Robert D. Walker Papers | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Robert D. Walker, professor of Natural Resources & Extension Specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of Illinois (1956-88), including Illinois State Rural Development Committee annual reports (1971-76); RDC newsletters, correspondence, membership lists, task force summaries, workplans & minutes (1977-80); USDA Rural Development Advisory Council correspondence and minutes (1971-76); agendas, minutes, policy statements & supporting data of the Agriculture Task Force on Non-Point Sources of Pollution (1976-78), including the subcommittees on Fertilizer, Livestock Waste, Pesticides, Forestry & Fruit, and Soil Erosion; & files on conservation youth workshops (1961-71), Extension Service soil conservation agreements (1970-87), federal farm legislation (1972-87), livestock waste regulations (1972-78), Resource Conservation & Development Areas (1972-87), Rural Clean Water Project (1980-87), soil conservation districts (1937-87), slide shows (1974-82), state soil conservation advisory committees (1935-53) & watershed studies (1949-87). The series includes photographs & slides of contour cropping, drainage, erosion, waterways, machinery, meetings & workshops, soil structures, strip mining, tillage practices & water control structures & youth conservation workshops.