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Guide to the Collections

Rare and Special Collections houses a wealth of materials relating to all aspects of agricultural history, discovery, and advancement. The combination of over 15,000 rare books, 400 manuscript collections, original art work, posters, photographs, and nursery and seed trade catalogs makes Rare and Special Collections a premiere center for agricultural research. The materials are divided into manuscript collections, rare books, and nursery and seed catalogs.


Thomas Jefferson LetterIndex to the Manuscript Collections
Search Rare and Special Collections' holdings of over 300 manuscript and archival collections containing materials from the 19th through the 21st centuries.
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Blue HeronRare Book Collection
Rare and Special Collections' rare book collection is strong in botany, natural history, zoology, and entomology.
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Fragaria sp. USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
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View over 7,000 watercolor images produced by USDA artists to illustrate new fruit cultivars at the turn of the 20th century.
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Back Cover of Nursery Catalog: Peter Henderson & Co. Plate--Jubilee Collection of Mammoth Butterfly Pansies (New York, NY, 1897)Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
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Consists of over 200,000 American and foreign commercial catalogs and the collection is strongest from the 1890s to the present.
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Man Working in a LaboratoryUSDA History Collection
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Guide to a collection of manuscript material relating to the 150-year history of the USDA.
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Portrait of Edward Fred KniplingEdward Fred Knipling Papers: Screwworm Eradication Program Records
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Guide to the papers of Edward Fred Knipling (1909-2000). Knipling was a renowned entomologist and theorist best known as the inventor of the sterile insect technique (SIT), used to eradicate the screwworm insect.
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Screwworm Program LogoScrewworm Eradication Program Records
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View our expansive holdings on the USDA's involvement in screwworm eradication.
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Thomas Jefferson LetterThomas Jefferson Correspondence Collection
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The collection consists of eleven letters to, from, and about Thomas Jefferson dating from 1794 to 1819.
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Charles Valentine Riley sketchbookCharles Valentine Riley Collection
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Learn more about NAL's Charles Valentine Riley holdings which include books, manuscript collections, and artwork.
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"Title Page" Species Plantarum (1753) by Carl von LinnéCarl von Linné Bibliographies and Materials at the National Agricultural Library
Includes two bibliographies, a sample of digitized images, a selection of highlights from NAL's collection, and links to important Linné resources at other institutions.
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ThermometerAmerican Biological Safety Association Collection
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Includes records, newsletters, photographs, conference proceedings and more.
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