Photograph collection, 1917-1949.

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Photograph collection, 1917-1949.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228854183

This collection contains 212 negatives and 309 prints, most of them taken in the 1930s and 1940s and many depicting J. I. Case farm equipment. The collection also includes artwork showing conservation practices.

4.62 linear feet (11 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088660

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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J.I. Case Company

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United States. Soil Conservation Service

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Reports were prepared by various engineers with the Soil Conservation Service. From the description of Reports of a land management survey, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1930-1938. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31277347 Formed in 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its function was to promote and lead efforts to protect against soil and watershed degradation as part of a broader concern fo...

Bennett, Hugh H. (Hugh Hammond), 1881-1960

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Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881-1960) was born on April 15, 1881, near Wadesboro, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1903, with a degree in chemistry. He began his career as a soil surveyor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As he conducted soil surveys and investigated declining crop yields, he became convinced that soil erosion was a problem not just for farmers but also for rural economies. By 1909, he was supervising soil surveys in the southern Unit...