Inventory of the Hans Halberstadt Papers and Photographs on Agricultural Technology
D-617
Liz Phillips
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2017
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis General Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Hans Halberstadt Papers and Photographs on Agricultural Technology
Creator:
Halberstadt,
Hans
Identifier/Call Number: D-617
Physical Description:
6 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1996-2003
Abstract: Hans Milton Halberstadt (1944-) is a writer,
photographer, and documentary film maker. This collection includes Hans Halberstadt's original photographs and slides used
for publications on tractors and farms, as well as research materials and books.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
Biography
Hans Milton Halberstadt (1944-) is a writer, photographer, and documentary film maker. He was born in Plainfield, New
Jersey and moved to California with his parents at about the age of one. He was raised in Marin County and graduated from
Tamalpais High School in 1961. Hans Halberstadt graduated from San Francisco State University in 1968 with a degree in film
and broadcasting.
Content Description
The collection includes Hans Halberstadt's original photographs and slides used for publications on tractors and farms, as
well as research materials and books.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Liz Phillips processed this collection with the help of student assistant Monica Doan.
Acquisition
Gift of Hans and April Halberstadt, 2017.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hans Halberstadt Papers and Photographs on Agricultural Technology, D-617, Department of Special
Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Farm equipment -- Pictorial works
Farms -- Pictorial works
Box 1, Folder
1
"Farm Tractors" Book Original Prints and Transparencies
2001
Box 1, Folder
2
Farm Transparencies (Originals - D. Rogers)
undated
Box 1, Folder
5
"American Family Farm" Originals - Historical Prints
undated
Scope and Contents
Most are reproductions of prints held by the Library of Congress or the Nebraska State Historical Society.
Box 1, Folder
6
Untitled Folder (Slides)
undated
Box 1, Folder
7
"Farm Tractors" and "American Farm" Book Slides from Original Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents
Many sleeves annotated with book and page
Box 1, Folder
8
Farm Slides
undated
Scope and Contents
"To be sorted"
Box 1, Folder
9
Farm - Stock Prints, Transparencies, and Ephemera
undated
Box 1, Folder
10
Harvesting Slides
undated
Box 1, Folder
11
John Deere Slides
undated
Box 1, Folder
12
"Farm Tractors" Slides
undated
Box 1, Folder
13-14
"Miscellaneous Slides"
undated
Box 1, Folder
15
Case Tractors Slides
undated
Box 1, Folder
16-17
"Family Farm" Slides
undated
Box 1, Folder
18
[Corn and Fields - Slides]
undated
Box 1, Folder
19
Photographs - "Farm Tractors"?
undated
Box 1, Folder
20
"Farm Tractors" [?] Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
1
Tractors - transparencies, 2 x 2, 4 x 5
undated
Box 2, Folder
2
Misc. - Historical Images, Prints and Transparencies
undated
Box 2, Folder
3-4
Agriculture, Harvest - Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
5
Mules, Oxen, Horses, Horse Farming - Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
6
"Farm Tractors" - Slides, Correspondence, and Notes for Book
undated
Box 2, Folder
7
Koster Ranch - Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
11-12
Slides - Tractors
undated
Box 2, Folder
13
"Threshers Selects"
undated
Scope and Contents
Selections from book on threshers; transparencies; prints; historical reference material
Box 2, Folder
14
Slides and Transparencies: "To Be Sorted"
undated
Box 2, Folder
15
"Threshers" Book Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
16
Tractors - Slides
undated
Scope and Contents
Some, if not all, are images for "Farm Tractors"
Box 2, Folder
17
"Steam Tractors" Orig. - Slides
undated
Box 2, Folder
18
Steamers - Slides
undated
Box 3, Folder
2
Road Equipment Slides
undated
Box 3, Folder
4
Farm Sunsets Slides
undated
Box 3, Folder
5
"Case History" Original - Slides, Photocopied Company History
undated
Box 3, Folder
6
Farming/Ag/Tractors Slides
undated
Box 3, Folder
7
"Orchard Tractors" Slides
undated
Box 3, Folder
8
Case Tractors Slides
undated
Box 3
Books
Scope and Contents
"The Caterpillar Story", 1984 and 1990
Charles Philip Fox, "Horses in Harness", 1987
Lynn R. Miller, "Work Horse Handbook", 1981
P.W. Ertel, "The American Tractor", 2001
C.H. Wendel, "Nebraska Tractor Tests since 1920", 1985 and 1993
Thomas B. Keith, "The Horse Interlude", 1976
Graeme Quick and Wesley Buchele, "The Grain Harvesters", 1978
Box 4
Books
Scope and Contents
Don Macmillan, "The Little Book of John Deere", 2001 April Halberstadt, "Oliver Photographic History", 1997 April
Halberstadt, "Vintage Tractors", 2001 April Halberstadt, "Classic Barns", 2001 Hans Halberstadt, "The American Family
Farm", 1996 Walter Herdeg, "Photographs", 1966 Hans Halberstadt, "Coneines and Harvesters", 1994 April Halberstadt,
"Case Photographic History, 1995 April Halberstadt, "Plows and Planting Implements", 1997 April Halberstadt, "Farm
Memories", 1996 April Halberstadt, "Farm Tractors", 1998 "California Cultivator Vol. LXIX", Jult-Dec. 1927 Steven A.
Nash, "Facing Eden", 1995
Box 4
Farming + Tractor Business Cards for UC Davis
Box 5
Scope and Contents
Reference material
Box 5, Folder
21
Performances of the 15 - H.P. White
1905
Box 5, Folder
28
Massey - Harns Ferguson Databook No. 6
1992
Box 5, Folder
34
John Deere Graphics
undated
Box 5, Folder
2
Catalog of Cole Cotton Planters, Combination Planters, Plain View Seed Planters, Twin Plain View Planters,
Guano Sowers, and Grain Drills
undated
Box 5, Folder
4
Engineers and Engines
1959
Box 5, Folder
13
Miscellaneous Articles & Pamphlets
undated
Box 5, Folder
14
Correspondences & Slides
1992
Box 5, Folder
15
The Oliver Collector's News
1991
Box 5, Folder
16
Antique Power Magazine
1996
Box 5, Folder
18
Farm Tractor Advertising in America
1996
Box 5, Folder
19
The Hart-Parr Oliver Collectors Association
1996
Books
Scope and Contents
E.G. Montgomery, "Lippincott's Farm Manuals: Productive Farn Crops", 1916 and 1918
Harry Lewis, "Lippincott's Farm Manuals: Productive Poultry Husbandry", 1913, 1914, 1919
"The Operation, Care, and Repair of Farm Machinery", 1955
Walter M. Buescher, "Plow Peddler", 1992
"Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture 1915", 1916
Henry Jackson Walters, "The New Agriculture", 1924
Robert L. Yates, "When I Was a Harvester", 1930
Ignoble L. Prentis, "History of Kansas", 1899
M.M. Jones, "Shopwork on The Farm", 1945
Lloyd Lewis, "Phrophet of the Prairies", 1941
"Plowman's Folly", 1943
Bryan Jones, "The Farming Games", 1982
"Cooperative Tractor Catalog 14th Annual Edition", 1929
Box 6, Folder
1-2
Articles and Clippings, Oversize
1865-1922
Box 7
Large-Format Photograph: African American Man Hand Picking Chickens at Poultry Processing Plant
undated
