Conservation

Scope and Contents Publications in the collection include:  "Strategies for Reducing Pollutants from Irrigated Lands in the Great Plains"; "Distribution and Subdivision of Precambrian and Lower and Middle Paleozoic Rocks In the Subsurface of Nebraska," by M.P. Carlson; "UPDATE: The Universities Council on Water Resources," May 1983; "Geology of Lake McConaughy Area Keith County Nebraska," by Roger K. Pabian and R.F. Diffendal, Jr.; "Monitoring Nebraska’s Sandhills Lakes," by Donald W. Buckwalter; "Groundwater...

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The collection consists of subject and project files on Agriultural Experiment Station activities from 1948-1972, which cover a variety of topics related to livestock, crops, conservation, and environment.

Scope and Contents The records include correspondence, memos, reports, and similar documents created or collected by John Muehlbeier during his service as secretary of the Great Plains Agricultural Council (GPAC). The same records are included in for GPAC Executive Committee. The records discuss drought, farm credits, water pollution, water sheds, and related agricultural topics. Correspondence related to the summer meetings held each year by the Council dealt with meeting dates, locations, agendas,...

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The collection consists of Ivan Wood's photographs showing Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) projects in Nebraska. The photographs document the labor of the CCC, including erosion control, dam building, and terracing in Buffalo, Harlan, Johnson, and Pawnee counties, Nebraska, from 1933-1935. The photograph index is based on the descriptions written on the back of each photograph.

Arrangement

This collection consists of 50 boxes of manuscript material arranged in 4 series; (1) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Files; (2) Correspondence. 1936-1941; (3) Subject Files; (4) Miscellany.

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The collection consists of photographic prints and negatives related to agricultural extension.  The images show locations in Lincoln and other areas in Nebraska.  Many images related to agricultural engineering as well as general agricultural work.  The collection has been retained in the alphabetical order in which it was received.  An additional inventory is available.

Scope and Contents The photographs from the Department of Agronomy were created between 1924-1962 and include prints and mounted photographs used as teaching aids to educate students in a Land Capability Class on conservation studies. Photo subjects include various land treatment examples (erosion, waterways, gully construction), farm equipment from Case, John Deere, Farmall, Ford, and others, native grass growth comparisons, Salt Creek Wahoo Watershed Project, State Land Judging Contest, and activities with...

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The collection consists of departmental and general correspondence, subject files, personal, and professional papers of William V. Lambert, Dean of the College of Agriculture. A majority of the materials relate to agriculture extension, research, education, and experimentation as well as departmental operations.