Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Scott, Roy
Vernon (1927- ) |
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title:
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Papers
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dates:
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1846-1977, n.d.
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extent:
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5.88 linear ft.
(14 document boxes) |
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collection number:
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MS 361
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Roy Vernon Scott Papers, MS 361, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Biographical
note
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Roy Vernon Scott was born 26
December 1927 in Wrights, Illinois; his parents were Roy J. and Edna
(Dodson) Scott. He served in the U.S. Air Force (1946-1948) prior
to attending college, and he achieved the rank of Sergeant. He
received the B.S. (1952) from Iowa State College (University) and
the M.A. (1953) and Ph.D. (1957) from University of Illinois.
Scott was Assistant
Professor (1957-1958) at University of Southwestern Louisiana and
Assistant Professor at University of Missouri (1959-1960). Most of
his career was spent as a member of the Department of History at
Mississippi State University (MSU). At MSU he was Assistant
Professor (1960-1962), Associate Professor (1962-1964), and
Professor (1964-1978) prior to being named William L. Giles
Distinguished Professor of History (1978-1998). He is currently
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History (1998-present) at MSU.
He has also been a research associate (1958-1959 and 1963-1964) with
the Business History Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Scott's fields of
specialization include early and modern United States history,
American economic development, and historiography and historical
method. He is the author of numerous articles and books. His books
include The Reluctant Farmer: The Rise of Agricultural Extension
to 1914 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971),
Railroad Development Programs in the Twentieth Century (Ames:
Iowa State University Press, 1985), Wal-Mart: A History of Sam
Walton's Retail Phenomenon (co-author with Sandra S. Vance) (New
York: Twayne Publishers, 1994), and From Prairie Farmer to
Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture
(co-author with Dennis S. Nordin) (Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 2005).
Scott married
Jane A. Brayford in 1959. They have three children: John D.,
Elizabeth M., and Sarah Ann. |
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Collection description
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The collection
(1846-1977, n.d.) contains research materials on agricultural
extension and on railroad development programs and traffic
generation. These materials were used by Scott in writing The
Reluctant Farmer: The Rise of Agricultural Extension to 1914
(call no. S545 .S26 ) and Railroad Development Programs in the
Twentieth Century (call no. HE2751 .S345 1985). The materials
include photocopies, citations, and handwritten and typewritten
notes on subjects such as demonstration farms, extension work, land
grant colleges, agricultural and industrial development, railroad
land companies, and soil conservation. |
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Organization
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The collection is
organized in two series:
Series 1, Agricultural Extension, 1846-1977, n.d. (alphabetical)
Series 2, Railroad Traffic Generation, 1871-1974, n.d. (alphabetical) |
Description
of series
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Series 1 |
Agricultural Extension |
1846-1977, n.d. |
| extent: |
2.2
linear ft. |
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description: |
This series contains citations, notes, and
photocopies from newspapers, journal articles, and books related to
the development of agricultural extension. |
Container list
| Box
|
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
| 1 |
1 |
Agriculture of Discontent |
1895-1955, n.d. |
| 1 |
2 |
Agricultural Education Early Efforts |
1846-1902 |
| 1 |
3 |
Aid to
Institutes |
1873-1964, n.d. |
| 1 |
4 |
American
Association of Farm Institute Workers |
1895-1915, n.d. |
| 1 |
5 |
Association of America Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Policy |
1894-1914 |
| 1 |
6 |
Background Chapters |
1911-1951 |
| 1 |
7 |
Banks |
1910-1953 |
| 1 |
8 |
Broome
County |
1910-1948 |
| 1 |
9 |
Buck,
Colon J. The Granger Movement: a Study of Agricultural
Organization and its Political, Economic, and Social Manifestations,
1870-1880 (photocopied pages) |
1913 |
| 1 |
10 |
Bulletin
Distribution |
1889-1911 |
| 1 |
11 |
Changing
Attitudes Toward Agricultural Education |
1889-1955, n.d. |
| 1 |
12 |
Colleges |
n.d. |
| 1 |
13 |
County
Agent Work in the North |
1849-1940, n.d. |
| 1 |
14 |
Demonstration Farms |
1897-1917, n.d. |
| 1 |
15-16 |
Demonstration Work |
1901-1964, n.d. |
| 1 |
17 |
Demonstration Work African Americans |
1900-1962, n.d. |
| 1 |
18 |
Demonstration Work Changes in Procedure After Early 1906 |
1912,
1962, n.d. |
| 1 |
19 |
Demonstration Work Local and State Aid |
1906-1962, n.d. |
| 1 |
20 |
Demonstration Work by Colleges |
1881-1962 |
| 1 |
21 |
Dickman,
Howard L. "James Jerome Hill and the Agricultural Development of the
Northwest." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan (notes on
dissertation) |
1977 |
| 1 |
22 |
Early
Agents in East |
1911-1914 |
| 1 |
23 |
Early
Agents in West |
1902-1914 |
| 1 |
24 |
Early
Attempts of Colleges |
1868-1942, n.d. |
| 1 |
25 |
Early
Calls for Extension |
1851-1962, n.d. |
| 1 |
26 |
Early
Ideas of Putting a Man in the Field in the North |
1908-1962 |
| 1 |
27 |
Early
Problems of the Colleges |
1862-1963, n.d. |
| 1 |
28 |
Establishment of Experiment Stations |
1878-1961, n.d. |
| 1 |
29 |
Excursions to Colleges |
1911,
1942 |
| 1 |
30 |
Experiment Station Record |
n.d. |
| 1 |
31 |
Extension Departments Establishment |
1889-1961, n.d. |
| 2 |
1 |
Extension Work General Statements |
1902,1905 |
| 2 |
2-3 |
Extension Work Other Forms |
1892-1963, n.d. |
| 2 |
4 |
Extension Work Public Schools |
1906-1912, n.d. |
| 2 |
5 |
Extent
of Extension Years Just Before 1914 |
1910-1963 |
| 2 |
6 |
Fairs |
1846-1961, n.d. |
| 2 |
7 |
Farm
Implement Companies |
1899-1946, n.d. |
| 2 |
8 |
Farm
Papers |
1868-1964, n.d. |
| 2 |
9 |
Farm
Periodicals |
1861-1957, n.d. |
| 2 |
10 |
Farmers'
View of Education |
1900,
1960 |
| 2 |
11 |
Fertilizer Companies |
1910-1914 |
| 2 |
12 |
First
Agriculture Schools |
1846-1934, n.d. |
| 2 |
13 |
First
Chapter |
1858-1960, n.d. |
| 2 |
14 |
General
Views on Education for Farmer |
1865-1913 |
| 2 |
15 |
Grange
Educational Activities Effect on Reading Habits of Farmers |
1887,
1891, n.d. |
| 2 |
16-17 |
Grange
Educational Activities How Farmers Can Help Themselves |
1846-1968, n.d. |
| 2 |
18 |
Hicks,
John Donald, The Populist Revolt. Lincoln: University of
Nebraska Press, 1961. Chapter Five, "Alliance Activities"
(photocopied pages) |
1961 |
| 2 |
19 |
Holden,
Perry G. (notes about) |
1900-1963 |
| 2 |
20 |
Individuals |
1934-1964, n.d. |
| 3 |
1-2 |
Institutes |
1870-1957 |
| 3 |
3 |
Institutes Attendance |
1888-1915, n.d. |
| 3 |
4 |
Institutes Decline |
1881-1951 |
| 3 |
5 |
Institutes Demonstration Materials |
1889-1904, n.d. |
| 3 |
6 |
Institutes Follow Up |
1912 |
| 3 |
7 |
Institutes Form of Organization |
1909-1914 |
| 3 |
8 |
Institutes Innovations |
1900-1913, n.d. |
| 3 |
9 |
Institutes Miscellaneous |
1880-1963, n.d. |
| 3 |
10 |
Institutes Modifications |
1877-1897 |
| 3 |
11 |
Institutes Number Held per Year |
1887-1913, n.d. |
| 3 |
12 |
Institutes Operation |
1873-1948, n.d. |
| 3 |
13 |
Institutes Origins |
1891-1955, n.d. |
| 3 |
14 |
Institutes Relationship with Agricultural Colleges |
1903-1953, n.d. |
| 3 |
15 |
Institutes Relationship with Other Agencies |
1889-1912 |
| 3 |
16 |
Institutes Role of USDA |
1889-1928, n.d. |
| 3 |
17 |
Institutes Roundup or Normal |
1900-1914, n.d. |
| 3 |
18 |
Institutes Special |
1899-1953, n.d. |
| 3 |
19 |
Institutes Status in 1900 |
1884-1903, n.d. |
| 3 |
20 |
Institutes Values |
1887-1925, n.d. |
| 3 |
21 |
Institutes Weaknesses |
1889-1955, n.d. |
| 3 |
22 |
Institutes Women |
1880-1914 |
| 3 |
23 |
Institutes Young People |
1910-1961, n.d. |
| 4 |
1 |
Institutes Alabama |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
2 |
Institutes Arizona |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
3 |
Institutes Arkansas |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
4 |
Institutes California |
1892-1930, n.d. |
| 4 |
5 |
Institutes Colorado |
1900-1964, n.d. |
| 4 |
6 |
Institutes Georgia |
1900,
1956, n.d. |
| 4 |
7 |
Institutes Florida |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
8 |
Institutes Idaho |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
9 |
Institutes Kentucky |
n.d. |
| 4 |
10 |
Institutes Maryland |
n.d. |
| 4 |
11 |
Institutes Mississippi |
1884-1953 |
| 4 |
12 |
Institutes Montana |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
13 |
Institutes Nevada |
n.d. |
| 4 |
14 |
Institutes New England |
1873-1945, n.d. |
| 4 |
15 |
Institutes New Jersey |
1901,
n.d. |
| 4 |
16 |
Institutes New Mexico |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
17 |
Institutes New York |
1887-1963, n.d. |
| 4 |
18 |
Institutes North Carolina |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
19 |
Institutes Oklahoma |
1900 |
| 4 |
20 |
Institutes Oregon |
1898-1900, n.d. |
| 4 |
21 |
Institutes Pennsylvania |
1896-1955, n.d. |
| 4 |
22 |
Institutes South Carolina |
1900,
n.d. |
| 4 |
23 |
Institutes Southern States |
1902,
n.d. |
| 4 |
24 |
Institutes Tennessee |
1899-1900, n.d. |
| 4 |
25 |
Institutes Texas |
1890-1893, n.d. |
| 4 |
26 |
Institutes Utah |
1897-1938, n.d. |
| 4 |
27 |
Institutes Washington |
1892-1964, n.d. |
| 4 |
28 |
Institutes West Virginia |
1937,
n.d. |
| 4 |
29 |
Institutes Wyoming |
n.d. |
| 4 |
30 |
Jordan,
S. M. (notes about) |
1912-1941, n.d. |
| 4 |
31 |
Knapps
(Seaman A.) Demonstration Work in South |
1905-1969, n.d. |
| 4 |
32 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Extent of the Work (1904) and Expansion (1905) |
1904-1949, n.d. |
| 4 |
33 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Ideas |
1904-1949, n.d. |
| 4 |
34 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Objectives |
1907-1910, n.d. |
| 4 |
35 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Reactions to Work |
1905-1962, n.d. |
| 4 |
36 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Relations with the Bureau of Entomology |
1903-1910 |
| 4 |
37 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. Shortage of Finds, 1905 |
1904-1906 |
| 4 |
38 |
Knapp,
Seaman A. What He Tried to Teach the First Years |
1905-1938, n.d. |
| 4 |
39 |
Lack of
Students |
1875-1904 |
| 4 |
40 |
Land
Grant Colleges |
1887,
n.d. |
| 4 |
41-43 |
Land
Grants in Mississippi |
1832-1971 |
| 4 |
44 |
Later
Groups |
1877-1941, n.d. |
| 5 |
1 |
Legislation |
1910-1955 |
| 5 |
2 |
Michigan
Experiment |
1875-1922, n.d. |
| 5 |
3 |
Miscellaneous Businesses |
1906-1963 |
| 5 |
4 |
Mississippi |
1902-1905 |
| 5 |
5 |
Missouri
Map |
1885 |
| 5 |
6 |
Morrill
Act |
1895-1924, n.d. |
| 5 |
7 |
Morrill
Act Establishment of Colleges |
1863-1916, n.d. |
| 5 |
8 |
National
Soil Fertility League |
1911-1953 |
| 5 |
9 |
Need for
Federal Money but Fear of the Federal Domination |
1907-1916 |
| 5 |
10 |
Nixon
Act Extension Work at Cornell |
1894-1914 |
| 5 |
11 |
Reading
and Correspondence Courses |
1892-1955 |
| 5 |
12 |
Relations between Colleges and Commercial Interests |
1913,
1915, n.d. |
| 5 |
13 |
Ross (A.
B.), in Bedford County, Pa. |
1909-1955 |
| 5 |
14 |
Short
Courses |
1898-1912 |
| 5 |
15 |
Short
Courses Campus |
1890-1913 |
| 5 |
16 |
Short
Courses Moveable |
1892-1957 |
| 5 |
17 |
Smith
Lever Act |
1940 |
| 5 |
18 |
Smith
Lever Chapter |
1851-1956 |
| 5 |
19 |
Societies |
n.d. |
| 5 |
20 |
Special
Problems in the South |
1892-1909 |
| 5 |
21 |
Spillmans (W. J.) Work in the North |
1901-1931 |
| 5 |
22 |
State
Agencies for Agriculture |
1887-1963, n.d. |
| 6 |
1 |
State
Boards of Agriculture |
1873-1955 |
| 6 |
2 |
State
Boards Take Up the Work |
1873-1934, n.d. |
| 6 |
3 |
Support
for Education General |
1900-1935, n.d. |
| 6 |
4 |
Support
for Home Study (Reading Courses) |
1873-1937, n.d. |
| 6 |
5 |
USDA
Cooperative Demonstration Work in Dairying |
1907-1915, n.d. |
| 6 |
6 |
Used
Notes (Grange, other farm organizations, and other topics) |
1872-1955, n.d. |
| 6 |
7 |
Weaknesses of These Efforts |
1913,
1933 |
| 6 |
8 |
Work
with African Americans |
1904-1961, n.d. |
Description of series
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Series 2 |
Railroad Traffic Generation |
1871-1974, n.d. |
| extent: |
3.68
linear ft. |
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|
description: |
This series contains citations, notes, and
photocopies from newspapers, journal articles, and books related to
railroad development programs to encourage economic development and
increase rail traffic. |
Container List
| 6 |
9 |
Advertising |
1926-1964 |
| 6 |
10 |
Aerial
Surveys |
1944-1972 |
| 6 |
11-12 |
Agricultural and Industrial Development Departments |
1905-1960 |
| 6 |
13 |
Agricultural and Industrial Development Departments By Railroad |
1911-1970 |
| 6 |
14 |
Agricultural Credit Corporation |
1925-1932 |
| 6 |
15-20 |
Agricultural Development |
1903-1974, n.d. |
| 7 |
1 |
Agricultural Development 1930s and Later |
1931-1970 |
| 7 |
2 |
Agricultural Development and Women |
1928 |
| 7 |
3 |
Agricultural Labor |
1923,
n.d. |
| 7 |
4 |
Agricultural Surveys |
1920-1958 |
| 7 |
5 |
Agriculture Agents |
1936-1965 |
| 7 |
6 |
Aid to
Agricultural Youth |
1922-1958 |
| 7 |
7-9 |
Aid to
Agriculture |
1871-1959 |
| 7 |
10 |
Aid to
Agriculture Distribution of Purebred Series |
1920-1950 |
| 7 |
11 |
Aid to
Agriculture Helping Farmers Get Stock |
1924-1929 |
| 7 |
12-16 |
Aid to
Agriculture Institutes |
1875-1951 |
| 7 |
17 |
Aid to
Agriculture Promoting Livestock and Dairying |
1921-1959 |
| 7 |
18 |
American
Railway Development Association Memberships |
1938-1971 |
| 8 |
1 |
American
Railway Development Association and Regional Groups History |
1900-1962 |
| 8 |
2 |
Awards
to Farmers |
1912-1942 |
| 8 |
3-5 |
Colonization |
1901-1959 |
| 8 |
6 |
Colonization Advertising |
1920-1958 |
| 8 |
7 |
Colonization Before 1920 |
1901-1917 |
| 8 |
8-10 |
Colonization Early |
1901-1957 |
| 8 |
11 |
Colonization, Early Results |
1901-1917 |
| 8 |
12 |
Colonization |
1920-1926 |
| 8 |
13 |
Colonization Value of Settlers |
1917-1946 |
| 8 |
14 |
Colonization Northwest |
1901-1938 |
| 9 |
1 |
Colonization South |
1901-1957 |
| 9 |
2 |
Colonization Southwest |
1902-1936 |
| 9 |
3 |
Cooperation with Other Departments |
1930-1970 |
| 9 |
4 |
Cooperation with Other Groups |
1947-1973, n.d. |
| 9 |
5 |
Crop
Development |
1930-1961 |
| 9 |
6-8 |
Departments |
1907-1974, n.d. |
| 9 |
9-10 |
Development Agents and Organizations |
1907-1966 |
| 9 |
11 |
Disasters Relief |
1911-1930 |
| 9 |
12 |
Distribution of Literature |
1901-1958, n.d. |
| 9 |
13 |
Drought
and Disaster |
1930-1959 |
| 9 |
14-18 |
Educational Trains (folders 1-5 of 8) |
1900-1971 |
| 10 |
1-3 |
Educational Trains (folders 6-8 of 8) |
1900-1971 |
| 10 |
4 |
Educational Trains Good Roads Trains |
1901-1924 |
| 10 |
5 |
Educational Trains Land Clearing Specials |
1903-1962 |
| 10 |
6 |
Educational Trains Soil Testing |
1921-1939 |
| 10 |
7 |
Educational Trains East |
1904-1958 |
| 10 |
8 |
Educational Trains in the South |
n.d. |
| 10 |
9 |
Educational Trains in the West |
1905-1962 |
| 10 |
10 |
Exhibits |
1907-1926 |
| 10 |
11 |
Farm
Labor |
1904,
n.d. |
| 10 |
12 |
Factors
in Industrial Development |
1949-1969 |
| 10 |
13 |
Financing |
1949-1961 |
| 10 |
14 |
General
Statements of Railroad Philosophy |
1912-1917 |
| 10 |
15 |
Hill, J.
J. (notes about) |
1890-1906, n.d. |
| 10 |
16 |
Industrial Agents |
1904-1956 |
| 10 |
17 |
Industrial Development |
1903-1973 |
| 11 |
1 |
Industrial Development Advertising, pre-1945 |
1901-1940 |
| 11 |
2 |
Industrial Development Brochures, pre-1945 |
1902-1950 |
| 11 |
3 |
Industrial Development Getting Tops |
1955,
1963 |
| 11 |
4 |
Industrial Development Guides, pre-1945 |
1905-1924 |
| 11 |
5 |
Industrial Development Mode of Operation |
1947-1971 |
| 11 |
6 |
Industrial Development Motives |
1949-1973 |
| 11 |
7 |
Industrial Development Nature of Work |
1946-1973 |
| 11 |
8 |
Industrial Development Objectives |
1920 |
| 11 |
9 |
Industrial Development 1900 to 1945 |
1912-1952 |
| 11 |
10 |
Industrial Development Publications |
1940-1973 |
| 11 |
11-14 |
Industrial Districts |
1946-1973 |
| 11 |
15 |
Industrial Districts Before 1945 |
1922-1950 |
| 11 |
16 |
Industrial Land Pre-1945 |
1922-1930 |
| 11 |
17 |
Industrial Realtors |
1946-1954 |
| 11 |
18-19 |
Industrial Surveys |
1899-1963 |
| 11 |
20 |
Industrial Tours |
1907-1966 |
| 11 |
21 |
Irrigation and Dry Farming |
1900-1958 |
| 11 |
22 |
Land |
1965 |
| 11 |
23 |
Land
Leasing of Land and Buildings |
1925-1963 |
| 11 |
24 |
Land
Purchases (folder 1 of 4) |
1905-1973 |
| 12 |
1-3 |
Land
Purchases (folders 2-4 of 4) |
1905-1973 |
| 12 |
4 |
Land
Sales |
1953-1968 |
| 12 |
5 |
Land
Zoning |
1930,
n.d. |
| 12 |
6 |
Limestone |
1919-1930 |
| 12 |
7 |
Livestock Development |
1930-1964 |
| 12 |
8 |
Marketing |
1913-1958 |
| 12 |
9 |
Marketing Problems |
1920-1929 |
| 12 |
10 |
Miscellaneous Meetings |
1922-1958 |
| 12 |
11-12 |
New
Crops |
1898-1959 |
| 12 |
13-14 |
New
Trends After 1945 |
1944-1973 |
| 12 |
15 |
Poultry |
1920-1959 |
| 12 |
16 |
Prizes
for Adult Farmers |
1930-1968 |
| 12 |
17 |
Public
Relations |
1904-1944 |
| 12 |
18-19 |
Publications |
1930-1969 |
| 12 |
20 |
Publications Distribution |
1920-1957 |
| 12 |
21 |
Purdue
Short Courses |
1925-1971 |
| 13 |
1 |
Radio |
1928 |
| 13 |
2 |
Railroad
Land Companies |
1956,
1962 |
| 13 |
3 |
Real
Estate Departments |
1903-1942 |
| 13 |
4 |
Regional
Promotional Trains |
1926-1929 |
| 13 |
5-14 |
Results |
1900-1973 |
| 13 |
15 |
Side
Tracks (folder 1 of 2) |
1909-1973 |
| 14 |
1 |
Side
Tracks (folder 2 of 2) |
1909-1973 |
| 14 |
2 |
Soil
Conservation |
1930-1966 |
| 14 |
3 |
Traffic
Clauses |
1949-1969 |
| 14 |
4 |
Transportation for Agricultural Workers |
1916-1933 |
| 14 |
5 |
Use of
Agents in Fields Cooperation with County Agents |
1906-1958 |
| 14 |
6 |
Values
of Work |
1915-1937 |
| 14 |
7 |
Warehouse Construction |
1946-1967 |
| 14 |
8 |
Youth
Work |
1905-1924, n.d. |
| 14 |
9-11 |
Youth
Work Demonstration Farms |
1890-1959 |
| 14 |
12 |
Youth
Work, 1930 to Present |
1930-1963 |
| 14 |
13 |
Zoning
Problems |
1947-1968 |
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