Robert J. Foster papers, 1895-1958.

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Robert J. Foster papers, 1895-1958.

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This collection includes correspondence, military documents and photographs relating to Col. Robert J. Foster's career as a veterinarian and as an officer in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. Special orders, lecture notes, legislation, photographs, tables, charts and commendations are included. Of particular note is material relating to Foster's meat inspection work, which became part of the mission of Veterinary Corps as the Army replaced animal-based transportation with automobiles. As well as formulating inspection procedures for the Army, Foster also worked on sanitary food systems for the Civilian Conservation Corps. There are also files relating to his membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association. AVMA correspondents include Carl J. Norden, R.R. [Ralph Ralph] Dykstra, Cassius Way, L.A. Merillat.

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Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Foster, Robert J. (Robert Julian), 1880-1970.

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Veterinarian, military officer. From the description of Robert J. Foster papers, 1895-1958. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64035692 Colonial Robert J. Foster was an esteemed veterinarian and military officer. He was born on September 27, 1880, in Youngstown, Ohio. He moved with his family to Ithaca, New York, and graduated from Ithaca High School in 1899. He went on to attend the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University and grad...

Dykstra, R. R. (Ralph Ralph), 1879-

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Merillat, Louis A. (Louis Adolph), 1868-

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American veterinary medical association

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Norden, Carl

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Way, Cassius.

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United States. Army. Veterinary Corps

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The Veterinary Corps (VC) was created in 1916, charged with two missions that continue to the present: preserving the health and efficiency of Army animals (animal health), and providing inspection of human food supplies (food inspection). From the description of Veterinary Corps collection, 1907-1982. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 52551289 ...