Patrick McGuire, Collections Intern

Patrick has been working with Elizabeth Horoszko this past spring processing the many DeKalb Ag materials in the DAAHA collection. Over 100 boxes of documents have been organized into many subjects such as, Sales & Marketing, Publications, Corporate Records. The picture shows Patrick beginning to describe the scrapbooks.

The DAAHA collection contains over 600 posters and ads illustrating the great variety of artwork utilized by the DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc., representing many different products. The product most commonly associated with DeKalb Ag is corn. However, the posters and ads also highlight the characteristics of sorghum, cotton, alfalfa, soybeans, pigs and chickens.

Some posters and signs, such as these DeKalb Chix signs, were used by the company.  Other posters were intended for public display.