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Olmstead, Alan L. Papers.

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Collection Number: D-151

Background research materials for an article co-authored by Olmstead and Paul Rhodes, "The agricultural mechanization controversy of the interwar years," which appeared in Agricultural history 68:3 (Summer 1994). Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis; Director, Institute of Government Affairs, University of California, Davis.

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

1924-1994.

Extent

4.8 linear feet

Subject

Agricultural Technology

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