, view the finding aid online.

Subjects: Agricultural Organizations; Poultry

Formats: Agricultural Art and Memorabilia

Digitization Status: None