Clifford E. Briggs Agricultural Technology Photographs, circa 1958

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Summary

Creators:
Briggs, Clifford E.
Abstract:
The collection includes photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Clifford E. Briggs of Allis-Chalmers farm equipment and aerial photographs of farms.
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Clifford E. Briggs Agricultural Technology Photographs, D-619, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Clifford E. Briggs of Allis-Chalmers farm equipment being used in the fields. Mr. Briggs also took many aerial views of the fields as he flew from one location to another.

Biographical / historical:

Clifford E. Briggs was head of Advertising and Sales Promotion for the Allis-Chalmers Farm Equipment Division. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1937 with a major in Agricultural Journalism and began his career as a livestock radio reporter for the Kansas City Drovers Telegram. From there, he worked in the Catalog Division of Sears, Roebuck, and Company until enlisting in the United States Army in 1941. After seven and a half years of active duty, he joined the Army Reserves and served in the 84th Division while working full time at the Allis-Chalmers Farm Equipment Division. Around 1958, Clifford Briggs came to the Bakersfield, California area to photograph Allis-Chalmers equipment for catalog layouts.

Source:

Kathleen Briggs (personal communication, May 22, 2017).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Kathleen Briggs, 2017.
Processing information:

Collection is unprocessed.

Physical location:
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Clifford E. Briggs Agricultural Technology Photographs, D-619, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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