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Agriculture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

George E. Brown Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-351
Abstract The George E. Brown Jr. papers consists of 438 linear feet of the professional and personal papers of Congressman George E. Brown Jr., who represented congressional districts in Los Angeles from 1963-1971 and the Inland Empire from 1973-1999. The majority of the collection documents Brown’s 34 year tenure in the United States House of Representatives, consisting of legislative, committee, district, campaign and administrative files. Also included in the collection are personal papers,...
Dates: 1917-1999, undated; Majority of material found within 1963-1999

University of California, Riverside, Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-042
Abstract The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES) records collection contains administrative records, correspondence, faculty papers, publications, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, project files, and other material relating to CRC-AES. Formerly known as the Citrus Experiment Station (CES), the bulk of materials precede the establishment of UC Riverside's College of Letters and Sciences in 1954. The majority of topics document the history, events, faculty,...
Dates: circa 1808-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

University of California, Riverside, Facilities slides

 Collection
Identifier: UA-007
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 500 35mm slides taken of UC Riverside Facilities activities and locations during the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the slides focus on agricultural work, including depictions of citrus orchards and irrigation issues. Also included are slides focused on facilities buildings like the Storehouse and Central Supply.

Dates: 1964-1977

Delbert W. Henderson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WRCA-022
Abstract

The collection consists of research materials related to agriculture and irrigation efforts, including articles written by Henderson, research data, notes, reports, and correspondence.

Also included is a large number of photographs of various irrigation techniques and equipment from the 1930s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1932-1991; Majority of material found within 1932-1975

Paraguay photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210026669729]
Identifier: MS-037
Abstract

This collection consists of an album of photographs depicting various scenery, people, agriculture, and ruins in Paraguay in the early 1900s. Photographs in the album include views of a fleet from the 1912 Revolution, the Encarnación cyclone disaster of 1926, the Jesuit ruins at Jesus y Trinidad, and of the inauguration of the Salesian Agricultural School at Ypacaraí.

Dates: 1911-1926

Riverside, California photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-204
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, slides, and glass plate negatives depicting the landscapes, people, and culture of Riverside, California from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Images in the collection include notable local buildings and businesses, Riverside families and residents, and local natural and agricultural sites.

Dates: circa 1834-1977, undated

Archibald D. Shamel papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-039
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, research notes, photographs, and other material regarding the professional career of Archibald D. Shamel, a physiologist with the United States Department of Agriculture who worked at the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside, California during the early 20th century. The collection includes a large group of photographs and glass plate negatives documenting the citrus industry in Riverside and around the world. While the bulk of the collection is...
Dates: 1882-1954, undated; Majority of material found within 1917-1943

West India Plantations business ledger

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210025212372]
Identifier: MS-165
Abstract

The collection consists of the business ledger of the West India Plantations, a company founded and ran in part by Frederick O. Popenoe, to import, grow and sell agricultural goods including date palms. Materials in the ledger cover the business records from the entirety of the Pasadena, California based company's existence from 1912-1917 and include their Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, meeting minutes, resolutions, accounting records, and shareholder information.

Dates: 1912-1917