John G. Sutton Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sutton, John G.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Names
content: Soil Conservation Service
label: Names
content: United States. Department of Agriculture
label: Names
content: Elliot, C. G.
topic: label: Topic
content: Pumping
label: Topic
content: Soil drainage
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sutton, John G.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John G. Sutton was a drainage engineer for the soil conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1903-1961.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Work and Industry in 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0994
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers contain a scrapbook, 1903-1912; publications of C. G. Elliot, head of the USDA's drainage work; papers and reports on drainage pumping plants, tile, and ditches, 1916-1920, 1926, 1931; and historical studies of drainage work, 1937-1938, 1947,1957,1961.