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University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Arkansas Rural Areas Social and Economic Data Surveys

 Collection
Identifier: MS Ar4ag 375

Scope and Content Note

Completed questionnaires and summary reports compiled by the University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology from social and economic surveys of selected Arkansas rural areas, some completed in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Adjustment Administration or Resettlement Administration.

Dates

  • 1924-1939

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Historical Note

The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology began at the University of Arkansas in 1925 as part of the College of Agriculture. At that time, there was one department called Rural Economics and Sociology. The goal of this program was to teach students about rural health, farm finance, farm management and marketing, and extension education with regards to rural areas. In 1952, the two subjects were split into the separate majors of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology but merged back into the single department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in 1964. In the 1970s, the program was expanded to include courses intended to prepare students for employment in the commercial agriculture and agribusiness industries. The 1980s saw expansion through an additional course of agricultural law as well as a new concentration in international and domestic agricultural marketing. The program shifted focus in the 1990s to put the main emphasis on agricultural business. In 1996, the Department of Agricultural Economics became the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. The Rural Sociology program was moved to the School of Human Environmental Sciences to become a part of the Human Development, Family Sciences, and Rural Sociology major. In the 2011-2012 academic year, the major was changed to Human Development and Family Sciences; however, the college continued to offer a course on Rural Sociology. [Historical note copied from the finding aid for MC 510, University of Arkansas Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department Records, during EAD conversion in 2020]

Extent

3.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Arranged in 5 series:

  1. Series 1. Jefferson County, Arkansas. "Social Correlative of Farm Tenure," 1937.
  2. Series 2. Benton, Cross, Hempstead, Howard, Mississippi, Pike, Sebastian, Washington, and White Counties in Arkansas (and McDonald County, Missouri). "Farm Wage Worker Schedule," 1939.
  3. Series 3. Stuttgart, Arkansas. Rural Organization Studies, 1933
  4. Series 4. Nashville and Tillar, Arkansas. Church, community, and school surveys, 1924, 1930, 1936
  5. Series 5. "Status and Morale of Aged Rural People in [undesignated communities in] Arkansas," 1937, circa 1938

Acquisition Information

The University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Arkansas Rural Areas Social and Economic Data Surveys were donated to Special Collections by the University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology through Professor Donald Eugene Voth in February 1980.

Related Materials

Processing Information

Arrangement and description completed by NTE in January 1981; finding aid created by Samuel Sizer in March 1981.

Title
University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Arkansas Rural Areas Social and Economic Data Surveys
Status
Completed
Author
Samuel Sizer
Date
March 1981
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444