Farming
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
James D. Davidson collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0334
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats and typed copies of letters sent to James D. Davidson by his brothers, Alexander Davidson and Charles Baker (C.B.), his nephew Preston Davidson, and other Indiana residents regarding family news, economic conditions, elections, secession, slavery, the Civil War, money issues, and Noah Noble's estate. Also included are letters sent to other Davidson family members, three letters sent to C.H. and W.S. McCormick from an A.D. Hagen (?) regarding McCormick reaper...
Dates:
1837-1866
John Humphries papers
Collection — Folder S703
Identifier: S0703
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter and a photocopy of the letter from John Humphries in Parke County, Indiana on 1836/01/07 regarding family matters and the wonderful land and farming opportunity in Parke County, Indiana.
Dates:
1836/01/07
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Humphries papers
John Walters and Thomas Troy farm lease
Collection — Folder OB023
Identifier: OB023
Dates:
1909/03/01
Joseph Jenckes journal
Collection — Folder OB178
Identifier: OB178
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the journals of Joseph Jenckes, beginning in January of 1821 and continuing through October of 1822. Jenckes includes accounts of work accomplished by hired farm hands, weather conditions, and social life in Vigo County.
Dates:
1821-1822
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Jenckes journal
Joseph T. Barton collection
Collection
Identifier: L012
Scope and Contents
The collection contains family letters from John T. Barton from Harveysburg, Ohio; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Parkersburg, (West) Virginia; and Warren County, and Mier, Indiana. Also included are business papers, receipts, and estate administration papers of Barton’s son, John T. Barton. There is also a Charles A. Osenbaugh account book (1906-1927) and an undated tintype of Ozenbaugh.
Farm account book of John T. Barton, ranging from 1898 to 1930 is also included (V216).
Farm account book of John T. Barton, ranging from 1898 to 1930 is also included (V216).
Dates:
1809-1929
L. B. Graves collection
Collection
Identifier: L378
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mostly of almanacs and diaries of L.B. Graves, which date from 1881 to 1961. With the exception of Barker’s Illustrated Almanac, L.B. Graves used almanacs as diaries. L.B. Graves kept all diaries, except for a student diary kept by his wife. The diaries include notations of farm chores or conditions and the social obligations of Mr. and Mrs. Graves, the latter related to such activities as church attendance, the Methodist Men’s Club, a...
Dates:
1881-1956
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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L. B. Graves collection
Lambert family papers
Collection — Folder S0799
Identifier: S0799
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostatic copies of a contract between William Myers of Decatur County, Indiana and David Pigg regarding a six-month farm labor contract (March 30, 1846) and a letter written by Lazena Lambert from Clermont, Indiana to her brother, Henry, relating information about village life, a singing school, and her upcoming marriage to Dr. J. P. Graham (October 21, 1852).
Dates:
1846-1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lambert family papers
Louis H. Haerle collection
Collection — Folder S0563
Identifier: S0563
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 4 United States Department of Agriculture official forms; including a delivery receipt for the receipt of liming material for farm 32-006-10-115, a summary of farm data (for the same farm) showing a corn allotment and the owner’s share (Wilbur Cutts the operator, Louis H. Haerle the owner) and requesting the owner’s signature, a postcard detailing the time and place of assistance in completing the War Production Work Sheet and Farm Plan for 1943, and a notification of...
Dates:
1942-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Louis H. Haerle collection
Mathias Masten letter
Collection — Folder S911
Identifier: S0911
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Mathias Masten to his son Darius Masten in Hendricks County, Indiana from 1842/11/14 regarding farming and the family's health.
Dates:
1842
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mathias Masten letter
Milton T. Jay, Wabash River scrapbook
Collection — Folder SP090
Identifier: SP090
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a small scrapbook with 5 black-and-white photographs of the Wabash River at its source near the Indiana-Ohio border with typed descriptions, from Milton T. Jay in Portland, Indiana to Kenneth Kunkle "who has lived all his life on the banks of this beautiful river" in June, 1933. Three photographs feature residents of Portland--Alpheus A. Adair, Chester Brock, and Brock's 2 sons.
Dates:
1933
