This collection contains pamphlets, publications, and printed materials, relating to forestry. The topics include the care of new plantings, the importance of windbreaks and the prevention of soil erosion, and the value of wood.

The USDA Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Records contain a history of the bureau; organizational charts; photographs of employees, nutrition experiments, equipment, exhibits, and food; a scrapbook of the 25th anniversary of the bureau (1923-1948); publicity information including posters; and lab notebooks. There is also a reprint collection of 24,000 publications with a card index.