MS 195
Hood, Charles M.
Papers, 1948-1988, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary

creator:

Hood, Charles M.

title:

Papers

dates:

1948-1988, n.d.

extent:

0.84 linear ft.  (2 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 195

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Charles M. Hood Papers, MS 195, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note
 

Charles M. Hood was born 17 April 1907.  He attended Creston (Iowa) High School and Creston Junior College prior to enrolling in Iowa State College (University).  He received his B.S. (1931) in Farm Crops and Soils from Iowa State.  He spent the early part of his career with the Soil Conservation Service in Iowa.  Hood later settled in Columbia, Missouri. 

Hood died 29 January 1994.

 

Collection description
 

This collection (1948-1988, n.d.) contains slides relating to soil conservation practices, an audiotape "50 Years Ago in Soil and Water Conservation" which accompanies some of the slides, and an audiotape of Hood's reminiscences about the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at which he worked.  Also included is a Soil Conservation Service handbook on erosion control.

Additional Charles M. Hood papers are held by the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie (collection # 9756).

 

Organization

The collection is listed alphabetically.

 

 Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
2 12 "50 Years Ago in Soil and Water Conservation," July 10, 1984 (1 audiocassette) 1984
2 11 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reminiscences (1 audiocassette) ca. 1988
2 13 Handbook: "Coordinated Plan of Soil Erosion Control for E.C.W." (33- 4x6" b/w photographs) n.d.
1 1 Photographs: Senegal (includes photograph of Hood) (2- 3.5x5.25" b/w photographs) 1969
1 3 Slides: Chart - Pasture Improvements (11 color slides) n.d.
1 2 Slides: Charts (3 b/w and 17 color slides) n.d.
1 4 Slides: Crops and Cropland (2 b/w and 11 color slides) n.d.
1 6 Slides: Erosion - Gully Erosion (1 b/w and 17 color slides) n.d.
1 7 Slides: Erosion - Highway Erosion (12 color slides) n.d.
1 5 Slides: Erosion - Silting, Wind, and Water (18 color slides) n.d.
1 8 Slides: Field Day at Clearfield, September 15 (12 color slides) 1948
1 9 Slides: Floods (1 b/w and 16 color slides) n.d.
1 10 Slides: Grass Silage (46 color slides) 1950, n.d.
1 11 Slides: Land Use (includes strip cropping) (11 color slides) n.d.
1 12 Slides: Livestock (11 color slides) 1950, n.d.
2 10 Slides: Miscellaneous - Farm Scenes, Equipment, and RAD Meeting (Van Buren Co., June 21, 1965) (4 b/w and 8 color slides) 1965, n.d.
1 13 Slides: Pasture Land and Pasture Improvement (14 color slides) n.d.
1 14 Slides: Plants - Brome Grass (15 color slides) n.d.
1 15 Slides: Plants - Reed Canary Grass (13 color slides) n.d.
1 16 Slides: Plants - Trefoil (23 color slides) n.d.
2 1 Slides: Poor Conservation Practices (18 color slides) n.d.
2 2 Slides: Soil Treatment (4 color slides) 1948, n.d.
2 3 Slides: Soil Types (2 b/w and 11 color slides) n.d.
2 4 Slides: Terracing (9 color slides) n.d.
2 4a Slides: Terracing with Plows (12 color slides) n.d.
2 5 Slides: Trees (1 b/w and 4 color slides) n.d.
2 6 Slides: Vegetation (13 color slides) n.d.
2 7 Slides: Water (1 b/w and 15 color slides) n.d.
2 8 Slides: Wildlife (4 color slides) n.d.
2 9 Slides: Wisconsin Farm (10 color slides) n.d.

 
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