Farming
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
A. J. Stag photographs
Collection — Folder SP094
Identifier: SP094
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the photograph album of A. J. Stag in Indiana circa 1907 regarding agriculture, excavation and construction, African American children and workers, men rowing on a lake, and a wrecked boat.
Dates:
circa 1907
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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A. J. Stag photographs
Abraham Miller letters
Collection — Folder S954
Identifier: S0954
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two handwritten letters from 1845 as well as transcripts typed in 1969. These letters contain topics such as disease, farming, mutual family and friends, and steamboat travel. The collection's two letters were sent to Abraham Miller of the Wisconsin Territory in 1845. One, sent by his father Samuel, details the sickness prevalent amongst the settlers, the revivalist Methodist congregations, and the annual crop. The second letter written by B.F. Keith, accounts the...
Dates:
1845
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abraham Miller letters
Albert Alyea diary
Collection — Folder S018
Identifier: S0018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diary of Albert Alyea. Included in the diary are notes about the birth and death dates of his family, his accounts with various stores, weather reports, his barn raising, and accounts of what he sold to other individuals. Alyea also uses the diary to write about his time spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. The diary also contains several additional items, including a newspaper clipping about new fishing laws, a real estate appraisal, and a newspaper...
Dates:
1861-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Albert Alyea diary
Alexander Heron collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0860
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and complimentary fair tickets from across Indiana sent to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Alexander Heron. Ranging from 1885 to 1890, the collection includes tickets from community, county, and district fairs; Trotting and Pace Horse Breeders' Association fairs; Agricultural Association, Agricultural Society, and Agricultural and Mechanical Society fairs; Joint Stock Association and Joint Stock Society fairs; Farmers' Union Association...
Dates:
1885-1890
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alexander Heron collection
"An American system for the protection of American industry" article fragment
Collection — Folder S3453
Identifier: S3453
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one article fragment written by an unknown author in the 19th century regarding commerce, industry, and farming in the United States.
Dates:
19th century
Augustin Pursel account book
Collection — Folder S2370
Identifier: S2370
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of an account book kept by Augustin Pursel of Spencer County, Indiana. The account book has two distinct writing styles, with entries written in cursive from 1846 and entries written in block lettering ranging from 1845 to 1853.
Dates:
1845-1853
Carson family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0230
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters and other documents, including legal transactions, from various members of the Carson family in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Virginia ranging from 1825 to 1915, with some undated regarding family matters, Quaker meetings, and legal transactions.
Dates:
1825-1915, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Carson family papers
Cecil Beeson, Blackford County photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP015
Identifier: SP015
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana ranging from circa 1877 to 1925, regarding buildings, businesses, houses, and other places in Blackford County as well as events that occurred there. Collection includes an item-level inventory.
Dates:
circa 1877-1925
Christian Schrader collection
Collection
Identifier: L573
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, pencil drawings, negatives, 35mm slides, and family photographs from Christian Schrader in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1842 to 1987, regarding Schrader’s family, friends, and early Indianapolis. Schrader includes rough dates for the subjects he depicts in the drawings, but many of them were created from his recollections later in life. There are also oversize drawings (OBE017).Negatives are available for most of the drawings. In...
Dates:
1842-1987
Dora Ogden photograph album
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP035
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an unbound photograph album from Dora Ogden in Indiana, Robinsonville, Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee, ranging from 1893 to 1911 regarding tornado damage in Robinsonville, Mississippi (1893); group portraits; steamboats; Ogden Wine Co.; recreational activities; agriculture; Bon Ami Club; and buildings. There are also a few clippings regarding Dora's wedding and club activities.
Dates:
1893-1911
