Title: International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Department Lantern Slides
Inclusive Dates: circa 1899-1933

Creator:

• International Harvester Company

Call Number: M94-266; M2009-022

Quantity: 7.2 c.f.

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Lantern slides used by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department for educational purposes. International Harvester established the IHC Service Bureau as an "agricultural education" section within its Advertising Department in 1911. In 1913, the Bureau was reorganized as a separate Agricultural Extension Department under the direction of Professor Perry G. Holden. The Department was dissolved in 1933.

Note:

Forms part of the McCormick Collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m94266

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (M94-266): Original Collection, circa 1899-1933
• Part 2 (M2009-022): Additions, circa 1900-1930

Acquisition Information

Additions (Part 2 (M2009-022)) presented by Al Dummler of the International Harvester Collectors of Illinois. Accession Number: M94-266, M2009-022

M94-266	Part 1 (M94-266): Original Collection, circa 1899-1933 Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (5 microfiche boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Lantern slides of farm wagons and manure spreaders produced by International Harvester Company's Agricultural Extension Department. Included are views of the manufacturing and testing process, interiors of wagon factories, and wagon and manure spreader components. The slides are 4x3-inch, black and white, and include captions. A few slides have been tinted with one or two colors.
Box   1-5	Farm wagons manufactured by International Harvester Company
Box   1-5	Manure spreaders manufactured by International Harvester Company
Box   1-5	Details of parts
Box   1-5	Interiors of various wagon factories
Box   1-5	Views of the manufacturing and testing process
M2009-022	Part 2 (M2009-022): Additions, circa 1900-1930 Physical Description: 6.4 c.f. (16 negative boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Lantern slides used by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The slides feature agricultural scenes, gardening, schools, corn, home canning, poultry, house flies, cows, pigs, sheep, birds, historical scenes, and portraits of people. Some of the slides are hand tinted with color. The department used the slides for presentations on the healthful effects of gardens for school children, methods of home canning, scientific methods of corn production, home health, crop diversification, cultivation of alfalfa, and other topics.	⇧
Box   1-2	Agriculture, general
Box   2	Birds
Box   2-3	Canning
Box   3-4	Corn
Box   4-5	Cows and dairy
Box   6-10	Gardening
Box   10-11	Historical scenes, monuments, people and maps
Box   11	Livestock and animals
Box   11-13	Portraits
Box   13	Poultry
Box   14	Schools
Box   14-15	Trees
Box   15-16	Miscellaneous non-agricultural subjects