Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Asa V. Clark Papers
1955
Cage 463
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Title
- Asa V. Clark Papers
- ID
- Cage 463
- Date [inclusive]
- 1955
- Extent
- .5 linear feet of shelf space, 1 box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of: photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials received by Clark in the course of a trip to the Soviet Union as a member of a United States agricultural delegation.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Asa V. Clark, Papers, 1955
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biography/History
Asa V. Clark was a farmer in Whitman County, Washington. In the summer of 1955, Clark, along with 11 other American farmers, traveled to the U.S.S.R. to tour Soviet collective farms from Moscow to Kazakhstan. At the same time, 12 Russian farmers visited fields and research stations in the United States from Iowa to California.
[source: "When Agriculture was a State Secret: The Cold War Comes to the Farm," Modern Farmer, April 28, 2013, accessed June 5, 2013, http://modernfarmer.com/2013/04/when-agriculture-was-a-state-secret/]
Scope and Content
This collection consists of: photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials received by Clark in the course of a trip to the Soviet Union as a member of a United States agricultural delegation.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections 2013
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Contributor(s) :
- Clark, Asa V.--Archives
Subject(s)
- Agriculture--Soviet Union--History
- Agriculture--History--Sources
- Agriculture
- International Relations
- Land Use
Detailed Description of Collection
| box | folder | |||
|
American Agricultural Delegation in the U.S.S.R. 1955 |
1 | 1 | ||
|
U.S.S.R. Agricultural Exposition 1955 |
1 | 2 | ||
|
Photographs and Machinery Specifications 1955 |
1 | 3 | ||
|
Stalingrad undated |
1 | 4 | ||