Record Group 54 - Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering (BPISAE)
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The Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering (BPISAE) conducted research on agricultural (farming and gardening) and forestry problems in such areas as crops, soils, machinery, storage, transportation, and housing. These records include correspondence with the faculty of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and portrayals of African American farmers across the United States.
Cluster: Agriculture
Textual Records
General Correspondence, compiled 1908-1953
National Archives Identifier: 1609092
Indexed by:
- Subject Index to the Series "General Correspondence, 1908-1939" (National Archives Identifier 1609093)
- Supplemental Index to the Series "General Correspondence, 1908-1939" (National Archives Identifier 1609094)
- Card Index to the General Correspondence Files, 1901-1952 (National Archives Identifier 1674036)
Letters Sent, 1901-1929
National Archives Identifier: 1609095
Photographic Materials
Photographs of Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables, 1883-1941
National Archives Identifier: 516510; Local Identifier: 54-F
Some of the records in this series have been digitized.
Photographs of Vegetable Varieties, 1897-1953
National Archives Identifier: 516569; Local Identifier: 54-VV