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Amaryllis FlowerSpecial Collections houses rare books, manuscript collections, nursery and seed trade catalogs, photographs, and posters from the 1500s to the present. Materials cover a variety of agricultural subjects including horticulture, entomology, poultry sciences, natural history, and are not limited to domestic publications. As
part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Special Collections at the National Agricultural Library is charged with arranging, describing, preserving and making available rare materials significant to the history of agriculture and the USDA.
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Farmer's Market NotecardsOnline Gift Shop
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Victory Farm Volunteers Volunteer for Special Collections
Perfect for students and the public who want hands on experience with historical agricultural materials.

Thomas Jefferson Letter Index to the Manuscript Collections Search for manuscript collections.

Edward Fred Knipling Edward Fred Knipling
Guide to the papers of the screwworm eradication scientist.

Linnaeus's System of Botany by William Curtis National Agricultural Library Botany Collections

Charles Valentine Riley Charles Valentine Riley Collection
Blue Heron Glossary of Archival Terms
Definitions to terms used in the archival profession
StrawberriesUSDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Over 300 images of many types of fruit
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