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Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979 1 Linear Feet (6 items)


Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979
Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979.
The Mary Rudge Share the Seed Typescript was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
Mary Rudge was a peace activist and poet. Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979. There are at least one hundred items, including narratives and interviews, poems, songs, documents, sketches, and photocopied photographs, focusing on farmworkers in California, as well as elsewhere in the United States. The text features corrections and emendations. Signed by Rudge at the end of her foreword to the volume. Velobound in brown vinyl covers. Several pages missed the binding and are thus laid in. Also laid in are several ephemeral pieces from the farmworkers movement.
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Reel 1321, 1965 March 14

Critics and authors, The Dragon Seed film ad 14. Memories of Chinese Revolution 15. 1957 Chinese Revolution, Mao Tse Tsung.

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI WBAI: Folio Editor Marsh Tompkins documentary on the Klu Klux Klan 1. field recordings and narrator documenting the KKK in Tuscaloosa. Ends with Summary. 2. Next Program is Jazz with Don Schlitten and daughter Tianna, guest DJ.Early 1965 (10 year anniversary of Charliet Parker death, track 8) Fats Waller's Christopher Columbus" and personanel listed 3. Louis Armstrong "Honeydew" 4. Bessie Smith "Alexander's Ragtime Band" . Don Schlitten announces Saturday Afternoon jazz show and eight and a half year old cohost. 5. "Gone with the Wind" McLean, chambers, Taylor... 6. Wilbur Ware "Lullaby of the Leaves" 7. Chalrie Ventura tune, "Sweet Georgia Brown" "Tammy's Dream" Al Hall, Buck Clayton. Announcer WBAI. 8. dono Schlitten, Booker Ervin. Duke Ellington "Come Sunday" Nat King Cole, Trio and "Somtimes I'm Happy" by Gillespie and cres with Stuf Smith at end. CDII 1. con'td tune, drops out. 2. Midtune, (violin, jazz with Nat King Cole vox) 3. Don Schlitten recount of jazz fet at Hunter College. Jazz PIano workshop, then tuen, Willie the Lion Smith "Just one of those things" 3. Willie the Lion Smith 4. Daave Frishbert, Stella, "Will you still be mine" 5. talk and "St. Louis Blues" by Earl Hines 6. Benny Carter, Maxine Sulliva, Dexter Gordon 7. Becket "You know that I know" and WBAI 8. Dono Schlitten on latesnt project "Bebop revidisited" and tuen "Embaceable You" Barrie Harris, others. Village play, Cahrlie Parker March, 12, 10th Anniversary of his Death, and Carniegie Hall Memorial convert, Dizz, JJ Stitt, others, .. 9. Gene Ammons "Confirmation" 10. Jumps to Woody Allen, mid dialogue about Manhattan residence and ex wife 11. cont'd guitar song, blues for Chris" Lonnie Johnson, includes Wendell Marshall 12. Woody Alllen NYU and other material cont'd. CDIIIcont'd radio with Woody Allen 2. cont'd 3. "the Police" bit 4. summing up and then to banjo folk song, male singer 5. "Don't Wait Too Long" Tony Bennett 6. cont'd, new song 7. con'td music collage includes Star Spangled Banner 8. talking again, and audio collage 9. cont'd 10. cont'd 11. cont'd 12. ends with jazz scat ballad CDIV (Feb 1965) 1. collage, cocnt'd, talk by DJ over truntable, organ jazz 2. Fats Waller, DJ talking with reverb 3. WBAI ID and Long John Neble show (LJN) and Amazing Randi show announced. (one week after Malcolm X death. World's Fair discussed, guessed mentioned in passing 4. cont'd, 5. con'td, WWII piece (frivolous) and Joseph Spence song. 6. commentary on Joseph Spence, WBAI ID and mention of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman 7. gospel song, and jazz pop balld "All by Myslef" 8. mention of hidden mic on news. 9. cont'd and pop/rock song 10. Jumps to radio tune, then Malcolm X argreement after his deat (week after February 21, 1965) human rights. WOR ID. . Sudeio ONe. Leon Amir, Herbert Rollins, Myrna Bain, Esther Jackson, Tom Gask, Amazing Randi (12-5 AM) and disucssion, includes Jn 1962 issue of "Mohamed Speaks" CDV 1. cont'd Randi show. Muslims and Malcolm X 2. cont'd, threats against Malcolm X 3. Malcolm X story murder account 4. cont'd discussion 5. Brass Rail Ad, Champagne Dinner, Listing of Panelists and telerams 6. Discussion 7. cont'd 8. rumors 9. telegrams 10. Irving Drake, composer "What Makes Sammy Run" for a 30 minute break in show. One year anniversary of "What Makes Sammy Run" (Feb 27, 1965) 11. cont'd Suskind and Moose Charlap mentioned 12. cont'd, Abraham Lincoln 13. con'td 14. cont'd, discussion 15. Hank Williams "Your cheating heart" (talk about) and Sinatra at end. CDVI 1. cont'd overlap, Sinatra/Williams and mention of Parmount Mecca Theater. 2. Irving Drake cont'd and return to WOR Randi show on Death of Malcolm X. with Louis Amir talking 3. cont'd, with introductions 4. cont'd, South Africa 5. cont'd Malcolm X history 6. RAM and plans to blow up US monuments? Robert Williams and N. Carolina other topic 7. politics and X, Muslims in america 8. cont'd 9. cont'd then NY Philharmoni Mahler Symphony #4 announced. Back to guests and telegram 10. cont'd CDI 1. con'td WOR, Amazing Randi, Pnel introduced and telegrams 2. Malcolm X. Mau Mau in Kenya, telegram. 3. cont'd, 4. cont'd 5. telegram, race discussed 6. cont'd 7. cont'd and Radio music "Good Morning" 8. JUmps to LJN 8. social porblem of prostitiution 9. vlaues, 10. socio political discussion 11. Panel introduction: Robert Mullel, Pearl S. Buck, Theaodore Harris, Frank Davis, Steve Goldstein 12. Pearl S. Buck on foster parenting 13. con'td 14. cont'd CDVIII 1. Randi with Pearl S. Buck, cont'd. Politics and Boxer Rebellion 2. China 3. Chinese history, presidents 4. con'td, guests, jewelry and Pekings 5. Chinese language 6. con'td 7. cont'd 8. cont'd China never affected by the West 9. cont'd 10. con'td, on writing books 11. "mixed race" children story 12. Ad for Brass Rail restaurant, Panelists listed 13. Critics and authors, The Dragon Seed film ad 14. Memories of Chinese Revolution 15. 1957 Chinese Revolution, Mao Tse Tsung. Mu Shu Feng. Wilting of the 100 flowers. and war history. CDIX 1. Pearl S. Buck, cont'd, Panelists and WOR ID 2. on Chinese Intellectuals (specific) 3. politics 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. race in America 7. African Student in China, discrimmination and related book 8. discussion 9. coffee break, Arthru Chu. randi on food 10. Chinese food talk and coffee break St. Patricks day "this Saturday" and Carmel Quinn, singer, Tennessee country songs album 11. Harp lager and Randi talk at end. CDX 1. New Content, Norman Corman? Corwin? "The Alchemists and O'Neill 2. Philosophical argument 3. commentary 4. CBS News, Look Up and Live "The Initiation, Scientific Man, 20th Century, and PSA for 3 Orbit flight wiht 2 man space team, Monday, March 22nd. Jumps to Macy's ad. and Golden 65. Jumps to Jazz and Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poem "Autobiography" . Duke Ellington music and poem called "Canon 3" Choreography Sophie Maslow, discussion with Jim McAndrews. 5. cont'd. Modern dance. Mike's Place and dance (TV) 6. Jazz Poetry and Duke Ellington music "A Coney Island of the Mind" Ferlinghetti 7. cont'd 8. cont'd 9. cont'd, "American Dance Theater" 10. Announcer, ad for Red Cross. Ad Haley's MO laxative, corn doodle ad, Channel 2 NY New show. WCBS, legistlative hearing, Moderator Dallas Townsend. and talk about homicide law change. CDXI 1. cont'd discussion, Red Cross and Macy's spring sale ad 2. NAACP in news 3. Interview, cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. Channel changing: Wall Street Journal ad, menition of President Johnson, and Alabama politics9. discussion George Wallace, Selma 10. cont'd 11. commentary by Governor George Wallace, talk to 12. Jingle Choc Full O Nuts is a heavenly coffee. 13. end of Governor George Wallace on Face the Nation. Ad for 25 Country Hits compilation, Bobby Darrin LP and end of show 14. Ad Galaxy filtered cigarettes. Walter Cronkite. Ad: Colgate toothpaste. Jumps to hair ads Alberto VO5 hairspray, 15. Western on TV, ?John Wayne? "Profiles in Courage" ALCAN (Aluminum Limited) as sponsor. Red Scare, A. Mitchell Palmer, NY Assembly, dramatic profile. CDXII 1. cont'd at dramatization, Presidency, Hughs and Hayes. 2. Jude talk scne Profiles in courage 3. politics, talk 4. play discussion, Al Can Ad. 5. press conference 6. Aluminum Ad, AL-CAN and Easter Seal charities 7. Ad, Easter Seals and WNBC new York, Charlie Hughes, Convention and 1920 election meeting scene 8. cont'd applause and backstage scene 9. cont'd 10 cont'd and AL-CAN ad. ;

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  2. W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971
  3. Recordings, 1946-1971

Reel 0519, 1963 February

Note 1: "Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" Lillan Gish and … Feb 1963: News - Fall of Canadian Gov. over American war heads. 4th track: Starting 1/2 way in - Last Scenes from "Dragon seed Pearl Buck …"; Note 2: CDI 1. NBC Kraft Television Theater, Juan Valdez coffee ad and tv drama mid scene 2. cont'd -8.

Note 1: "Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" Lillan Gish and … Feb 1963: News - Fall of Canadian Gov. over American war heads. 4th track: Starting 1/2 way in - Last Scenes from "Dragon seed Pearl Buck …"; Note 2: CDI 1. NBC Kraft Television Theater, Juan Valdez coffee ad and tv drama mid scene 2. cont'd -8. "gypsy queen dropsy cure" (Dragonseed play) CDII 1. Cont'd-8. CDIII 1. middle of scene in the Grass Harp and ad for Late Late Show and Roto Rooter Channel 2, New York. 2. end of Dragonseed 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd CDIV 1. TV "2. cotn'd 3. cont'd 4. cont'd and end, jumps to News from Feb 5 1963 5. cont'd 6. cont'd, Cuban Missile crisis news. ;

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  2. W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971
  3. Recordings, 1946-1971

Committee on International Studies records, 1962-1978, bulk 1964-1977 5.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Funding and interest shifted, but many of the programs and courses established with the seed money from the Ford Foundation and others became permanent parts of the Duke curriculum and remain active to this day.
Established under a large Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Committee on International Studies oversaw the distribution of the grant money and other sources of income to various departmental and area programs having to do with international scholarship. Spanning from 1962 to 1978, the records contain details of the committee and various subcommittee's activities during that time.
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Martha O. Adams papers, 1960-2016 16 Linear Feet

She has written three poetry collections including: Buried Seed (2015), What Your Heart Needs to Know (2008) and Peeling the Rind (2000).
Martha Olds Adams is an American writer and poet. Her works center primarily on the areas of feminist theology, female spirituality and social justice. The Martha O. Adams papers contain her poetry collections and other writings; correspondence and ephemera related to her publications, workshops and speaking engagements, as well as documentation of her research and activist work.
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Sandy McCorvey slides: McCorvey issuing coffee seeds to Paramount Chief Sodoke for his tribe, Liberia, 1950s
Box 51 > Image 02-0697-007-IN

Sandy McCorvey slides: McCorvey issuing coffee seeds to Paramount Chief Sodoke for his tribe, Liberia, 1950s
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  2. Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South interviews, photographs, and project records, circa 1864-2011, bulk 1990-2004
  3. Interviews and Associated Materials, 1881-2004, bulk 1993-1995
  4. Tuskegee, Alabama, and environs, circa 1905-1994, bulk 1994
  5. McCorvey, Sandy J., 1939-1960s, 1994
  6. Sandy McCorvey slides, 1939-1960s

Research and Notes, 1950-2013

Outside of economics, he began studying Inclusion Body Myositis (also IBM) after a 2003 diagnosis. He provided seed money to the Yale School of Public Health for the IBM Disease Registry in 2011, a survey was conducted in 2012-2013, and he is a co-author on a 2015 paper about the initial results (along with his son-in-law Seth Richards-Shubik).

Any type of research material that Shubik created or gathered. Includes notes, as well as research reports from his time at IBM. Subjects include game theory, simulation, auctions, and bargaining. Arranged alphabetically.

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  2. Martin Shubik papers, 1938-2022, bulk 1944-2018
  3. Research, 1944-2015

Douglas M. Knight records, 1949 - 1970 60 Linear Feet

He later became president of SEED in 1973, and then president of the Questar Corporation in 1976.
Douglas M. Knight, born in 1921, served as president of Duke University from 1963 to 1969. Knight was educated at Yale and served as president of Lawrence University prior to becoming president of Duke. After leaving Duke in 1969, he worked as an industry executive at several firms. Records include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, surveys, reports, writings and speeches, minutes, audio-visual media, honorary citations, clippings, and printed matter. Major subjects include the administration of Duke University, the planning of a new art museum, university development, Duke's Fifth Decade Campaign and fundraising, the Duke Board of Trustees, Knight's inauguration, the School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Forestry, the Graduate School of Business, student protest, African-American students at Duke, the takeover of the Allen Building by members of the Afro-American Society, and student rights. Major correspondents include R. Taylor Cole, E.R. Latty, Lath Meriam, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, R. Philip Hanes, Nancy Hanks, R. Patrick Ransom, George V. Allen, Charles B. Wade, Henry Rauch, Edwin L. Jones, Wright Tisdale, Les Brown, Ellen Huckabee Gobbel, Mark Pinsky, Graddon Rowlands, and Floyd B. McKissick.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. San Francisco Office records, 1948-1999 and undated 5.8 Linear Feet 1800 Items

Companies represented in the collection include California Raisin Advisory Board, Dean Witter, Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Labatt's, Morris Plan, and Schlage.

Ferry-Morse Seed Company

Ferry-Morse Seed Company
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. The JWT San Francisco office was opened in 1923. The JWT San Francisco Office Records span the years 1959-1999, and includes advertising proofs, commercial artwork, print schedules, marketing plans, manuals, company history materials, correspondence, Creative Library catalogs and audiovisual materials (audio cassettes, VHS video cassettes and videotapes). Also included are the papers of Harry A. Lee, a JWT executive involved in the development of JWT's Pacific Rim business during the 1960s. Companies represented in the collection include California Raisin Advisory Board, Dean Witter, Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Labatt's, Morris Plan, and Schlage. JWT offices touched on in the collection include New York, Manila (Philippines) and Tokyo (Japan). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Production billing carbons, San Francisco and Chicago, 1948
Reel 399

San Francisco: Times Mirror; United Artists; Veloz & Yolander; Washington State Apple Advisory Commission; Washburn-Wilson Seed Co.; Wine Advisory Board; Chicago: Arnold Schwinn; Borg-Warner; Bowman Dairy petty cash vouchers; Crown Jewel Ware; Elgin National Watch; Famous Flours; Hixson Products; Illinois Power; Indiana Bell Telephone; International Minerals and Chemical; Kraft (see also San Francisco office)

San Francisco: Times Mirror; United Artists; Veloz & Yolander; Washington State Apple Advisory Commission; Washburn-Wilson Seed Co.; Wine Advisory Board; Chicago: Arnold Schwinn; Borg-Warner; Bowman Dairy petty cash vouchers; Crown Jewel Ware; Elgin National Watch; Famous Flours; Hixson Products; Illinois Power; Indiana Bell Telephone; International Minerals and Chemical; Kraft (see also San Francisco office)

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  2. J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm microfilm Accounting Department records, 1942-1954
  3. Production Billing, 1942-1953

"Seeds of Destiny", 1946

"Seeds of Destiny", 1946

Presented by the War Department, in support of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the film shows documentary footage of destruction and starvation in war-ravaged areas of the world in the aftermath of the War, and efforts made at recovery.

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  2. Phil Weaver collection of World War II films, 1943-1946

Martin Shubik papers, 1938-2022, bulk 1944-2018 211 Linear Feet (166 record cartons, eight document boxes, two oversize folders, and one electronic records box.) 0.2 Gigabytes (One set.)

Outside of economics, he began studying inclusion body myositis (IBM) after a 2003 diagnosis. He provided seed money to the Yale School of Public Health for the IBM Disease Registry in 2011, a survey was conducted in 2012-2013, and he is a coauthor on a 2015 paper about the initial results, along with his son-in-law Seth Richards-Shubik.
Martin Shubik (1926-2018) was the Seymour H. Knox Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Institutional Economics at Yale University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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M. A. Pacosa and Son collection of hardware sales brochures, 1930-1934 200 items

Companies represented include: Dings & Schuster; Kelloggs & Miller; Masback Hardware; Philadelphia Seed Co.; and Wadsworth, Howland.
Companies represented include: Dings & Schuster; Kelloggs & Miller; Masback Hardware; Philadelphia Seed Co.; and Wadsworth, Howland. Acquired as part of the John W.
Companies represented include: Dings & Schuster; Kelloggs & Miller; Masback Hardware; Philadelphia Seed Co.; and Wadsworth, Howland. Acquired as part of the John W.
Hardware and variety store established in 1898 in Chicopee, Mass. by Michal Pacosa (1870-1935) that continued into the 1980s. Collection consists of sales and merchandising brochures and newsletters sent to Pacosa's business. Brochures represent a variety of products: hardware; household furnishing; paint and adhesives; roofing materials; seed and garden supplies and equipment; sewing materials; tools; and other items. Brochures also feature suggestions for store windows and merchandise displays; point-of-sale promotions; and print advertising media. Companies represented include: Dings & Schuster; Kelloggs & Miller; Masback Hardware; Philadelphia Seed Co.; and Wadsworth, Howland. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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RL00160-WC-0024, 1922-07
Box 132 > Audio-cylinder RL00160-WC-0024

.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740 Title: Farm Sows His Seed String Beans and Barley Grow, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:614
Track List
  1. Title: Vilikins and his Dinah, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:35:073
  2. Title: Jonah and the Whale, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:43:200
  3. Title: Mary and Martha, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:34:903
  4. Title: Shortnin' bread, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:43:200
  5. Title: When I Was a Bachelor, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:30:326
  6. Title: Ninety Nine Blue Bottles, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:176
  7. Title: My Mammy Told Me, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:23:460
  8. Title: There Was an Old Woman (Skin and Bones), performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:39:042
  9. Title: Cindy, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:23:400
  10. Title: My Mammy Told Me, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:24:587
  11. Title: London Bridge is Falling Down, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:24:873
  12. Title: Last Night I Was Nearly Crazy, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:01:04:498
  13. Title: Standin' In The Need of Prayer ('Taint My Mother, 'Taint My Brother), performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740
  14. Title: Some Folks Say That a Nigger Won't Steal, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740
  15. Title: Farm Sows His Seed String Beans and Barley Grow, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:614
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  2. Frank Clyde Brown papers, 1912-1974
  3. Cylinders and Discs
  4. Wax Cylinders, 1921-1935

Landreth Seed Catalog Page with Thamm Tobacco Harvest Photo included, 1897
Digital-materials RL13033-SET-0001 > Image-file CT#184

Landreth Seed Catalog Page with Thamm Tobacco Harvest Photo included, 1897
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  2. Earl Dotter collection of Charles G. A. Thamm photographs, 1860s-2023
  3. Earl Dotter's digital images of Charles Thamm's photographs and artifacts
  4. Earl Dotter's digital photographs of Thamm's artifacts and realia

David Landreth Seed Seed Catalog Page with Thamm Barn Photo included, 1896
Digital-materials RL13033-SET-0001 > Image-file CT#159

David Landreth Seed Seed Catalog Page with Thamm Barn Photo included, 1896
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  2. Earl Dotter collection of Charles G. A. Thamm photographs, 1860s-2023
  3. Earl Dotter's digital images of Charles Thamm's photographs and artifacts
  4. Earl Dotter's digital photographs of Thamm's artifacts and realia

Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, 1895-1917
Box 2

Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, 1895-1917
Assorted examples of Carrie H. Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, based in Minneapolis, Minn., promoting her flower and seed business as well as offering horticulture expertise. Also contains a 1915 seed catalog from Emma V. White, her rival.

Assorted examples of Carrie H. Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, based in Minneapolis, Minn., promoting her flower and seed business as well as offering horticulture expertise. Also contains a 1915 seed catalog from Emma V. White, her rival.

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  2. Lisa Unger Baskin collection of women's work and domestic arts ephemera, 1700s-1940s

A.N. Kellogg Newspaper Co.--Kellogg's Lists 1953 family weekly newspapers of the better class, 1895
Box 36

Octavo, 25 pages of photo portrait illustrations (examples of early composite photograph) of various groups of men including: piano and organ makers, agricultural seed dealers, passenger agents, advertisers of noted health remedies, makers of boots and shoes, publishers, etc,

Printed by De Vinne Press. Lists newspapers. Octavo, 25 pages of photo portrait illustrations (examples of early composite photograph) of various groups of men including: piano and organ makers, agricultural seed dealers, passenger agents, advertisers of noted health remedies, makers of boots and shoes, publishers, etc,

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  2. Advertising ephemera collection, 1832-2004
  3. Printing and Publishing, 1846-1985
  4. Published Material, 1870-1985

Lithographed trade cards with racial caricatures, 1880s
Box 37

Companies represented on the cards include: Durham Bull Fertilizer; Gleason & Robbins; Putnam Nail Company; Rice's Seeds; Rising Sun Stove Polish; Star sewing machine

Companies represented on the cards include: Durham Bull Fertilizer; Gleason & Robbins; Putnam Nail Company; Rice's Seeds; Rising Sun Stove Polish; Star sewing machine

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  2. Advertising ephemera collection, 1832-2004
  3. Printing and Publishing, 1846-1985
  4. Published Material, 1870-1985

Earl Dotter collection of Charles G. A. Thamm photographs, 1860s-2023 12 Gigabytes (approximately 1276 files) 5 Linear Feet (11 boxes)


Seed crops
By 1896, he had become a photographer and his photography was used to illustrate some of the company's seed catalogs. He also invented some seed packing machinery, patented in the 1890s. Thamm retired from Landreth Seed Catalog Company in 1903.
Earl Dotter is a documentarian, photojournalist, and labor activist based in Maryland. Dotter's great-grandfather, Charles G. A. Thamm, also worked as a photographer in Pennsylvania and was employed by the Landreth Seed Catalog Company. This collection contains photographs in various formats - including negatives and prints - created by Thamm and his family in the 1890s and early 1900s. It also contains digital surrogate images of Thamm's work, adjusted by Dotter.
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Shopkeeper's Expense Account Book, 1850-1863 0.1 Linear Feet 1 Item

Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.
Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.
Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer.
The collection consists of one expense account book kept by a shopkeeper in or near Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. Chronological entries from March 1850 to February 1863 record the date, description, and amount for each personal and business expenditure of the shopkeeper, who appears to have sold medicine and paint. Business related entries include freight bills, license fees, corporation taxes, payments for services performed at the shop, expenses in Baltimore and Philadelphia, regular purchases from wholesale druggists such as Canby & Hatch and Wilson & Merritt, and frequent checks drawn on Cecil Bank. Other firms frequently mentioned include Hugh Bolton & Co., Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., and Clark & Jones. Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer. In addition to the itemized entries, the account book contains two tabular sections that together record the daily total for nearly every week from March 18, 1850, to August 10, 1863. Overall, 122 filled and 5 partially used manuscript pages reflect the life of an educated and civic-minded rural shopkeeper in Maryland during the mid-1800s.
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Benjamin Hedrick papers, 1848-1893 20 Linear Feet 6037 Items

Many write to Hedrick asking for seeds. One notable letter to Hedrick from February 2, 1866, comes from Milly Walker, formerly enslaved by D.L.
Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick was a white professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, 1854-1856, and U.S. Patent Office official, 1861-1886. Collection consists chiefly of letters to Hedrick. The early correspondence is between Hedrick and Mary Ellen Thompson, his future wife. Other correspondence concerns life at the University of North Carolina, Hedrick's dismissal from the University in 1856 for his Republican and anti-slavery opinions, and his life in the North during the Civil War period. Many of the post-1861 papers relate to Hedrick's position as chemical examiner at the Patent Office. Other topics include Reconstruction, the economic plight of the South, and politics, including Hedrick's attempt to win political office in North Carolina (1868). Correspondents include Kemp P. Battle, Daniel R. Goodloe, Horace Greeley, Hinton Rowan Helper, David L. Swain, John Torrey, and Jonathan Worth.
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Papers, 1840-1849
Box 1

Includes business correspondence and news; agricultural dispatches regarding weather, crops, and prices; correspondence to Massie about buying and selling crops and seeds, including rye; financial accounts for equipment, supplies, and crops; a 1841 report by Joseph Cabell on the a turnpike company; an invoice to Massie for postage fees due in 1842; an 1841 report card for Helen Massie and a 1845 October 10 letter about her schooling from Ellen Massie; a letter dated 1847 March 18 denouncing President Polk from James Heath; and some family and personal correspondence from William Effinger.

Assorted manuscript documents from the William Massie family, arranged chronologically. Includes business correspondence and news; agricultural dispatches regarding weather, crops, and prices; correspondence to Massie about buying and selling crops and seeds, including rye; financial accounts for equipment, supplies, and crops; a 1841 report by Joseph Cabell on the a turnpike company; an invoice to Massie for postage fees due in 1842; an 1841 report card for Helen Massie and a 1845 October 10 letter about her schooling from Ellen Massie; a letter dated 1847 March 18 denouncing President Polk from James Heath; and some family and personal correspondence from William Effinger. Includes a note to William Massie from Alexander Brown conveying disappointment that Massie was not running for state legislature in 1840. Includes receipt for the 1840 December 29 purchase of "a Negro Man Warner" (also referred to as "Boy Warner") by William Massie for eight hundred three dollars. Includes a letter dated 1841 January 3 from an agent, Bowling Clark, to Massie, containing details of typical hiring prices he witnessed for different enslaved laborers, including "middle aged men with their wives and from one to three small children with them hired from one hundred and twenty to $140 and with an express understanding that they were neither to ditch nor work on any public work." Includes a letter from John Jenkins to William Massie offering the sale of an unnamed enslaved girl, writing: "I would like to sell them to you as you have her mother," and "as she wishes to come to you I would like to accommodate her" (1847 June 8).

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  2. Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
  3. Papers, 1766-1920s

Duff Green papers, 1818-1909 and undated 1.6 Linear Feet 1,855 Items

Mercantile ledgers and daybooks show the sale of various types of farm supplies, such as Osnaburg, ground plaster, flour, clover seed, and sundries. Unbound volumes include daybooks; ledgers; account books; records of cotton purchased, wood hauled, cloth shipped, flour sent by boat, and wheat hauled; cashbooks; memoranda; baling books; wool-carding books; time books; records of production, cash sales, wages, and expenses; letter books; invoices; notes and bills; and receiving and delivery books.
Merchant and manufacturer of Falmouth, Virginia. Correspondence, ledgers, daybooks, account books, and other business records (chiefly 1822-1875) of Green and his various associates, illustrating activities such as retailing, grain milling and merchandising, and cotton cloth manufacturing. The bulk of the collection is in the form of bound manuscript volumes. Firms represented include the Bellmont and Eagle flour mills, the Falmouth Manufacturing Company, and the Elm Cotton Factory. The papers also reflect the emergence of Fredericksburg, Va., as a business center, and the decline of Falmouth.
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Michael Leib letter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Clay, House of Representatives, Washington, 1806, Dec. 22 1 items

Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
ALS. Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
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New Bern (N.C.) Merchant's Ledger C, 1767-1785 0.5 Linear Feet 1 item

Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods.
Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods.
Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods.
Ledger of an unknown merchant in New Bern, N.C. Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods. Formerly known as Anonymous ledger C, 1767-1776.
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John Humphrey Small papers, 1720-1946, bulk 1850-1870, 1912-1937 13 Linear Feet 9,721 Items

Correspondence during his years in Congress discusses plans for a white grade school in Washington, North Carolina, 1903-1904; conditions of large scale farming at Edgewater, North Carolina, including descriptions of seeds, fertilizer, prices, machinery, crop conditions, and marketing, 1903-1912; problems of railroads, especially the Norfolk and Southern Railroad; the presidential campaign of 1916; coastal highway development; various rivers and harbors bills; the Inlet Waterway project; transportation via an inland waterway; the National Rivers and Harbors Congress; railroad and water transportation in relation to national defense during World War I; land acquisition and construction plans for the Intra-Coastal Waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort, North Carolina; problems of labor, including the movement for the eight hour day; labor shortages in eastern North Carolina during World War I; prohibition; woman suffrage; the National Guard; military service and the draft; coal shortages during the war; army camp sites; home guards; rising prices; excess profits tax; the Red Cross; various agricultural bills, national and North Carolina politics; a Congressional trip of inspection to the Far East in 1920, including Japan, Korea, and the Philippines; the Railroad Act of 1920; and routine matters such as patronage, post office appointments, appointments to West Point and Annapolis, and pensions for Spanish-American War veterans.
Chester; copies of the Greenville (North Carolina) Daily Reflector, December 27, 1913, and the Red Triangle, Paris, April 5, 1919; seed catalogues; reprints of the House of Representatives reports and bills on immigration, 1921, and airways, 1937; broadsides of the 1920 election; plan of organization of the Democratic Party in Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1896; the "Declaration of Principles" of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1916, and its officers for 1916-1917; and a bond pamphlet for the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company, 1879.
Lawyer and U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Correspondence, legal documents, and other papers (chiefly 1850-1870 and 1912-1937) of John Humphrey Small; of his father-in-law, Col. Rufus W. Wharton, lawyer and planter; and of Col. David M. Carter, lawyer, planter, businessman, and court official, of Fairfield, N.C. Small's papers form the bulk of the collection and concern his North Carolina agricultural interests, his legal practice, his activities in Congress, river and harbor improvements, the Intracoastal Waterway, patronage, Southern financial conditions, U.S. and North Carolina politics, World War I labor problems, and the 1929 Depression. The papers before 1850 are mainly deeds, family papers, and legal documents. Wharton's and Carter's papers relate largely to the legal profession and to their agricultural interests.
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Lisa Unger Baskin collection of women's work and domestic arts ephemera, 1700s-1940s 2 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Includes examples of some Lippincott seed catalogs from the early 1900s, art samples and calligraphy by women, and some materials related to domestic arts and homemaking, including advertisements for patterns, sewing, cooking, and landscaping or interior decoration.
Collection assembled by Lisa Unger Baskin containing printed ephemera, receipts, manuscripts, handbills, catalogs, decorative trade cards, prospectuses, circulars, political campaign materials, and other advertisements from the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and the United States. The bulk of the collection's materials advertise businesses or services offered by women, including millinery, fancy goods, hair work, tea, painting, teaching, music, bricklaying, gardening, dressmaking, apothecaries, and a clairvoyant. Also includes calling cards and bookplates with women's names, and assorted ephemera relating to women's pay, income, or work, including a pensioner's card for a firefighter's widow and a pamphlet about life insurance for women.
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100-04-110. Acme Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Company. Oversized ruler, undated
Box 49C

100-04-110. Acme Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Company. Oversized ruler, undated
One wooden ruler with Acme Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Company-101 Broadway-Prodding for your business painted on one side and If you want to step-up your yields, lean on us!

One wooden ruler with "Acme Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Company-101 Broadway-Prodding for your business" painted on one side and "If you want to step-up your yields, lean on us!" on the reverse side. On one end of the ruler is "No. V-463 by SAMCO" Ruler has a hole on one side, so it can hang from a hook or nail. Item in good condition.

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  2. Richard Pollay Acme Advertising collection, 1850s-2006 and undated
  3. Series 4: Office and School Supplies, 1889-2000 and undated

100-06-002. McCullough's Garden Seed sack, undated
Box 19

100-06-002. McCullough's Garden Seed sack, undated

One brown burlap seed sack; ; labels stenciled in green and yellow paint on front of sack; drawing of green leaf with Acme brand written on it is displayed between McCullough's on top and Garden Seed on the bottom.

One brown burlap seed sack; ; labels stenciled in green and yellow paint on front of sack; drawing of green leaf with "Acme brand" written on it is displayed between "McCullough's" on top and "Garden Seed" on the bottom. Number 34 painted on bottom right hand corner of sack. Big tear at bottom of sack; item in brittle condition.

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  2. Richard Pollay Acme Advertising collection, 1850s-2006 and undated
  3. Series 6: Grocery and Store Collectibles, 1850s-1999 and undated

100-13-047. Acme Mills. Business correspondence, 1934
Box 37

Manuf's of scientifically balanced mixed feeds for poultry, diary cows, hogs, horses and mules. Address: Yopp Seed Company. Stamped blue signature. Engraved image of company in black and yellow.

Company Info: W. B. Anderson Jnr. Pres. C B. Smith Sec'y. "Manuf's of High Grade Flour. Capacity 1000 bbls daily. Manuf's of scientifically balanced mixed feeds for poultry, diary cows, hogs, horses and mules." Address: Yopp Seed Company. Stamped blue signature. Engraved image of company in black and yellow. Paper has minor tears and discoloration from water damage.

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  2. Richard Pollay Acme Advertising collection, 1850s-2006 and undated
  3. Series 13: Stationery and Certificates, 1894-2003 and undated

100-28-094. Potato Implement Company. Acme hand corn planter, 1900
Box 49C

One wooden hand corn planter with two grip handles, a metal seed container nailed onto the planter and a metal digger at the end.

One wooden hand corn planter with two grip handles, a metal seed container nailed onto the planter and a metal digger at the end. One side of the planter reads: "Acme hand corn planter, patented September 11, 1900." and displays the Acme trademark. Several paint spots and discoloration on item;some rust stains on the metal parts.

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  2. Richard Pollay Acme Advertising collection, 1850s-2006 and undated
  3. Series 28: Miscellaneous Items, 1896-2002 and undated

Seeds of Dependence. Delhi Science Forum. Delhi, Delhi Science Forum, India: 1989.
Box IN-9

Seeds of Dependence. Delhi Science Forum. Delhi, Delhi Science Forum, India: 1989.
A close look at the new seed import policy.

A close look at the new seed import policy.

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  2. South Asian Pamphlets collection, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1950-2000
  3. India Pamphlets, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1960-1990
  4. Agriculture, 1952-1991

Model Blue-Prints of Cooperative Processing Units for Paddy, Oil Seeds, Cotton and Composite Units. National Cooperative Development And Warehousing Board. New Delhi, India: 1962.
Box IN-23

Model Blue-Prints of Cooperative Processing Units for Paddy, Oil Seeds, Cotton and Composite Units. National Cooperative Development And Warehousing Board.
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  2. South Asian Pamphlets collection, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1950-2000
  3. India Pamphlets, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1960-1990
  4. Cooperative Movements,1962-1973

Central Silkworm Seed Station Progress through Years (1958-1969). Central Silk Board, Kashmir. Bombay, Central Silk Board, India: 1970.
Box IN-79

Central Silkworm Seed Station Progress through Years (1958-1969).

Progress through years 1958-1969. Scientific Brochure No.5.

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  2. South Asian Pamphlets collection, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1950-2000
  3. India Pamphlets, 1911, 1920-2005, bulk 1960-1990
  4. Industry, 1960-1990
  5. General Industry, 1961-1990

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