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CANADA. AGRICULTURE CANADA. RESEARCH STATION (SUMMERLAND, B.C.), RECORDS, EST. 1914-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Agriculture Canada. Summerland Research Station |
| Street Address |
Highway 97, Summerland, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
Research Station, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1899- |
| Bulk Dates |
1946-1961 |
| Extent |
20.4 m. + six items |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; motion pictures; drawings; published material; sound recording |
| Summary |
Summerland Research Station records 1899- include: annual, quarterly and monthly reports of various sections of the Agriculture Canada research station in Summerland including: entomology, chemistry, plant pathology, agricultural engineering and pomology; annual reports of the Dominion Experimental Farm; progress reports; annual and monthly reports of the Vernon Entomological Laboratory; annual and monthly reports of the Creston sub-laboratory; summary, records and certificates pertaining to the Jersey herd; correspondence; blueprints and plans of farm machinery, construction, building and orchard sites; coloured sketches of diseased fruit; irrigation records and diaries; results of experimental and laboratory work; copies of seminars; audio tapes of interviews with station personnel used for writing of station history; motion pictures and radio tape pertaining to fruit product research and wheat production; annual reports of the British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association and the Fruit Growers' Association and Horticultural Society 1899-1936; British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association convention reports; and Okanagan United Growers' Limited annual reports 1918-1921. |
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CANADA. AGRICULTURE CANADA. RESEARCH STATION (SUMMERLAND, B.C.), RECORDS, EST. 1914-, PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1914- |
| Extent |
11.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
photographs and slides |
| Summary |
Photograph collection 1914- includes: staff members of the Agriculture Canada Research Station at Summerland including directors and superintendents; station buildings; orchards; fields; the station gardens; the Jersey cows; sheep; field work; irrigation systems; machinery; labwork; canning jams and juices; vegetable varieties; fruit tree and plant varieties; station picnics; fruit diseases; food products and insects. Also includes: slides of the virus, pomology and pathology sections of the station; aerial photographs of the station's site; and photographs of the construction of the new station building. |
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