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Printed broadside "To the Farmers of Arkansas" by J.B. Paine, Secretary-Treasurer (of the Arkansas Union) regarding the establishment of community cooperative "Business Enterprises."

Content Description The collection consists of materials related to the Delta Cooperative Farm (DCF) in Rochdale, Mississippi, a 1938-1939 agricultural cooperative made up primarily of former tenant farmers, many of them from Arkansas. The materials were primarily compiled by Louise Heflin Stuart for her master's thesis, and also include materials regarding other agricultural labor groups such as the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU). Collection materials include manuscripts, interview notes,...

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...

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...