AG. Agriculture, Horticulture, Citrus, Forestry, Animal Husbandry

Contains correspondence pertaining to campaigns for reelection; a smaller amount of correspondence and subject files about the Department of Agriculture; newspaper clippings; speeches; photos.

Writings, speeches, correspondence, subject files, reports and photographs of Peter Henry Rolfs, former Dean of the UF College of Agriculture (1915-1920), Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (1906-1920), and Director of the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria, in Viscosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Articles written by Becker along with related correspondence and notes, his research notebooks, and photographs depicting Becker's research and the dairy science program.

Records of the Ocklawaha Nurseries including correspondence, financial records, legal documents, shipping records.

Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records concerning the Wilson Cypress Company's operations, as well as the personal papers of owner H.S Wilson.

In 1881 Pliny Reasoner, just turned eighteen years of age, arrived in Manatee County, Florida, from his home in the Midwest. Over the next seven years, he built Royal Palm Nurseries, an enterprise that would become Florida’s longest established nursery business. This collection documents the founding and early history of Royal Palm Nurseries and contains a run of the nursery catalogs that provide information on early horticulture and the introduction of new plants to Florida.

Records of the South Lake Apopka Citrus Growers Association including meeting minutes, shipping registers, and disbursements covering six decades in the history of the association.

The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association oversaw the standards, advertising, and regulation of cypress in the United States.

Articles of incorporation, history, cashbooks/ledgers, video, and other documents related to the Standard Manufacturing Company. A fiber and brush factory that operated in Cedar Key from 1910 to 1952.

Manuscripts for three unpublished books on the social ecology of Latin America. Also of interest is a memorandum on agrarian reform in Brazil written in 1952 when Smith served as an advisor to the Brazilian government.