Agriculture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
John R. Simpson papers
Collection
Identifier: L144
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and papers from John R. Simpson and his family and friends in Paoli, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1822 to 1875 regarding family matters, patents, and land grants.
Dates:
1822-1875
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John R. Simpson papers
Joseph Cunningham collection
Collection
Identifier: L364
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of business correspondence between Joseph Cunningham and his clients. Some of the more recurrent of his business correspondents were Morris Printing Company, printers of the Swine Breeders Journal, J. B. Luyster, Lloyd Mugg, C.M. Dayton, C.S. William and Sons, and S. B. Wenger. The correspondence discusses the sale of Poland China Swine and Plymouth Rock Poultry eggs, including prices and pedigrees of the hogs. Some of the letters...
Dates:
1891-1966
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
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
Maurice Clifford Townsend collection
Collection
Identifier: L375
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of Maurice Clifford Townsend's speeches from 1936 to 1943. The 1936 speech was created during the gubernatorial campaign, the 1937-1941 speeches were made during his term in office and the 1943 speeches while he was an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also included is a small amount of biographical material. There is also an oversize portrait of Townsend circa 1937-1941 (B065).An item-level description is available upon...
Dates:
1936-1943
Orange County, Indiana diary
Collection — Folder S2479
Identifier: S2479
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a daily diary kept by a teenager living in Orange County, Indiana from June 1856 to February 1858. The author never identifies himself, but the diary may have been kept by Francis M. Morris, the son of Washington and Mary Catherine (Jackson) Morris. The diary entries are usually short and mention the weather, farm activities, going to town and the mill, going to "meeting," and his father's activities. Some names of relatives mentioned include his uncles...
Dates:
1856-1899
Pepper family photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP138
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken by Kate Reifel Pepper and others from Franklin County, Indiana in ranging from circa 1914 to circa 1915 regarding the Pepper and Reifel families, bridge building, farming, and Peppertown, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1914-circa 1915
Philpott and Ludlow family papers
Collection — Folder S0858
Identifier: S0858
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three documents regarding a dispute over 1,016 pounds of crop tobacco between Elizabeth Philpott and Hugh Mitchell from Charles County, Maryland (1752-1754); a settlement document for the closing of Ross Smiley's business (May 29, 1820); a letter sent to John Philpott of Fayette County, Indiana from Richard A. Buckner of Greensburg, Kentucky inquiring if Philpott would like him to represent him in determining if he's entitled to part of the proceeds from an estate of a...
Dates:
1752-1909
Ralph Harvey almanac collection
Collection
Identifier: L186
Scope and Contents
This collection includes almanacs collected by Ralph Harvey in the United States ranging from 1838 to 1920, regarding agriculture, culture, folklore, and religion, as well as, calendar, meteorological, and astronomical information. The early almanacs are largely The Farmer's Almanac, though there are six almanacs (1848, 1850, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1864) in German, while the later almanacs are the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack...
Dates:
1838-1920
Roy Conrad oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH061
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript, a reel-to-reel audiotape and an audio cassette tape of an oral interview with Roy Conrad, conducted by Jerry Handfield for the Indiana State Library in Monticello, Indiana on October 5, 1977 and December 6, 1978. Topics include: farming methods, rural society, and early family life.
Dates:
1977/10/04; 1978/12/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy Conrad oral history
