USDA Yearbook Collection --

Collection

Identifier: NWRC 0004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

35 published volumes of USDA yearbooks.

Dates included in collection: 1893, 1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1910, 1914-1937, and 1962
Date variations: Beginning in 1930 the Yearbook was designated by the year in which it was published, therefore there is no issue bearing the date 1929.

Title variations:
1893: Report of the Secretary of Agriculture
1900-1919: Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture
1920-1922: United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook
1923-1925: Argriculture Yearbook, United States Department of Agriculture
1926-1937: Yearbook of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
1962: Yearbook of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture: After a Hundred Years

Each volume contains texual content, photographs, and charts. Volumes dated prior to 1936 also contain statistical tables.

Dates

1893 - 1962

Creator

United States. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Organization)

Extent

6.3 linear feet (35 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The USDA Yearbook Collection is arranged chronologically by publication year.

Physical Description

The volumes have been housed in individual book boxes. The first five volumes are in poor condition, the remaining thirty volumes are in fair condition.

The USDA Yearbooks Collection was originally housed and cataloged in other libraries in Colorado including the Denver Wildlife Research Labratory Library, the USGS Library, and the Denver Public Library. The volumes contain catalog numbers and locations on their spines, as well, their front covers designate the cataloging system used by those libraries.