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Are you a history buff with a passion for agriculture? Do you often search for the evidence behind agricultural developments? Join us to learn more about the history of USDA research contributions by participating in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS), The National Archives, and Wikimedia DC invite Wikipedians of all levels of experience to participate in this historical research Edit-a-thon. Topics will include USDA research discoveries and developments, the progression and advancement of USDA research centers, the evolution of technology development for agricultural research, and highlights of notable research contributions.

During the event, participants will have the opportunity to hear from and meet with influential historians within USDA, librarians, and data science experts. They will also learn more about resources available through ARS and its National Agricultural Library.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Photo ID and laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia DC has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

About your hosts: ARS is USDA’s chief scientific in-house research agency, with more than 90 locations throughout the United States and overseas. The agency’s research spans crop and animal production and protection, natural resource management, food safety and quality, and nutrition. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) preserves U.S. government records, manages the Presidential Libraries system, and publishes laws, regulations, Presidential, and other public documents. Wikimedia DC is the regional outreach organization for Wikipedia and other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, promoting participation on Wikimedia projects throughout the United States.

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Friday, October 26, 2018 9AM-2PM

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National Archives and Records Administration
Innovation Hub
700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20408

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Historical ARS Research Selected Information Resources National Agricultural Library

Agricultural Research Service (ARS)


ARS Timeline: 150 Years of Ag Research


Background for plenty: a national center for agricultural research / Wiser, Vivian D; Rasmussen, Wayne D. (Wayne David), 1915-2004 - Call number: S19.W5


Hall of Fame (Science Hall of Fame) ARS science hall of fame [The men and women who have been inducted into the ARS Science Hall of Fame represent a very special group of scientists] - Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service - Call number: aS21.R44U558


New directions for biosciences research in agriculture: high-reward opportunities/ National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biosciences Research in Agriculture; United States. Agricultural Research Service - Publisher: National Academies Press, 1985 - Call number: S541.N4


News & Events


Plans & Reports [ARS and other federal agencies develop 5-year strategic plans and annual performance plans and reports, as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA)]

Publications: Find a Publication [Search for a scientific manuscript by looking for a keyword in the title, abstract, author, or all of those fields]

Science in Your Shopping Cart [Illustrated booklet tells the ongoing story of ARS contributions to the abundance, variety, convenience, and healthfulness of the contents of American shopping carts]

Technology Successes [Tech Transfer Success Stories] [ARS has a successful history of partnering with commercial firms to transfer the fruits of its labor to American farmers and consumers. We are a leader in the Federal government in transferring new technologies developed from our scientific research to the marketplace. Recent success stories can be found in the Annual Technology Transfer Reports.]

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Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) (Maryland) Selected Historical Resources National Agricultural Library 10/24/2018


Anecdotal history of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: with an emphasis on the 1930’s and 1970’s / Paul A. Putnam Publisher: Associates of the National Agricultural Library Call number: S541.5.M32B44 2000


Beltsville Agricultural Center West [Historical Marker Database]


Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1988 Call number: aS21.R44B45 1988


Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) [Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: Prince George’s County]


Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and other Beltsville area research activities/ prepared by Agricultural Research Service Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, [1987] Call number: aS21.R44B46 1987


Celebrating 100 Years of Beltsville Agricultural Research [AgResearch Magazine, 2010]


Forum: At BARC, We’ve Only Just Begun [AgResearch Magazine, 2010]


Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Beltsville MD / The Living New Deal


Northeast Area (NEA) [Encompasses fifteen research centers and laboratories

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National Agricultural Library (NAL) Selected Historical Information National Agricultural Library


Assessment of the National Agricultural Library: final report to the secretary / prepared by the Interagency Panel on the NAL Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Science and Education, [1982] Call number: aZ733.N3 U55 1982


Guide to services of the National Agricultural Library National Agricultural Library (U.S.) Beltsville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, 1991 Call number: Z675.A8G95 1991


Guide to services: Technical Information Systems: National Agricultural Library Published: Dept. of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, [1980] Call Number: aZ733.N3T4


History of the National Agricultural Library / Alan M. Fusonie Published: [Davis, Calif.? : Agricultural History Society, 1988?] Call number: S441 .F9


NAL History: National Agricultural Library Timeline [National Agricultural Library]


National Agricultural Library: a chronology of its leadership and attainments, 1839-1973} Publisher: Associates of the National Agricultural Library Call number: Z733.U65143


National Agricultural Library Records: Box List: Rough Draft [National Agricultural Library Special Collections] Collection number: 113


National Agricultural Library: Facts About the Building Beltsville, Md., U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1967 Call number: aZ733.N3A53 National Agricultural Library: Its History, Services and Activities Publisher: National Agricultural Library. Program Coordination Services. Call number: Special Collections Box #27


National Agricultural Library: you might like to know Publisher: The Library, [1994] Call number: aZ675.A8N38 1994


Report of the Work Group on the History of NAL: National Agricultural Library strategic planning process Publisher: The Library, [1993] Call number: aZ675.A8 N382 1993


Report on the National Agricultural Library: 2001 Publisher: National Agricultural Library, [2002?] Call number: aZ733.N3 U56 2002


USDA’s History Comes Alive at the National Agricultural Library [NAL . . . is the repository for more than just scientific literature and agricultural reports. NAL’s special collections encompass correspondence, raw research notes, images, and artifacts, providing a record of how USDA carried out its mission of supporting the nation’s agriculture and the international food and fiber supply]


Selected Information from NAL Special Collections Associates of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) Records Collection number: 12


Mohrhardt, Foster Edward, Papers Collection Description: The Foster Edward Mohrhardt Papers consist of Mohrhardt's published papers, speeches, studies, book reviews, and biographical articles and includes a bibliography detailing these publications . . . Collection number: 290


National Agricultural Library (NAL) Records Collection Description: The National Agricultural Library (NAL) Records include correspondence, reports, regulations, agreements, budget hearings, clippings, articles, newsletters, manuals, and photographs on library-related activities . . . Collection number: 113


Swab, Joseph, Photograph Collection Collection Description: The NAL Activities Photographs were compiled by one of the National Agricultural Library’s (NAL) photographers, Joseph Swab. . . . Collection number: 227


Audiovisual Resources [Film / Motion Picture / Videocassette / Videodisc / Videorecording / Visual Material]


Abe Lincoln Building dedication [Videorecording] Publisher: USDA Office of Communications, Video, Teleconference & Radio Center, [2000] Call number: Videocassette no. 3738


Ag [i.e. Agriculture] research the future [Videorecording] Call number: Videocassette no.84


Beltsville historic plants [Videorecording] Call number: Videocassette no.15


The National Agricultural Library, 1969 [Motion picture]. Publisher: [The Library?], 1969 Call number: Motion picture no.147


National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md. [Videorecording]. Publisher: Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting, 1984 Call number: Videocassette no.9


National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture [Film is intended to give posterity a brief summary of what is being done, developed, planned, and forecast for the future in 1967. Content in 5 sections assembled and described by Pauline W. Jennings and Blanche L. Oliveri] Call number: FILM 876


The National Agricultural Library [Videorecording]: USDA’s quiet gem / USDA-TV news Publisher: USDA Office of Communications, Video, Teleconference & Radio Center, [1999] Videocassette no. 3739


National Agricultural Library "For your information" / Produced for the National Agricultural Library by the Video and United States. Department of Agriculture. Video & Film Division. Publisher: Film Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. [Videorecording]; Interface Video Systems Inc., 1988 Videocassette no.258 F&N


Articles National Agricultural Library: the heritage of gathering and disseminating agricultural information [Paper presented at the Second National Herb Growing and Marketing Conference, July 19-22, 1987, Indianapolis, Indiana] Station bulletin: Purdue University, Agricultural Experiment Station 1987


History and characteristics of agricultural libraries and information in the United States Library Trends, 1990

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Selected Historical Resources National Agricultural Library (NAL)


Century of service: the first 100 years of the United States Department of Agriculture / Gladys L. Baker and others. Published: Centennial Committee, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1963 Call number: S21.C9U5


Forty years of action: A history of the Organization of Professional Employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture / Wiser, Vivian Doris, 1915- Publisher: [Organization of Professional Employees of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture] 1969 Call number: aHD8009.A36W5


Guide to the USDA History Collection 1761-1997 / National Agricultural Library Special Collections


National Agricultural Library


Orville L Freeman: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society - USDA Secretary 1961 – 1969


Secretaries of Agriculture: 30 Leaders / 150 Years / [YouTube, 2012]


The United States Department of Agriculture, 1961-1989: [draft] / by Douglas E. Bowers ... [et al.]. [“Book draft was written by ten historians . . . “] United States. Agricultural and Rural History Section. Agricultural and Rural History Section, National Economy and History Branch, Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, 1993. aS21.C9 U65 1993


USDA Celebrates 150 Years [Records activities of the USDA in 2012 to celebrate the 150th year of the department]


USDA 150th Anniversary time capsule collection 2011-2012 / National Agricultural Library Special Collections Call number: MS 442


Where we worked: a history of the buildings of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the District of Columbia / White, John C. Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, [1960] Call number: Special Collections NA7110 .W54 1960


Yearbook of Agriculture

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Achievements & Contributions to Agriculture - National Agricultural Library (NAL)


Selected References to USDA’s Role in American Agriculture


U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)


U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - USDA Agencies & Fields of Research - Selected Historical Information About Research Provided by USDA Agencies- National Agricultural Library


USDA Agencies Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)




U.S. Forest Service (FS)

  • The Forest Service and the greatest good: a centennial history / Lewis, James G. (James Graham)

Publisher: Forest History Society, c2005 Call number: SD565.L49 2005


USDA Collections, Programs & Fields of Study: Selected Information


Biological Survey


Bureau of Animal Industry

  • Bureau of animal industry of the United States Department of agriculture: its establishment, achievements and current activities / U. G. Houck, B.S., V.M.D., with the collaboration of other members of the bureau staff

Call number: 40 H81



  • Organic Roots Collection [National Agricultural Library Digital Collections (NALDC)] [Electronic collection of historic USDA documents published before 1942 (before synthetic chemicals became widely used) that contain information and data that is still pertinent for today's agriculture]


U.S. Soil Survey

  • Profiles in the history of the U.S. Soil Survey / edited by Douglas Helms, Anne B.W. Effland, Patricia J. Durana

Publisher: Iowa State Press, 2002 Call number: S599.A1P76 2002


USDA Nutrition Research

  • [1] History of human nutrition research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service: people, events, and accomplishments / edited by Jacqueline L. Dupont and Gary R. Beecher

Call number: aQP143 .H57 2017]

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