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RG 098, Department of Agriculture
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2008 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Connecticut. Dept. of Agriculture |
| Title: | Department of Agriculture records |
| Dates: | 1866-1978 |
| Quantity: | 2.25 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The department’s mission is to foster a healthy economic, environmental and social climate for agriculture by developing, promoting and regulating agricultural businesses; protecting agricultural; enforcing laws pertaining to domestic animals; and promoting an understanding among the state's citizens of the diversity of Connecticut agriculture, its cultural heritage and its contribution to the state's economy. |
| Identification: | RG098 |
| Accession: | Multiple |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The Connecticut State Board of Agriculture was established in 1866 under Chapter 65 of the Connecticut Public Acts. The board helped establish the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut State College, later the University of Connecticut. It was the forerunner of the present Department of Agriculture, organized in 1925. The department's mission is to foster a healthy economic, environmental and social climate for agriculture by developing, promoting and regulating agricultural businesses; protecting agricultural and aquacultural resources; enforcing laws pertaining to domestic animals; and promoting an understanding among the state's citizens of the diversity of Connecticut agriculture, its cultural heritage and its contribution to the state's economy.
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Scope and Content
Records in this collection were created by both the State Board of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture and include meeting minutes, financial records, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Some of these records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
RG 002:025, General Assembly. Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Accession T001369, Meeting minutes, correspondence, budgets and reports pertaining to consolidation of agriculture departments, 1939-1941.
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Index Terms
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Accession T002779 came from the Commissioner of Agriculture's office to the State Library on February 17, 1979.
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Container List
| Accession T002779, 1866-1978 | |||||||||||
| 1. Minutes of meetings of the State Board of Agriculture, 1866-1918, 1960-1978 | Box 1 | ||||||||||
| 1866 August 1 - 1896 September 10, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 1897 July 1 - 1911 June 29, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 1911 July 19 - 1918 November 19, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 1960 September - 1971 October, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 1971 November - 1976 April, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 1976 May - 1978 December, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| 2. Treasurer's book, 1884-1922, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| Statement of Board's financial account. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| 3. Receipts, 1919-1920, 1 folder | |||||||||||
| Receipted paid bills. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| 4. Scrapbook, 1922-1934, 1 volume | |||||||||||
| Contains clippings relating to agricultural affairs. | |||||||||||
| 5. Clippings, 1976-1978 | Box 2 | ||||||||||
| Clipping file kept by the department. | |||||||||||
| 1976-1977, 1 binder | |||||||||||
| 1978, 1 binder | |||||||||||
| 6. Land Preservation Task Force clippings, 1974-1978 | |||||||||||
| 1974-1975, 1 binder | |||||||||||
| 1976-1977, 1 binder | |||||||||||
| 1978, 1 binder | |||||||||||
| Report of the Governors' Task Force on the Preservation of Agricultural Land, 1974 December 20 | |||||||||||
| Accession 1999-012, 1945-1962, bulk 1959-1962 | |||||||||||
| 7. Connecticut Soil Conservation Advisory Committee, 1945-1962, bulk 1959-1962, 1 binder | Box 1 | ||||||||||
| Minutes, agenda, reports. Photograph dated 1945. | |||||||||||