“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “January 19, 1938, Enter Mecktube”
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Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: Algeria January 18, 1939
“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: Algeria January 18, 1939”
Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: Algeria January 7, 1939
“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: Algeria January 7, 1939”
Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunisia
“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunisia”
Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia
“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia”
Lowdermilk’s OBSERVATIONS ON FOOTPRINTS OF ROMAN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH AFRICA
Walter Lowdermilk was recruited by Rexford Tugwell in 1933 to serve as the second-in-command of the new Soil Erosion Service, later called the Soil Conservation Service. In 1938, he was tasked with studying how the husbanding of soil affects human life and well-being. He spent two years exploring lands once ruled by the Romans to find answers. It isContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s OBSERVATIONS ON FOOTPRINTS OF ROMAN AGRICULTURE IN NORTH AFRICA”
Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia
December 31, 1938 “Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers toContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia”
Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Africa to Beirut
December 30, 1938 “Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers toContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Africa to Beirut”
Lowdermilk in Fascist Italy – December 1938
Walter Lowdermilk was recruited by Rexford Tugwell in 1933 to serve as the second-in-command of the new Soil Erosion Service, later called the Soil Conservation Service. In 1938, he was tasked with studying how soil affects human life and well-being. He spent two years exploring lands once ruled by the Romans to find answers. ThisContinue reading “Lowdermilk in Fascist Italy – December 1938”
Italy – December 7-11, 1938
Lowdermilk’s 1938 Buick pulled into Italy on December 7, 1938. I’ll let the niece, Elizabeth Moody introduce herself: “Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study oldContinue reading “Italy – December 7-11, 1938”
Nullius in Verba 