California Agricultural Teaching Aid Photograph Collection, circa 1950-1959

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Summary

Creators:
University of California, Davis. Library. Department of Special Collections
Abstract:
The collection contains mounted photographs used presumably by the Alameda County Schools Curriculum Materials Center and later by the Hayward Unified School District as a teaching tool. The photographs are related to three subjects: dairy farming, the Delta Mendota Canal Fish Diversion Facility, and cattle ranching in Alameda County. The photographs were presumably taken circa 1950-1959. Captions from the back of each photograph have been used in the descriptions.
Extent:
0.8 linear feet and 76 mounted photographs
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Agricultural Teaching Aid Photograph Collection, D-528, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The photographs are related to three subjects: dairy farming, the Delta Mendota Canal Fish Diversion Facility, and cattle ranching in Alameda County. The photographs were presumably taken circa 1950-1959. Captions from the back of each photograph have been used in the descriptions.

Biographical / historical:

The collection contains mounted photographs used presumably by the Alameda County Schools Curriculum Materials Center and later by the Hayward Unified School District as a teaching tool.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employees Jane Oh and Michelle Xie.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series according to existing titles: 1. The Dairy Farmer in the Community, 2. Delta Mendota Canal Fish Diversion Facility, 3. Modern Cattle Ranching in Alameda County.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Agricultural Teaching Aid Photograph Collection, D-528, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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