William L. Amoss Papers

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William L. Amoss Papers

1884-1936 (majority 1896-1919)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1751

This collection contains materials relating to the career of William L. Amoss, who was head of the Farmers' Institutes at the Maryland Agricultural College from 1896 to 1910. Amoss's papers include daybooks, brochures, scrapbooks, reports and photographs, and cover such subjects as farmers' institutes, county fairs, farmers' markets, the Maryland State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, local farm clubs, the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, poultry, horticulture, and transportation. In 1918 and 1919, Amoss served as Special Field Agent with the U.S. Employment Service of the Department of Labor. His papers from this period include correspondence regarding farm labor shortages suffered during and after World War I in New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. There is also a small amount of personal correspondence that provides some insight into Amoss's family life.

14.00 linear feet

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6826330

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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