Tractor Tests, Biological Systems Engineering Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of tractor test records and photographic materials related to the laboratory’s work.
The photographic prints, slides, and negatives show tractors, a variety of tractor tests, laboratory staff, board members, facilities, and equipment. Also included are images of events and workshops such as Agricultural Engineering Tractor Power and Safety Day and 4-H Tractor Club leader training. Tractor parts, maintenance, safety, and accidents are among the other subjects shown.
Test records document the performance of specific tractor models and include information such as the type of transmission, chassis, and fuel used by each tractor as well as performance measurements such as rated belt horsepower, drawbar horsepower, and power take-off horsepower. The test files may also contain manuals, advertisements, and other related materials.
Recent test records are still maintained at the Tractor Test Laboratory.
Dates
- 1918-2015
Creator
- Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (Organization)
Extent
236 Boxes
236 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Farm tractors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Garden tractors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jeep automobile Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tractors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tractors -- Performance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 213 (Records)
- Box: 214 (Records)
- Box: 215 (Records)
- Box: 216 (Records)
- Box: 217 (Records)
- Box: 218 (Records)
- Box: 219 (Records)
- Box: 220 (Records)
- Box: 221 (Records)
- Box: 222 (Records)
- Box: 224 (Records)
- Box: 225 (Records)
- Box: 226 (Records)
- Box: 227 (Records)
- Box: 228 (Records)
- Box: 229 (Records)
- Box: 231 (Records)
- Box: 232 (Records)
- Box: 233 (Records)
- Box: 234 (Records)
- Box: 235 (Records)
- Box: 236 (Records)
- Folder: 001 (Records)
- Item: Films (31) (Records)
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531
archives@unl.edu
