Description: Printed primitive-style nature trail sign for Malabar Farm, under the care of the Friends of the Land organization, likely ca. 1957. Design features a block-print goose and reads "Malabar Nature Trail." After the death of prominent Ohio farmer and author Louis Bromfield, who built Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio, out of multiple "worn-out" farms in the 1930s through 1950s, the Friends of the Land conservation group purchased the property in hopes of establishing a thriving center for conservation and ecological research and education in keeping with Bromfield's vision. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS364_B13F08_01
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1956 Malabar Farm calendar which includes small calendar pages and substantial essays on various themes in conservation agriculture, soil science and mid-century agriculture, written by Malabar Farm denizen and prominent farm writer Louis Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1955 calendar advertising and themed around Ohio author and conservation advocate Louis Bromfield's famed Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. The full-color twelve-month calendar includes color photographs by Joe Munroe and short caption essays by Louis Bromfield. Calendar verso pages feature longer essays on the history and rehabilitation of Malabar and vignettes of farm life also written by Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back reads: Toledo Museum of Science, Toledo Zoo, 1937. The WPA constructed many buildings here between 1934 and 1937. Those still in use at the Zoo include the Reptile House, the Amphitheater, the Museum of Science, the Aquarium, and the Aviary. The Reptile House, first to be completed, is mostly comprised of recycled materials originating from the Milburn Wagon Works, the Wabash Railroad shops, and the Miami and Erie Canal locks. Since its dedication in 1936, the Museum of Science has functioned as an educational center within the Zoo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_003_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project--wildlife conservation--education--museum
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield giving a lecture about soil at Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00642
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Cultural Ohio--Education; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield giving his weekly Sunday afternoon informational tour of Malabar Farm in the front yard of the "Big House," Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Early Autumn" in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00662
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Cultural Ohio--Education; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield giving his weekly Sunday afternoon informational tour of Malabar Farm by the pond, Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Early Autumn" in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00663
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Cultural Ohio--Education; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)