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1. Address delivered by Hon. Frederick Douglass, at the third annual fair of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association, on Thursday, September 18, 1873, at Nashville, Tennessee.
- Creator:
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Published / Created:
- 1873
- Call Number:
- JWJ Zan D747 873A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Advertising matter on p. [4] of cover. and Cover title.
- Publisher:
- New National Era and Citizen Print.,
- Subject (Name):
- Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association
- Subject (Topic):
- African Americans--Tennessee and Agriculture
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Address delivered by Hon. Frederick Douglass, at the third annual fair of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association, on Thursday, September 18, 1873, at Nashville, Tennessee.
2. Diary of a voyage from New York to California and return trip by train, 1874-1875
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1415
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 79
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Acapulco, and the voyage to San Francisco. There is a detailed description of San Francisco and more information on California towns, agriculture, mining, flora and fauna. The diary also chronicles a train trip from Rocklin, California to Reno, Nevada, where the author found work on an alfalfa farm. The author continued overland by train through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska to Chicago and then Detroit. The author traveled to New York by way of Niagara Falls and The volume includes illustrations of California, Nevada, and Niagara Falls as well as maps of the railroad routes. There is a list of the illustrations and a list of plants identified. The author also created an abstract of the diary in the back of the volume
- Subject (Geographic):
- Nevada., United States., West (U.S.), Acapulco (Mexico), Colón (Panama), California, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Nevada, Panama, Salt Lake City (Utah), and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Central Pacific Railroad Company., Colon (Steamship), Montana (Steamship), Panama Railroad Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, Alfalfa, Railroad travel, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a voyage from New York to California and return trip by train, 1874-1875
3. Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
- Creator:
- George W. Williams & Company
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1869]
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 106
- Image Count:
- 58
- Abstract:
- Viewbook of mounted photographic prints compiled by the George W. Williams & Company, fertilizer merchants, ca. 1869. A photographic print appears on the recto of each mount that depicts an advertisement for Carolina Fertilizer with a letterpress testimonial below it. The verso of each mount carries a photographic print of an image created by Andrew J. Russell. The exception is the last mount, which carries a photographic advertisement for BD Sea Fowl Guano on the recto of the mount and no photographic print on the verso. The images by Russell document landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, An image shows a view of Echo, Utah, as well as rock outcroppings in its vicinity, including Hanging Rock, Monument Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in the Weber River Valley, Utah, include views of Coalville city, Devil's Gate, Tunnel No. 4, Bridge No. 32, and of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge at the mouth of the canyon, Images of Wyoming include views of a large windmill at Laramie; Granite Canyon from a water tank; High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area; and an overview of the Laramie River Valley, as well as railroad cuts consisting of the Burning Rock Cut and Hall's Cut (identified in a caption as the Great Mountain Pass)., An image of Omaha, Nebraska, shows a street leading to the Missouri River, An image shows a group of people during the laying of the last rail connecting the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869, near Promontory, Utah, and Sixteen plates without mounted photographic prints in the volume contain graphical advertisements for the products of the George W. Williams Company including BD Sea Fowl Guano, Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, C. C. Coe's Ammoniated Super Phosphate of Lime, Carolina Fertilizer, and Palmetto Soluble Acid Phosphate, as well as powdered raw bones and dissolved unburnt bones
- Description:
- Title from cover., Autograph on front board of Frank E. Taylor., Twenty photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's, The Great West illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Photographic prints measure 13 x 7 cm.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States., West (U.S.), Coalville (Utah), Echo (Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Russell, Andrew J., Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Advertising, Agriculture, Fertilizer industry, and Railroads
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
4. Harvest war crops / [graphic] : the Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps
- Creator:
- Morley, Hubert, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1945]
- Call Number:
- Poster0313
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., In lower margin: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1945 O-637277., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Linen mounted.
- Publisher:
- War Food Administration and U. S. Government Printing Office
- Subject (Name):
- Women's Land Army (United States).
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, World War, 1939-1945, War work, Harvesting, Agricultural laborers, and Peach trees
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Harvest war crops / [graphic] : the Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps
5. Henry Ridinger diary : manuscript
- Creator:
- Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938
- Published / Created:
- 1878-1882.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-4142
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 112
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel through Kansas to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Ridinger describes life with a group of Osage, including the construction of buildings, hunting, fishing, agriculture, and Osage funerary and religious ceremonies. Ridinger also records his interactions with other tribes, including Pawnee, Cherokee, Ute, and Waco. He describes relations and treaties between the tribes, as well as the tribes' relations with the United States government, including the disbursement of food and clothing. Other passages describe copies of earlier treaties with France and Spain which the tribes showed Ridinger. A later entry describes the aftermath of the United States Army burning a Jewish settlement in Oklahoma in 1881 and The diary also includes an essay about the history of Native American treaties with the United States government and several pages of accounts listing expenses and sales of hay, wheat, and corn. The diary includes several drawings of people, horses, insects, dogs, and symbols. Accompanied by 3 photographs, one hand-colored portrait of Henry Ridinger, one of an unidentified woman, and one of a man and woman captioned "Uncle Sam [Ridinger] with his sweetheart who died."
- Description:
- Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years in the 1870s and 1880s. He later became a hay farmer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, circa 1885., In English., and Front and back covers are detached.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
- Subject (Name):
- Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry Ridinger diary : manuscript
6. Photograph album of the Wigrich Ranche, Independence, Oregon
- Creator:
- Wigan, Richardson and Company
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1910.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 76
- Image Count:
- 32
- Abstract:
- Album of photographs distributed by Wigan, Richardson and Company, hop merchants headquartered in London, Great Britain, with photographs created by the Parker Studio, Salem, Oregon, documenting the activities of the Wigrich Ranche (sic.), a hops farm in the locality of Wigrich in the vicinity of Independence, Oregon, ca. 1910. The images consist primarily of exterior and interior views of structures, the fields, and surrounding area, in addition to images that depict pickers, Identified portraits include a studio portrait of Major W. Lewis Rose, manager of the farm, and informal portraits of Rose with his wife and daughter in front of the main residence, Exterior views of structures include drying kilns, storage sheds, the office of the yard boss, bakery, restaurant, grocery store, dance hall, and blacksmith shop, and usually include individuals involved with their operation, Additional exterior views of the farm include a newly planted orchard, plants during harvest, plants damaged by heavy windstorms, a pile of baskets used in harvesting, bales of hops en route to warehouse storage, loading bales on a train at the Wigrich railroad stop, a load of harvested hops in canvas sacks on a horse drawn wagon, trains loaded with hops for transport, a group of horses used in operating the farm, a loganberry patch, the removal of tree stumps using explosives, and images of livestock on the farm consisting of Jersey and Durham cows, and Poland Chinese and Duroc Jersey boars. Other exterior views show the Willamette River and the boundary of the ranch, Interior views of structures include a furnace room of a drying kiln, a tram car loaded with hops entering a kiln, men examining the hops harvest, hops stored in a warehouse, and men preparing bread in the bakery, and Images of workers involved in the hops harvest include group portraits of workers in the fields, a view of a tent camp, workers waiting for mail delivery at the post office in the grocery store, and workers leaving the ranch after harvest via automobile and train. An image shows Armenian workers of the Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company training newly established vines in a field
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Imprinted text on cover, "The Wigrich Ranche, Indpendence, Ore., U.S.A.", and "Messers. Wigan, Richardson, & Co., Hop Merchants, [London]"., and Typescript captions on mounts below each photographic print.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oregon, Oregon., Independence (Or.), Wigrich (Or.), and Willamette River Valley (Or.)
- Subject (Name):
- Rose, W. Lewis., Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company., Parker Studio (Salem. Or.), and Wigan, Richardson and Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, Agricultural laborers, Armenians, and Hops
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph album of the Wigrich Ranche, Independence, Oregon
7. Photographs of Mary P. Murphey's farm near Stafford, Texas
- Published / Created:
- 1914-1916.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 213
- Image Count:
- 62
- Abstract:
- Photographic postcards of farm buildings, stock, the Murphey family, and farming scenes, apparently gathered and captioned for promotional purposes
- Description:
- The Murphey farm was owned by Mary P. Murphey of Houston, Texas, located 3/4 of a mile north of Stafford, Fort Bend County, Texas. Crops included corn, alfalfa, cotton, and hay. and Manuscript captions on verso and/or at bottom of image.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas and Fort Bend County (Tex.)
- Subject (Name):
- Murphey, Mary P.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture and Farms
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Mary P. Murphey's farm near Stafford, Texas
8. The American museum; or, Universal magazine; containing essays on agriculture - commerce - manufactures - politics - morals - and manners. Sketches of national characters - natural and civil history - and biography. Law information - public papers - intelligence. Moral tales - ancient and modern poetry ...
- Published / Created:
- [1787 May]
- Call Number:
- A89 30
- Image Count:
- 98
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- May 1789 issue (p. [429] - [524]) digitized.
- Alternative Title:
- American museum or, Repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, &c prose and poetical 1787-89.
- Description:
- Editor: Mathew Carey. and v. 1-12; Jan. 1787-Dec. 1792.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Mathew Carey [etc.]
- Subject (Name):
- Adams, John, 1735-1826, Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, Griffitts, Samuel Powel, 1759-1826, McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817, Penn, William, 1644-1718, Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795, Warley, Felix B., 1749-1814, and Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, Anecdotes, Conduct of life--18th century, Dueling, Home remedies, Indians of North America--Government relations--Periodicals, Slave ships--Pictorial works, and Slave trade --United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The American museum; or, Universal magazine; containing essays on agriculture - commerce - manufactures - politics - morals - and manners. Sketches of national characters - natural and civil history - and biography. Law information - public papers - intelligence. Moral tales - ancient and modern poetry ...
9. The war at home school boys of Connecticut. Help the farmers with the harvest! -- join the U. S. Boys Working Reserve or the Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers... [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1918]
- Call Number:
- Poster0335
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Title and place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Committee of Food Supply, Connecticut Council of Defense, 36 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn and The Manternach Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut.
- Subject (Name):
- Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers. and United States Boys' Working Reserve.
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture, Boys, World War, 1914-1918, War work, Agricultural laborers, Plowing, Horses, Livestock, and Canning & preserving
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The war at home school boys of Connecticut. Help the farmers with the harvest! -- join the U. S. Boys Working Reserve or the Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers... [graphic]
