The Noer / Milorganite ® Image Collection | Turfgrass Information Center

About The Noer/Milorganite® Image Collection

The Noer/Milorganite® Image Collection, widely known as the "Noer slides", includes photographic materials taken from the 1920s through to the 1980s. This set of data is for about 14,000 35mm slides with ledger data from the Image Collection. More images will be added in the future, as time and support are available. Our special thanks to the O. J. Noer Research Foundation, the Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association (WGCSA), and the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation (MTF) for their lead efforts. Read more about the Noer Image Collection

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Searches words in standardized titles, assigned keywords, abstracts and all unstandardized original ledger data.

Case is unimportant
Words longer than three characters will be wildcarded (e.g. fertili will find fertilizer, fertilizers, fertiliser, fertility, etc.
To find results from two or more topics, put a semicolon between them. For example, winterkill; cold tolerance will find anything about either winterkill or cold tolerance
Don't use quotation marks, plus signs, minus signs

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Slide Numbers range from 1 to about 14500. There are a few slides with alpha modifiers on the number, these slides will not be included in this range.

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Listed by Countries and States/Provinces. Can be used with other search options to further limit results. Approximately 94% of the collection has assigned Countries; 91% has assigned States/Provinces.

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Include slides without specific dates

Approximately 99% of the collection has assigned years, with 90% of those years being between 1940 and 1969. There are a few slides with dates that do not conform to normal dating conventions, you can include these by checking the box for "include slides without specific dates".

Subject from original ledgers:

Listed by original subject ledger data. Can be used with other search options to further limit results.

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