Agriculture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Shrader and Weaver family papers
Collection
Identifier: L316
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, receipts, legal documents, school papers, and other miscellaneous materials of the Shrader and Weaver families of Fayette, County Indiana ranging from 1798 to 1923. Much of the correspondence is between family members and friends and relates weather conditions, crop prices, and family happenings. Also included are tax receipts, account books, land grants, indentures, stock certificates and other legal documents. Items of note are a 1798 Miami (Ohio)...
Dates:
1798-1923, undated
Solon Robinson collection
Collection
Identifier: L136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes songs, correspondence, notes, reviews, and articles from Solon Robinson in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1832 to 1931. The collection also includes a biography and bibliography of Solon Robinson.
Dates:
1832-1853
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Solon Robinson collection
Switzerland County collection
Collection — Folder S1697
Identifier: S1697
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of the constitution of the Switzerland County Agricultural Society dated January 29, 1866 and signed by the organization's secretary Thomas H. Downey and a program for the May 11, 1933 commencement exercises from the common school graduates of Pleasant and Craig Townships.
Dates:
1866-1933
Vigo County Public Library, Donald Eugene Foltz oral history
Collection — Box 73, Folder: OH173
Identifier: OH172
Dates:
1981/06/29
Virginia Ellis Jenckes collection
Collection
Identifier: L374
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Virginia Ellis Jenckes’s congressional papers. Also included are correspondence, reports, and other papers relating to the Agriculture Waste Recovery Project (1933–1943) and other efforts to help farmers during the Depression; flood control on the Wabash and White Rivers; railroads; women’s rights; education; and Communists in America, as well as her opposition to Communist radio broadcasts. The collection also contains papers relating to her political...
Dates:
1918-1951
Wabash River, Mt. Carmel, Illinois flooding aerial photographs
Collection — Folder SP097
Identifier: SP097
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Doane Studio of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which depict rural areas near Mt. Carmel, most likely in Illinois, on June 16, 1958, before, and on June 22, 1958, after the Wabash River flooded the area.
Dates:
1958 June
Walter Levi Mowrey collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0997
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Walter Levi Mowrey’s academic records from Purdue and Indiana universities, as well as several smaller academic institutions ranging from 1917 to 1947. It also contains documents pertaining to his teaching career, including annual contracts and evaluations.
There are also oversize certificates and diplomas belonging to Mowrey, ranging from 1911 to 1943 (OB156).
There are also oversize certificates and diplomas belonging to Mowrey, ranging from 1911 to 1943 (OB156).
Dates:
1917-1947
William H. Records papers
Collection
Identifier: L131
Scope and Contents
This collection includes diaries from William H. Records in Rising Sun, Indiana and the United States ranging from 1862 to 1865 and 1904 regarding his military service with the 72nd Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and life as a farmer in Rising Sun. There are also photocopies of the more fragile diaries, as well as miscellaneous papers (1855-1864) and a manuscript by Records based on his Civil War diaries.
Dates:
1862-1865, 1904
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William H. Records papers
William Marion Shearer account book
Collection — Volume V250
Identifier: V250
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an account book from WIlliam Marion Shearer in Indiana ranging from 1876 to 1909 regarding his work as a farmer and laborer.
Dates:
1876-1909
William P. Long diaries
Collection
Identifier: L302
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of William P. Long's pocket diaries from 1897, 1900, and 1903, with daily entries covering various topics such as the weather, family, friends, church news, and farm activities.
Dates:
1897-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William P. Long diaries
