References & research guides, USDA History

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Reference Pages

These pages provide additional information about people and subjects mentioned in the USDA History Collection.
Some provide a summary of information on a topic, others list materials available at the National Agricultural Library and other repositories, and provide links to other Web sites.

Information on former Secretaries of Agriculture, listed in order of administration.
Henry Agard Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940.
Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-1948.
Charles F. Brannan, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1944-1948; Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-1953.
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-1961.
Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agricuture, 1961-1969.

Information on other USDA officials.
Paul H. Appleby, Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940; Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-1944.
Mordecai Ezekiel, Assistant Chief Economist for the Federal Farm Board, 1930-1933; Economic Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1939.
Rexford G. Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1934; Undersecretary of Agriculture, 1934-1936.
M. L. (Milburn Lincoln) Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1934-1937; Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1937-1940; Director of Extension Work, 1940-1953.

World Wide Web Links outside the NAL Web site.
A Condensed History of American Agriculture, 1776-1990 (PDF). From the USDA Home Page, Web versions of the popular poster produced by the Agricultural and Rural History Section, with updates through the 1990s.
Past USDA Secretaries. This page, on the USDA Web site, provides brief biographies of USDA Secretaries since 1889.

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