Agriculture--Kentucky.
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel D. Carpenter Account Book
Collection
Identifier: 2013A032
Scope and Contents
The account book contains records of transactions for farm produce from Samuel Davis Carpenter, especially in the 1850s and 1860s.
Dates:
1850 - 1900; Acquisition: 1996-11-20
Richard A. Edwards Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1997A004
Scope and Contents
The Richard Alexander Edwards Collection documents the Cook and Gatewood families of Trimble County, KY, of which Pauline Cook, Edwards's wife, is a descendant. In addition to these family documents dating back to the early 19th century, there are scrapbooks documenting farm activities and daily life. R.A. Edwards added to the scrapbook collection with his notes on bee-keeping. School notes and teaching materials document the education and career of Edwards, especially related to the...
Dates:
1822 - 1974; Acquisition: 1982-11-05
Foster-Eades Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013A026
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Foster family of Madison County, KY contain several series of personal letters, most of which belong to Jennie Million or Malcom Morris. Also included are a series of store receipts and tobacco sales records covering several years around 1900. The Eades family papers consist mainly of deeds and land contracts between the family and various other locals between 1869 and 1935. There are also a small number of fliers and pamphlets that offer an interesting look into the day to...
Dates:
1867 - 1941; Acquisition: 1984-01-13
Kunkel/Million Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2020A001
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Kunkel Family Papers was compiled by Mabel Kunkel and consists of educational essays she wrote or materials she collected to use in the classroom. There is some personal correspondence scattered through the collection as well. Collected materials cover a wide variety of topics across the entire state of Kentucky and consist of state reports, brochures, pamphlets and more. A manuscript about Thoroughbred horses and horse farms of the Bluegrass is also included. However, most...
Dates:
1892 - 1996; Acquisition: 1984-11-16
Madison County Fair Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0010-003
Scope and Contents
Annual fair programs from the Madison County Fair Association.
Dates:
1899 - 1957
Mason & Hanger Historical Records
Collection
Identifier: 2008A002
Scope and Contents
The Mason & Hanger Historical Records consist of company records that were in storage for many years and considered "historical" by the new parent company, Day & Zimmermann. As there was no order to the material, an order has been imposed that we believe is useful for access and which is essentially alphabetical by project. The projects include: Boston Traffic Tunnel, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Camp Zachary Taylor, Cannelton Locks and Dam, Carquinez Bridge, Fort Randall Dam, Gateway...
Dates:
1900 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970; Acquisition: 02/23/2006
William Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2022A001
Scope and Contents
Contracts and correspondence between Laura Clay and her farm managers, Green Parks and William Riley. Also includes building specifications for Schoolhouse 43 and a school census for the same, both undated. School census is likely from 1899-1899 and according to the donor the school is White Oak School.
Dates:
1885 - 1900; Acquisition: 2022-01-05
Stateland Dairy Records
Collection
Identifier: 2023A016
Scope and Contents
These records document the continuous improvement of the Holstein herd at Eastern Kentucky University's Stateland Dairy. The records include production records from various cow families as well as sire performance records. Monthly testing records through the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) are available from 1931-1978 except for a gap between 1967 and 1974.
Registration certificates are not included here and cow pedigrees after 1967 are also not included. Some of the production...
Dates:
1914 - 1978; Acquisition: 2023-05-23
J.B. Walker & Bro. Farm Ledger
Collection
Identifier: 2017A003
Scope and Contents
This ledger is a preprinted farm record book called "The Enterprising Farmer" designed to furnish the farmer with a simple and complete system of keeping his accounts. Some of the items that were well documented were the sales of eggs, butter, tobacco and produce and labor for braking hemp. There is also a steady record of cash receipts. The butter sales are written in a different hand than the remainder of the entries. The ledger provides a record of farm sales and expenses for a central...
Dates:
1893 - 1905; Acquisition: 1956-10-03
Watts Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2017A001
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, financial records and legal documents that were left in Elmwood at the time of Emma Watts' death. The collection spans three branches of the family (Parkes, Walker, and Watts) and covers nearly 150 years. The bulk of material is from 1878 and later and pertains to the Watts family; however, the Parkes family, particularly James B. Parkes, is well-represented within the collection. The Watts family owned thousands of acres of...
Dates:
1816 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1960; Acquisition: 2000-04-20