J.H. Jacobson report on Idaho agriculture
Content Description
The contents of the J.H. Jacobson Report on Idaho Agriculture span the years 1922-1926. Data in the report was compiled at the request of the War Finance Corporation (U.S.) to be used in establishing zones and loan values for such zones for the Idaho Agricultural Loan Company, Inc., of Pocatello; compiled by J.H. Jacobson, agricultural statistician for the state of Idaho, U.S. Bureau of Crop Estimates, cooperating with the Idaho Department of Immigration, Labor, and Statistics, and University of Idaho Extension Division. Included are maps and carbon typescripts of reports by Jacobson and county agents.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1926
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
J. (Julius) H. Jacobson worked as an agricultural statistician for the state of Idaho, U.S. Bureau of Crop Estimates. Jacobson was born in 1881 in Minnesota and died 21 February 1958 in McKenzie, North Dakota.
The War Finance Corporation (U.S.) was established by Congressional Act on April 5, 1918 to give financial support to essential industries during WWI and the following interwar period. Essential industries supported by the corporation included government-controlled railroads, U.S. exporters, war agencies, and the banks that aided them. The corporation also provided agricultural loans to financial institutions and created corresponding agricultural loan agencies. In accordance with the Reorganization Plan No. II of 1939, the corporation was abolished on December 31, 1939.
Extent
1.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The contents of the J.H. Jacobson Report on Idaho Agriculture span the years 1922-1926. Data in the report was compiled at the request of the War Finance Corporation (U.S.) and includes maps and carbon typescripts of reports by J.H. Jacobson and county agents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were located among the uncataloged materials within Special Collections in 1985.
- Title
- Guide to J.H. Jacobson report on Idaho agriculture
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Trixie Zwolfer.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository