Henry G. Gilbert nursery and seed trade catalog collection, 1724-2013, 1890-2003

Gilbert, Henry G.

Henry G. Gilbert nursery and seed trade catalog collection, 1724-2013, 1890-2003 | Nursery and seed trade catalog collection

1724-2013

Gilbert, Henry G.

The Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection is a special reference collection of over 150,000 American and foreign catalogs. It was begun in 1904 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) economic botanist, Percy Leroy Ricker. Its purpose now, as then, is to provide information regarding sources, prices, and descriptions of plant material offered for sale by U.S. nurserymen, growers, and seedsmen and, to a lesser extent, by foreign firms. The collection is now named for its longtime curator, Henry G. Gilbert (1930-1996).-- There are catalogs from the following countries: Africa, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Canary Islands, Ceylon, Chile, China, England, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, India, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Scotland, South America, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

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Other Subjects

Archival resources; Nurseries (horticulture); Seed industry and trade

Language

English

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Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library.

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Henry G. Gilbert (1930-1996) was a reference librarian at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), USDA. He worked at NAL for 27 years, beginning his tenure at the South Building in Washington, D.C., just prior to the library's move to Beltsville, Maryland. In addition to working in reference, Gilbert was NAL's librarian for the U.S. National Arboretum and the curator of the library's collection of nursery and seed trade catalogs. -- Gilbert earned an associate of science degree in horticulture from the State University of New York at Farmingdale, a bachelor of science degree in entomology from the University of Georgia, and a master of library science degree from the Pratt Institute (New York). Prior to becoming a librarian at NAL, Gilbert worked for various agricultural organizations, including a position at the Port of New York as a USDA Plant Quarantine Inspector."

Henry G. Gilbert (1930-1996) was a reference librarian at the USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL). He worked at NAL for 27 years, beginning his tenure at the USDA's South Building in Washington, D.C., just prior to the library's move to Beltsville, Maryland. In addition to working in reference services, Gilbert was NAL's librarian for the U.S. National Arboretum and curator of the library's collection of nursery and seed trade catalogs. He earned an associate's degree in horticulture from the State University of New York at Farmingdale, a bachelor's degree in entomology from the University of Georgia, and a master's degree in library science from the Pratt Institute in New York. Prior to becoming a librarian at NAL, Gilbert worked for various agricultural organizations, including the Port of New York, where he served as a USDA plant quarantine inspector.

Type

Catalog; Text; Monographic

In AGRIS since: 2024-02-27

Modification date: 2025-04-22

Format: MODS

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