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Agriculture -- Arkansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Willis R. McCracken Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1650
Scope and Content Note The collection contains fifteen of McCracken’s diaries spanning the years 1908 to 1932. Daily entries detail his activities, especially those related to farming. Entries also detail financial transactions of his store in Success, his involvement with target shooting, and in 1912 his membership on the Success Baseball Club. He also commented on notable events, including presidential elections, major weather occurrences (floods, tornadoes, snowstorms), and unique events such as America’s entry...
Dates: 1908-1932
Found in: Special Collections Department / Willis R. McCracken Diaries

Ray McKinnon Farmstead Plan

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2405
Abstract

Farmstead plan created by Ray McKinnon for a farm in Conway County, Arkansas.

Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Special Collections Department / Ray McKinnon Farmstead Plan

Shreve Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 635
Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of three series--correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Papers include genealogical records, Civil War military records, property records (including a tax valuation of enslaved people), farm produce notebooks, Shreve family photographs and photographs of Washington County subjects.

Dates: 1810-1975
Found in: Special Collections Department / Shreve Family Papers

Rachel Skoney Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1239
Scope and Content Note

The Rachel Skoney Research Papers contain computer printouts of statistical data Skoney generated while she was preparing her master's thesis, "Large Planters and Planter Persistence in Antebellum Arkansas, 1850-1860". Some files contain Skoney's descriptions of the programs used to analyze the data.

Dates: 1986-1991
Found in: Special Collections Department / Rachel Skoney Research Papers

William David Spier Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1827
Content Description The collection consists of interviews conducted by William David Spier as part of research for his 1974 doctoral dissertation, "Farming and Mining Experience: Independence County, Arkansas, 1900-1925." Interviews are on seven audio cassette tapes, two of which are accompanied by transcripts. Those interviewed include Mrs. Y. M. Massey; Jim McTeague of Batesville, who was a former miner; Mr. and Mrs. Owen Fetzer of Cord; Rimmel Baxter (a former miner) and his wife, both of Batesville; Hugh...
Dates: 1973-1978
Found in: Special Collections Department / William David Spier Interviews

Tucker Plantation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 556
Scope and Content Note

Journals, ledgers, cash books, and other business records pertaining to the S.E. Tucker plantation and mercantile operation at Tucker, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

The collection consists of daily journals, account ledgers, cash books, seed books, cotton books, farm labor time books, and post office records arranged in eleven series.

Dates: 1898-1952
Found in: Special Collections Department / Tucker Plantation Records

Tucker Plantation Records Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 696
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of ledgers, cash books, seed books, farm labor books, post office records, gin ticket stub booklets, correspondence, and miscellaneous business records arranged in eight series.

Dates: 1898-1959
Found in: Special Collections Department / Tucker Plantation Records Addendum

University of Arkansas Entomology Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2269-UA
Content Description The contents of this collection largely pertain to the founding and prevailing ideologies of the University of Arkansas' Entomology Department through published works on insect control (now called Integrated Pest Management or IPM) and general entomology concepts from Dwight Isely and W. J. Baerg who were professors in the department in the early 20th century. Additionally, much of the department's research from the 1920s through the 1980s can be found in volumes of compiled materials from...
Dates: 1900-2007; Majority of material found within 1925-1972
Found in: Special Collections Department / University of Arkansas Entomology Department Records

University of Arkansas Food Science Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2583-UA
Content Description This collection consists mostly of materials created or collected by Food Science professor and viticulturist Justin Morris pertaining to research of various fruits and patents for mechanized harvesting machines he invented, including films of the strawberry and blackberry harvester. There are several folders of photographic slides of his agricultural work and presentations, data from French Camp Vineyards in California where his patented vMECH system was used in the early 2000's, as well as...
Dates: 1906-2008; Majority of material found within 1956-2008
Found in: Special Collections Department / University of Arkansas Food Science Department Records

Joseph Edward Walls Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1766
Scope and Content Note

The collection includes diaries, receipt books, ledgers, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1898-2014
Found in: Special Collections Department / Joseph Edward Walls Materials

Hiram A. Whittington Journals

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1817
Content Description

Four journals kept by Hiram A. Whittington, primarily related to his life and work on his farm in Montgomery County, Arkansas.

Dates: 1888-1914
Found in: Special Collections Department / Hiram A. Whittington Journals

R. E. L. Wilson Plantation Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1870
Scope and Content Note Materials include Lee Wilson and Co. photographs, developed by Jack Pryor, negatives, proofs, and a short list of descriptions about the pictures. The Lee Wilson and Co. images were photographed by Jack Pryor. At least some of the images first appeared with the article, Arkansas Giant by J. D. Ratcliff from The Country Home Magazine and another article, The World's Largest Cotton...
Dates: ca 1939
Found in: Special Collections Department / R. E. L. Wilson Plantation Photographs

William "Major" Johnson-David Wilson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1275
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of ledgers, legal documents, letters, and miscellaneous papers which pertain to the Johnson lands and the Wilson's farming operation. Divided into two series, the papers have been arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 1824-1968
Found in: Special Collections Department / William "Major" Johnson-David Wilson Family Papers

Henry R. and Katie Wood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1426
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence from members of the Wood family as well as records of the family's cotton gin, general store, and plantation records.

Dates: 1868-1957
Found in: Special Collections Department / Henry R. and Katie Wood Collection

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