United States Soil Conservation Service Photograph Collection 1935-1940

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United States Soil Conservation Service Photograph Collection 1935-1940

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Loose prints deal with soil conservation and education in the Southwest from 1935 to 1940.

2 boxes (357 photoprints ; 5 contact sheets ; 1 album containing 18 photoprints)

The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404406

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United States. Soil Conservation Service. Region Eight.

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The Soil Conservation Service was first know as the Soil Erosion Service under the Secretary of Interior by an allotment made August 24, 1933. By the authority of the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 the Service was established under the Department of Agriculture. In 1994 the Service was abolished and its functions assumed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Soil Conservation Service had the responsibility for developing and carrying out a national soil and water conservation program...