Photograph of Dean James and an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting a deep grassy gully. It is unknown which man is Dean James and the other UNIDENTIFED man. The back of the photograph proclaims, "I do not know where this was taken but his is Dean James in the picture so it must be between 1935 & 1938."

Photograph of grasshoppers on a stalk of corn. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Grasshoppers standing on a stalk of corn after having eaten all the leaves off. For a general view of the field in which this stalk is located, see Okla-5356.”

Photograph of grasshopper damage to the J. O. Godwin farm cornfield. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stillwater project, Blackwell Camp. J. C. Godwin Farm SE ¼ of 23-26N-1W. Grasshopper damage in the Chiskiska [sic] river valley. This area normally produces from 50 to 65 bushels of corn per acre in an average year. For a close up view showing grasshoppers still on a stalk of corn in this field, see Okla-5355. In 1936 the locusts took everything their paths. This was a promising corn field where the yield was 60 to 65 bushels of corn per acre in an average year."

Photograph of a one way plow covered by sand from the field. Pictures of this type are quite common in the Panhandle area. This plow is covered by the soil which it helped remove. One way plows are to be blamed for much of the destruction of cultivated wheat fields.

Photograph of a view of a field from which the top soil has been removed. The lister marks of two years cultivation are plainly visible in the picture. The structure, (hexagon) of the subsoil is also shown by this picture.

Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. Handwritten note: "Fred Dries said he and Ross Hall are in one of the pictures, AAB." 9-446.

Photograph of two views of five truckloads of technical men in Stillwater, OK for a two-week training period to be sent out to the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] camps. Pictures can be pasted together from the back with adhesive tape. 9-445.

Photograph of Stillwater Creek pouring over State Highway 40. Same highway had water eight feet deep flowing over the roads in the watershed.

Photograph of virgin soil kept in place by Yucca plants, where about four feet of soil has been removed. This is an undisturbed pasture area which has been overgrazed.

Photograph of flood waters from Stillwater Creek encroaching upon the house of an African-American employee of the United States Geological Survey [USGS] as a silt collector. This flood was the result of a four inch rain in the Stillwater Creek watershed in the early part of June 1935. OK-9-485