A scrapbook containing photographs, notes, maps, propaganda, newspaper clippings, and postcards from J. Brownlee Davidson's trip to the Soviet Union in 1929 and a visit of Russian colleagues to Iowa State University in the summer of 1930. The materials document Davidson's work as a member of the American Biro-Bidjan Commission, and feature agricultural practices and machinery, rural and urban life, travel modes, and prominent landmarks.
A collection of Jay Brownlee Davidson's photographs taken during an International Harvester sponsored trip to China from 1947-1949 to introduce agricultural engineering to the Chinese. A pamphlet, "Committee on Agricultural Engineering for China," is included in the collection and describes the purpose of this committee and Dr. Davidson's appointment as chair. The date 1944 is hand-written on the cover of the pamphlet.
Photographs of sights seen by J. Brownlee Davidson in Europe, 1935, including the state of farming methods with machinery, historic buildings and locations, and scenes showing the political atmosphere of the time.
This scrapbook consists of photographs taken by J. B. Davidson while attending the International Conference on Engineering in 1935. The photographic subjects are agricultural operations located in Great Britain and other parts of Europe.
The first of three scrapbooks J. B. Davidson created following a trip to Europe for the II International Congress of Rural Engineering, Madrid Spain, 1935.
