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Agriculture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Agnes Ellen Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0635
Abstract

Contains correspondence and records, index to student files (1930-1944), and indices to miscellaneous publications. Publication topics include agriculture, home economics, P.T.A., publishing companies, sororities, University of Alabama publications, publications of other Alabama colleges and normal schools, and out-of-state college publications.

Dates: 1919 - 1945

M. E. Allan letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0063
Abstract

Letter dated 30 September 1855, to "Dear Cousin," from Bald Hill, Georgia, discussing family news, crops, children, and illnesses and deaths among family and slaves.

Dates: 1855 September 30

Benjamin T. Barret Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0117
Abstract

A collection containing family correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, and other items.

Dates: 1836 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1900

Bonney and Bush and Bush and Lobdell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0186
Abstract

Letters to the machinery manufactures Booney and Bush, and Bush and Lobdell, both of Wilmington, Delaware, concerning machinery, cotton gins, and business conditions in Alabama, 1836-1843.

Dates: 1836-1843

Booth Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3170
Abstract

Letters to and from members of the Booth family. Family and friends write about their experiences farming and raising livestock in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa from 1857 to 1886.

Dates: 1857 - 1886

Amelia Boswell letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0190
Abstract

Letter dated 13 August 1847, from Boswell of El Dorado, Arkansas, to her cousin, Elizabeth A. Boswell of Pike County, Alabama, discussing the health of family members, crops, and weather.

Dates: 1847 August 13

J. M. Bradshaw Farm Journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3693
Abstract

The journals of this Luverne, Alabama, farmer.

Dates: 1912-1916

Iveson L. Brookes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0214
Abstract

A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.

Dates: 1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865

Bryce Hospital Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0225
Abstract

Various materials on the establishment and history of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, later known as Bryce Hospital.

Dates: 1849-1991

John Cannon indenture

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0269
Abstract

An agreement dated 10 January 1899 and executed in Elmore County, Alabama, between J. W. Adams and John Cannon, indenturing Archie Cannon, a minor, to five months agricultural labor.

Dates: 1899 January 10

I. M. Clark letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0308
Abstract

Letter dated 28 July 1861, from "Clover Bottom" (near Huntsville) to his sister, giving news of crops and weather, and stating his desire to join the army.

Dates: 1861 July 28

Nelson Clayton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0315
Abstract

Papers reflecting the activities of a cotton planter in Lee County, Alabama, 1808-1868.

Dates: 1808-1868; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1860

Thomas H. Clements letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0317
Abstract

Letters to an Alabama farmer from 1866 to 1870

Dates: 1866-1870

Ben I. Coblentz survey

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0324
Abstract

Cultural resources survey of the proposed site of a Bryant Agricultural Corporation soy bean loading facility.

Dates: 1978

Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, District 10 letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0350
Abstract

Letter dated 4 October 1864, from W.H.C. Price, Superintendent of the C.S.A. War Department's Nitre and Mining District 10, to P.J. Weaver, requesting his urgent cooperation in the manufacturing of nitre.

Dates: 1864 October 4

Peter Courtney indenture

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0363
Abstract

Handwritten indenture document, dated 1 January 1704, by which Peter Courtney of Middlesex County, England, leased a property, "Eagle Hollow" or "Parks Suggs," to Samuel Rogers of Cornwall County, England.

Dates: 1704 January 1

Eyre Damer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0392
Abstract

A scrapbook and accompanying materials relating to the book “With C.H. Ellis Through Central America and Panama: Quarantine Tour of Central America and Panama by Health Authorities as Guests of the United Fruit Company,” compiled and distributed by that firm.

Dates: after 1900

Edgar G. Dawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0410
Abstract

A letter testamentary to Edgar G. Dawson, naming him executor of the estate of William Eliza Terrell, June 3, 1867, one to “My darling,” June 4, 1885 written while on a trip to Italy, and the plantation book for “Ravenswood,” January 1869-January 1, 1873.

Dates: 1867-1885

Elbert Deains deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0416
Abstract

A document dated 26 July 1849, recording the gift of one acre of land to the town of Pine Grove in Pike County, Alabama.

Dates: 1849 July 26

Dexter and Abbot letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0434
Abstract

A letter dated 6 May 1848 to Mssrs. Mason and Lawrence, Boston, regarding cotton sales.

Dates: 1848 May 6

Dillard Family Ledgers

 Collection — Box 4313.001: [Barcode: 1005697223]
Identifier: MSS-4313
Scope and Contents Two account ledger books belonging to the Dillard family of Lovingston, Virginia, containing business and farming records, laborers and slaves’ specific activities, labor contracts, worker wages, and personal opinions from the Dillards on their workers and slaves between 1859-1888.The entries pertaining to labor contracts describe the terms of involuntary servitude placed upon African American workers in exchange for food, meals, and housing. Included in these entries are...
Dates: 1859 - 1888

Floyd R. Dunn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0459
Abstract

Letters and photographs from the governors of the 50 United States providing general information about each state, including each state’s government (number of state senators and representatives), the state flower, bird, and tree, and the population according to the United States Census of 1970

Dates: 1971

John K. and William M. Elliott daybooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0482
Abstract

Photocopies of the daybooks of John K. Elliott and his son, William M. Elliott, of the Payneville, Sumter County, Alabama area, spanning the years from 1870 through 1911.

Dates: 1870-1911

T. J. Farmer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0504
Abstract

Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly among members of this Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, farm family, and an 1876 grade report from Alabama Central Female College.

Dates: 1853-1898

Ann and Robert Selvidge Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0531
Abstract Primarily receipts and statements but the collection also includes Robert S. Foster’s will and a deed for 1,274 acres of land from the heirs of Robert S. Foster to Edmond L. Prince in 1859 for the sum of $19,110.00. Most of the statements are for the freight, wharfage, drayage, weighing and storage of cotton shipped by steamboats, and are listed for either Mrs. Ann Foster or the Estate of Robert S. Foster. Other receipts are for the purchase of clothing, books and magazine...
Dates: 1833-1859

Henry B. Foster deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0534
Abstract

Warranty deed for property in Alabama given by Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Foster to Mrs. Sallie H. Hester

Dates: 1901 February 28

George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Abstract

Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.

Dates: 1886 - 1898

Georgia Census 1850 and 1860

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0566
Abstract

Handwritten census records for counties in Georgia. Contains information on numbers of slaves, acres of improved and unimproved land, and value of farms. Summary information provided for some counties. Counties included (1850): Elbert, Franklin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Greene, Gordon, Hall, Harris, Heard, Henry, and Houston. Counties included (1860): Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Hall, Harrid, Heard, Houston, Lowndes, and Montgomery.

Dates: unknown

Green and Hopper deed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0588
Abstract

A conveyance of land in Montgomery, Alabama, dated 30 August 1832, by Moses Green and Joseph D. Hopper to George Whitman.

Dates: 1832 August 30

Bird Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0596
Abstract

Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.

Dates: 1805-1885

John G. Hardin crop lien

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0628
Abstract

Copy of a crop lien for $50 against the crop John G. Hardin will harvest on a plantation in Elmore County, Alabama, owned by B.S. Walkley.

Dates: 1875 July 19

Hugh Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1611
Abstract

Extensive correspondence, business records, and receipts of this Marion, Alabama, plantation owner and attorney, and his family.

Dates: 1820 - 1898

Hugh Gantt Lollar Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0874
Abstract

A small collection of letters from Oregonia, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to his cousin Hugh Robinson, Level Land, Abeville, South Carolina. The chief subjects are agricultural conditions and prices.

Dates: 1859 - 1860

James Boykin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0196
Abstract

Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1833-1967; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870

Jesse Griffin letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0597
Abstract

A letter dated 5 September 1813, from St. Stephens, Alabama, to his parents, describing the Creek attack on Fort Mims during the Creek War of 1813-1814.

Dates: 1813 September 5

John Cocke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Abstract

Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.

Dates: 1810-1899

John Collier Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Abstract

A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1841 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892

John Horry Dent papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0430
Abstract There are four typescript documents in the folder also: (1) Commodore John Herbert Dent, U.S. Navy, 1782–1823; (2) Charles I. Graves in Egypt (1875–1878); (3) Cape Guardafui by Lt. Col. Graves (the proceedings of the meeting of October 1880); and (4) Report of Lt. Col. Graves, 4th July 1878.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record actual expenditures and incomes from his estate and to provide...
Dates: 1840-1891

John F. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1806
Abstract

Contains correspondence, financial materials, and material relating to the Grange, Farmers’ Alliance, Agricultural Relief, and other agricultural organizations of this Choctaw County, Mississippi, farmer who was an agent for the Daniel Pratt Company.

Dates: 1856-1888

Joshua Hill Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0535
Abstract

Papers of a University of Alabama graduate, Baptist minister, planter, teacher (University of Alabama, 1873-1892) and president of Alabama Central Female College, 1869-1873.

Dates: 1839 - 1904

King family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0817
Abstract

Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.

Dates: 1803-1894

La Tigra Cattle Ranch in Argentina Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-014
Scope and Contents

The collection contains one photographic album from the studio of Samuel Boote of 27 photographs from the 1880s visually documenting the La Tigra cattle ranch located near Olavarría, Argentina. Photographs measure between 6½” x 8½” and 4¾” x 7” and do not include captions.

Dates: circa 1880s

Lynchburg Mule Traders Association Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3884
Abstract

Letter asking for support of a petition to have October 26, 1985, declared "Mule Appreciation Day U.S.A."

Dates: 1985

Marjorie L. Smith Cotton Slides

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-004
Abstract

This collection contains seventy-one color slides depicting various stages of cotton production, taken by Marjorie L. Smith in and around Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama. Slides also show images of an African American church in Hayneville.

Dates: 1960 - 1965

Henry Leroy McGriff farm journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3754
Abstract

Ledgers documenting the farm inventory, taxes, profits and losses, as well as mortgages, title abstracts, and related documents

Dates: 1898-1951

Melton's Bluff Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4150
Abstract

Six receipts concerning Andrew Jackson's farm, Melton's Bluff, on the Tennessee River in Alabama.

Dates: 1817-1818

John Newland and George Wilcox receipt

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1703
Abstract

This collection consists of a single receipt dated March 6, 1811 and signed by Newland and Wilcox, acknowledging payment of $3 by Hugh Lemasster for taxes owed for 1809 on a farm of 100 acres of second-rate land, 2 tiths, 3 slaves, and 7 horses.

Dates: 1811 March 6

Patrons of Husbandry, Perryville, Alabama, bylaws

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1110
Abstract

The bylaws of this Perryville, Alabama, Grange organization. The collection also includes several chapters of a manuscript, written in the back of the book.

Dates: 1876

Photographs of African American Tobacco Farmers

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-005
Abstract

Eighteen photographs depicting African American tobacco farmers near Petersburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1920 - 1960

Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll...
Dates: 1797 - 1973