United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory Collection, circa 1910s-1960s

Collection Number: P0047

Collection Title: United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory Collection, circa 1910s-1960s

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Size	91.27 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25,830 items)
Abstract	The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a federal agency, responsible for creating and enforcing public policy regarding food, agriculture and forestry within the United States. The Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory was established in 1910 in Oxford, N.C., as a facility for research on tobacco production. The collection includes images, made by the USDA, depicting tobacco plants and production research at the Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory in Oxford, N.C.
Creator	United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use: No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of materials in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory Collection #P0047, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Materials were donated by the United States Department of Agriculture on 11 January 1989.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: Patrick Cullom and Kait Dorsky, 2013

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom and Kait Dorsky, 2013

Updated by: Patrick Cullom, 2021

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United States Department of Agriculture Glass Slide Collection (P0028), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a federal agency, responsible for creating and enforcing public policy regarding food, agriculture and forestry within the United States. The Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory was established in 1910 in Oxford, N.C., as a facility for research on tobacco production.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory Collection includes images, made by the USDA, depicting tobacco plants and production research at the Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory in Oxford, N.C.

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1. Albums, circa 1910s-1960s.
2. Photographic Negatives and Positives, circa 1910s-1960s.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Albums, circa 1910s-1960s.

Approximately 3380 images

Arrangement: Original Album Number.

Materials in this series include images of various types of tobacco plants compiled into albums. Many images include descriptive information.

Photograph Album PA-P0047/01	Prints, Burley A-B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/02	Burley C-D Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/03	Burley F-1 (1 through 8,000) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/04	Burley F-1 (9,000 through) Burley F2 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/05	Burley G-L Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/06	Burley M-N Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/07	Cigar A Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/08	Cigar B (1 through 999) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/09	Cigar B (1000 through) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/10	Cigar C Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/11	Cigar Tobacco D Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/12	Cigar Tobacco F-G Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/13	Cigar H-I Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/14	Cigar Tobacco J-K Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/15	Cigar Tobacco L-M Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/16	Cigar N (1) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/17	Cigar Tobacco N (2-5) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/18	Dark Air Cured Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/19	Fire Cured (A-F) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/20	Flue Cured (F) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/21	Fire Cured (G-N) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/22	Flue Cured (G-K) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/23	Flue Cured (L-N) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/24	High Nicotine Tobacco Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/25A	Light Experiments Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/25B	Light Experiments Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/26	Maryland Tobacco A-B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/27	Maryland Tobacco C-D Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/28	Maryland Tobacco E-1 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/29	Maryland Tobacco E 2 a-b Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/30	Maryland Tobacco E-2c-3 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/31	Maryland Tobacco F-1 A Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/32	Maryland Tobacco F-1 B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/33	Maryland Tobacco F-1 C Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/34	Maryland Tobacco F-1 D Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/35	Maryland Tobacco F-1 E Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/36	Maryland Tobacco F-1 F Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/37	Maryland Tobacco F-2 - H Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/38	Maryland Tobacco I-L Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/39	Maryland Tobacco M-1 A Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/40	Maryland Tobacco M-1 B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/41	Maryland Tobacco M-1 C Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/42	Maryland Tobacco M-2 A Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/43	Maryland Tobacco M-2 B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/44	Maryland Tobacco M-2 C Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/45	Maryland Tobacco N-1 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/46	Miscellaneous Index for all types of Tobacco Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/47	Nicotiana Rustica Spray Residue Project Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/48	Washington Area II Botany and Breeding B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/49	Washington Area II Botany and Breeding C Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/50	Washington Botany and Breeding C2 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/51	Washington Botany and Breeding C3 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/52	Washington Area II Botany and Breeding D-E Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/53	Washington Area II Botany and Breeding F-H Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/54	Washington Area I Diseases C-D Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/55	Washington Area Physiology A-B Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/56	Washington Area Physiology III C, D and D-1 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/57	Washington D-1 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/58	Washington Area Physiology III D-2, D-3 and D-4 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/59	Washington Area Physiology III D-5 and D-6 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/60	Washington Area III Physiology D-7 (through 6900) Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/61	Washington Area III Physiology D-7 (7000 through Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/62	Washington Area Physiology D-8 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/63	Washington Area Physiology E-F-G-H-I Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/64	Washington Area Physiology J-L Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Photograph Album PA-P0047/65	Washington Area Physiology III M-N-O-P Black-and-White Photographic Prints

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Approximately 22,450 images

Arrangement: Original Number.

Materials in this series include images of tobacco plants and production.

Image Box IB-P0047/01	Glass positives(numbers 1-1569) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/02	Glass positives(numbers 76-C - 1392-C) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/03	Glass negatives (numbers 82-5515) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/04	Glass negatives (numbers 151-C - 1579-C) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/05	Glass positives(numbers 179-709) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/06	Glass negatives (numbers 200-619) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/07	Glass negatives (numbers 620-1444) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/08	Glass positives(numbers 636-A - 9539-B and numbers 35-36) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/09	Glass negatives (numbers 670-A - 9539-B) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/10	Glass positives(numbers 710-1419) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/11	Glass positives(numbers 1400-C - 6124-C) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/12	Glass positives(numbers 1420-2264) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/13	Glass negatives (numbers 1451-4289) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/14	Glass positives(numbers 1570-1747) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/15	Glass negatives (numbers 1580-C - 30420) Glass Plate Negatives
Image Box IB-P0047/16	Glass positives(numbers 1750-1998) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/17	Glass positives(numbers 2000-4689) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/18	Glass positives(numbers 2265-7640) Glass Plate Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/19	Glass positives(numbers 4690-8865) Glass Plate Negatives and Positives
Image Box IB-P0047/20	Film negatives and positives (numbers 1-239) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/21	Film negatives and positives (numbers 2-309) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/22	Film negatives and positives (numbers 2-2144) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/23	Film positives (numbers 82-5515) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/24	Film positives (numbers 125-9165) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/25	Film positives (numbers 161-C - 6124-C) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/26	Film positives (numbers 200-1514) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/27	Film negatives and positives (numbers 240-513) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/28	Film negatives and positives (numbers 310-773) and miscellaneous negatives and positives Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/29	Film negatives and positives (numbers 514-684) and miscellaneous negatives and positives Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/30	Film negatives and positives (numbers 536-9171-B) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/31	Film positives (numbers 937-B - 9537-B) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/32	Film positives (numbers 1742-4289) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/33	Film negatives and positives (numbers 2179-2829) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/34	Film negatives and positives (numbers 2830-3159) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/35	Film negatives and positives (numbers 3160-3589) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/36	Film negatives and positives (numbers 3590-4049) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/37	Film negatives and positives (numbers 4050-4389) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/38	Film negatives and positives (numbers 4390-4649) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/39	Film negatives and positives (numbers 4650-4887) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/40	Film negatives and positives (numbers 4890-5189) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/41	Film negatives and positives (numbers 5190-5439) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/42	Film negatives and positives (numbers 5440-5719) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/43	Film negatives and positives (numbers 5720-6034) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/44	Film negatives and positives (numbers 6035-6339) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/45	Film negatives and positives (numbers 6340-6609) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/46	Film negatives and positives (numbers 6610-6889) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/47	Film negatives and positives (numbers 6890-7119) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/48	Film negatives and positives (numbers 7120-7439) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/49	Film negatives and positives (numbers 7440-7699) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/50	Film negatives and positives (numbers 7700-7939) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/51	Film negatives and positives (numbers 7940-8169) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/52	Film negatives and positives (numbers 8170-8409) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/53	Film negatives and positives (numbers 8410-8679) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/54	Film negatives and positives (numbers 8680-8899) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/55	Film negatives and positives (numbers 9000-9189) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/56	Film positives (numbers 9166-10,728) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/57	Film negatives and positives (numbers 9190-9469) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/58	Film negatives and positives (numbers 9470-9799) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/59	Film negatives and positives (numbers 9800-10,731) Black-and-White Sheet Film
Image Box IB-P0047/60	Film positives, copy negatives, interpositives and duplicate negatives Black-and-White Film
Image Box IB-P0047/61	Printed materials Manuscripts Descriptive information for some images elsewhere in the collection.

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Collection Number: P0047 Collection Title: United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory Collection, circa 1910s-1960s