Charles Thom papers, 1891-1968.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Charles Thom papers, 1891-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/593444750

The Charles Thom Papers range from materials from Thom's college years to biographical memoirs published after his death. The collection includes correspondence, notes, notebooks, essays, lectures, speeches, diaries, and journals; published items including monographs, journal, articles, and newspaper clippings; and lantern slided from professional trips. The majority of the collection focuses on soil microbiology, mycology, food spoilage, food poisoning, and penicillin.

10 Linear feet (20 boxes)

National Agricultural Library, NAL

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7774924

National Agricultural Library, NAL

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Thom, Charles, 1872-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z61d2t (person)

Charles Thom (1872-1956) worked in various capacities for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for over 40 years. In 1904, he began working for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, where he remained as mycologist in charge of cheese investigations until 1913. By 1927 he was head of the Division of Soil Microbiology of Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. After his retirement, he carried out inspections for the War Food Administration. Throughout his career, Thom was involved in import...