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Title: US Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service
Dates: 1939-1972
Collection Number: 00397
Quantity: 96 items
Abstract: Includes Soil Conservation Service images from the late 1930s through the 1970s on North Dakota farms, conservation practices being taught at ND State Normal School, Mayville, and North Dakota postcards.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired this collection in a series of installments from the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1986 and 1992.
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PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00397-01              Windbreak  on the Iver Bakken farm, Traill County SW of Clifford (ND) September 1, 1965
    00397-02              Farmer  Joe Gadberry is cultivating stubble ground leaving most of the crop residue on the  surface to prevent wind erosion, Hillsboro (ND) September 1, 1965
    00397-03              Frenier  flood control dam, Tewaukon watershed. Permanent pool stocked with small mouth  bass and bluegill, Sargent County SE of Rutland (ND) August 26, 1968
    00397-04              Windbreak  of Green Ash and Lilac protects soy bean crop, Traill County 5 miles east of  Buxton (ND) July 8, 1970
    00397-05              Pollution  control measures on Maple River 3 ½ miles SW of Mapleton (ND) July 12, 1972
    00397-06              Post  Office, Oakes (ND)
    00397-07              American  Legion Hall, Oakes (ND)
    00397-08              Community  Hospital, Oakes (ND)
    00397-09              Swimming  Pool, Oakes (ND)
    00397-10              School,  Ellendale (ND)
    00397-11              State  Capitol, Bismarck (ND)
    00397-12 – 15     Cabin  interior, Medora (ND) 1890
    00397-16 – 27     Cabin  at Maltese Cross Ranch, Medora (ND)
    00397-28              Peaceful  Valley Ranch 1904
    00397-20              Maltese  Cross Ranch cabin
    00397-30              Theodore  Roosevelt Cabin on Capitol Grounds, Bismarck (ND)
    00397-31              Cabin  interior, Medora (ND) 1890
    00397-32              Planting  machine and uni carrier, Larimore (ND) May 20 1941
    00397-33 – 36     Mutchler  Grove tree planting from timber claim 1880-1882 near Northwood (ND) May 18,  1941
    00397-37              Raymond  Kuder windbreak planting, Barnes County (ND) 1939
    00397-38              Theo  Faust windbreak planting, NW of Valley City, Barnes County (ND) 1939
    00397-39              Trainees  outside Commanche Hall USDA Soil Conservation Service Training Center, Fort  Robinson (NE) 1950s
    00397-41              Soil  Conservation Committee: Ellen V. Johnson, H. B. Addicott, H. C. Burdick, and  Cyril W. Grace, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-42              Professor  H. B. Addicott instructing a college class in conservation, ND State Normal  School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-43              Professor  H. B. Addicott's conservation class assembling reference books to be used in  their teaching in rural schools, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April  21, 1940
    00397-44              Professor  Hans Lee and his music class write conservation songs, ND State Normal School, Mayville  (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-45              Art  class members emphasize soil, moisture and wild life conservation, ND State  Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-46              Professor  F. E. Weigle's class in English and Public Speaking develop discussions on conservation  practices, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-47              Professor  H.C. Burdick with a class of college graduates in the greenhouse studying the  differences in growth of plants on eroded and virgin soils, ND State Normal  School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-48              Professor  H. C. Burdick observing the effects of virgin and eroded soils on plant growth,  ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-49              David  S. Calley discussing the characteristics and habits of native birds, ND State  Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-50              Professor  H. B. Addicott in charge of a field group of college students studying the  effects of wind erosion, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-51 – 52     Professor  H. C. Burdick in charge of a college field group studying conservation practices  at a shelter best on the Elkens farm, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-53              Professor  H. B. Addicott with a group of college students observing erosion control  practices in use, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-54              Professor  H. C. Burdick and H. B. Addicott with a group of rural school students  observing the effects of wind erosion, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April  21, 1940
    00397-55              Professors  H. C. Burdick, H. B. Addicott, & Ellen V. Johnson, & Mrs. Myrtle Oien,  county superintendent with a group of rural school children observing the  effects of wind erosion, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-56 – 57     Tree  planting demonstration near Lindaas Consolidated School, are John S. Thompson, R.  L. Nelson, Palmer J. Washen, Thelma J. Johnston, Carl Rosevald, and S. M.  Rosevald, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-58              A  group of rural school children under the direction of H. B. Addicott, Ellen V.  Johnson, and H. C. Burdick, observing erosion control practices used on farms  near their schools, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-59 – 61     Rural  school children under direction of Professor H. B. Addicott & Ellen V.  Johnson, observing conservation practices in fields on nearby farms, Mayville  (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-62              As  part of their study in wildlife conservation, rural school students instructed  by graduates of the Normal School built many feeding shelters and birdhouses, Mayville  (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-63              With  Professor Ellen V. Johnson of the Normal School participating, a demonstration  in a rural school is being conducted showing the water-holding capacities of  different kinds of soil, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-64              Rural  school students instructed by a graduate of the Normal School studying soil  types, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-65              Close-up  view of two rural school children observing a demonstration on the  water-holding capacity of different soil types, ND State Normal School, Mayville  (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-66              Differences  in growth of bean plants in loam, clay and sand are observed and discussed by  students in rural schools, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-67              Rural  school students conducting a practical demonstration on the water-holding  capacities of terraces, ND State Normal School, Mayville (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-70 – 71     Art  as taught to rural students by graduates of the Normal School is frequently  expressed in the drawing and painting of farm practices for better land use, Mayville  (ND) April 21, 1940
    00397-72              Mrs.  Karen Johnson, a longtime resident in the community demonstrating to the  students of Viking rural school, the spinning of wool, Mayville (ND) April 21,  1940
    00397-73              Tree  cultivating demonstration on over-the-row cultivator at the SCS Windbreak  Workshop, Bismarck (ND) March 11, 1965
    00397-74              Joseph  Stoeckeler at a tree planting demonstration at the Windbreak Workshop, Bismarck  (ND) March 11, 1965
    00397-75              Equipment  demonstration of a seedling digger at the SCS Windbreak Workshop, 
    Bismarck (ND) March 11, 1965
    00397-76              Tree  cultivation demonstration of over-the-row cultivator at the SCS Windbreak  Workshop, Bismarck (ND) March 11, 1965
    00397-77              Spring  development by dynamite. 15 lbs. Dynamite used. Summer 1944. Fenced to exclude  stock. 2" pipe, Bottineau (ND) July 21, 1945
    00397-78              Miller  Drain constructed approximately, erosion continued to advance until Township road  was abandoned and moved west twice. Drain continues eroding and bank sluffing  off, Traill County (ND) 1956
    00397-79              Great  Plains Agricultural Council Forestry Committee: Duane Greene, Paul Slabough, F.  J.  Robert, E. J. George, Walter Pasicnyk,  Howard M. Phipps, David D. Jones, John Zaylskie, Albert C. Clegg, and E. L. Worthington,  Mandan (ND) July 14, 1960
    00397-80              Farmer  Joe Gadberry is cultivating stubble ground leaving most of the crop residue on  the surface. Hillsboro (ND) September 1, 1965
    00397-81              Over-the-row  tree cultivator made from parts of regular cultivator and hay rake, Rolette  (ND)
    00397-82              Girls  of Carrington High School know advantages of shelterbelts to their community, Carrington  (ND) August 10, 1939
    00397-83              Alternate  wheat and fallow with fallow land basin-listed, south of Beach (ND) August 21,  1939
    00397-84              Contour  listing in Golden Valley County, south of Beach (ND) August 21, 1939
    00397-85              Shocks  of wheatgrass in a ½ section solid field near Dickinson (ND) August 22, 1939
    00397-86 – 87     Contour  strip cropping with alternate strips of corn and wheat in Slope County (ND)  August 22, 1939
    00397-88              Pump  irrigation on Gerberg ranch, Slope County (ND) This irrigation water is pumped  from the Little Missouri River August 22, 1939
    00397-89 – 92     Cutting  wheat 1969
    00397-93              Sunflower  field 1969
    00397-96              Pump  irrigation on Gerberg ranch, Slope County 1939
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