Hawes, Jean Collection

SummaryCollection contains prints of promotional works made for the Maine Department of Agriculture. Titles include "Potato Land," "Better Seed," and "Market Man" publicizing the Maine potato industry, "Feeding Cattle and Man" summarizing activities on a dairy farm, and "Climate and the Apple" on the seasonal management of an apple orchard. See also Maine Department of Agriculture Collection.

Biographical/Historical NotesHildreth Gilman Hawes, 1908-1985, was Publicity Director at the Maine State Department of Agriculture in the 1950s and 1960s. He made films on Maine agriculture to advertise and promote Maine products. The reels were shown in the United States as well as parts of Europe and South America.

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