National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Beltsville records
Scope and Contents
National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Beltsville collection contains publications, manuscripts, correspondence, brochures, photographs, photographic negatives, and other material relating to turfgrass. Predominant within the collection are records by J. Jack Murray, of the Field Crops Laboratory with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland often pertaining to the development and release of the Zoysia Japonica Meyer or Beltsville-16-1 variety of grass.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1990
Creator
- National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (U.S.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is a cooperative effort between the non-profit National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, Inc., and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). NTEP is headquartered at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland USA. The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is one of the most widely-known turfgrass research programs in the world collecting and summarizing information such as turfgrass quality, color, density, resistance to diseases and insects, tolerance to heat, cold, drought and traffic.
Extent
10 Linear Feet (10 boxes) ; 25.5 x 33 x 39 cm
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to MSU Libraries' Turfgrass Information Center in 2006 by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) in Beltsville and was transferred to Special Collections soon after.
Processing Information
The collection was originally processed by the MSU Turfgrass Information Center prior to its transfer to Special Collections. The collection was rehoused and inventory imported thanks to the MSU Libraries' Copy Center student assistants under the supervision of Lydia Tang in 2017.
Processing Information
The following sources were consulted in creating this finding aid: "NTEP Organization" http://www.ntep.org/informationa.htm
Subject
- National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (U.S.) -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for National Turfgrass Evaluation Program Beltsville records
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository