Soil Conservation Service Papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Soil Conservation Service Papers
Creator: Tabor, Paul
Inclusive Dates: 1912-1962
Bulk Dates: 1951-1962
Language(s): English
Extent: 3 Linear Feet 2 document boxes, 3 half boxes, 2 large card file boxes
Collection Number: ms2163
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of notebooks, photographs, slides and printed material from the collection of Paul Tabor. The photo materials include Kudzu Seedling Production, Plant Materials Work in the Southeastern U.S., Some Observational Plantings - Nursery Division Region II, Soil Conservation and Land Use in the South, and Annual Technical Report - Region II.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Paul Tabor was a Management Agronomist with the Regional Nursery Division of the Soil Conservation Service at the USDA. Mr. Tabor began his work with the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked with the Region II nurseries, which included Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The nurseries are now called Plant Materials Centers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Soil Conservation Service Papers, ms2163, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Correspondence

 

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2 - 3

Notebook - Annual Technical Report of Nursery Observational Work, 1951-1952

 

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4

Notebook - Crop Development Formula

 

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5

Notebook - Plant Materials Work in the Southeastern U.S.

 

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6

Notebook - Soil Conservation and Land Use in the South

 

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7

Notebook - Species of Grasses, etc

 

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Notes (Paul Tabor's)

 

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Printed Material - Meetings

 

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Printed Material - Miscellaneous

 

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Printed Material - Periodicals

 

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Photographs - Aeschynomene Americana

 

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2

Photographs - Alabama - Nurseries & Other Views

 

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Photographs - Brownlop Millet

 

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4

Photographs - Chamaecrista Fasciculata

 

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5

Photographs - Charts

 

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6

Photographs - Church - Bethel Methodist

 

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7

Photographs - Corn

 

3

8

Photographs - Cotton

 

3

9

Photographs - Cowpeas

 

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Photographs - Crimson Clover

 

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Photographs - Erosion

 

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12

Photographs - Fescue

 

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Photographs - Fescue - Suiter Farm, Frenchburg, Kentucky

 

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Photographs - Florida - Nurseries

 

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Photographs - Georgia - Farm Scenes

 

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Photographs - Kudzu

 

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Photographs - Ladiuo Clover

 

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20

Photographs - Lespedegas

 

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Photographs - Madison, Georgia - McIntire House

 

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Photographs - Miscellaneous and Unidentified

 

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Photographs - Miscellaneous Farming Scenes

 

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Photographs - Pasture and Grazing Scenes

 

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Photographs - Scarifier

 

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Photographs - Seeds

 

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Photographs - Some Observational Platings, etc.

 

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Photographs- Tangierpeas

 

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Photographs - Torpedo Grass

 

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6

Photographs - Urochloa Mosambicensis

 

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Photographs - Wilmington Bahia Grass

 

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Slides

 

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Photographs - Virginia Nurseries - VA-N1-1 through VA-N1-273

 

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Photographs and Negatives - Virginia Nurseries - VA-N1-1 through VA-N1-273