Inventory of the Farm Diaries (Virginia) 1923-1954 Farm Diaries Mss. Acc. 2009.265

Inventory of the Farm Diaries (Virginia) 1923-1954

A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2009.265


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Repository:
Special Collections Research Center
Identification:
01/Mss. Acc. 2009.265
Title:
Farm Diaries (Virginia) 1923-1944, 1954
Quantity:
1.20
Alternate Extent Statement:
22 Vols.
Creator:
arrangement
Language of Materials
The papers are in: English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Farm Diaries (Virginia), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 06/09/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described in June 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Scope and Contents

Twenty-two diaries kept by unidentified farm owner or manager for the years 1923-1944 and 1954. Entries are mostly brief and note daily weather and chores performed on the farm, which employed 6-8 men year round and up to 60 on the orchard during picking season. Most entries give the full names of workers employed each day and broken down by task.The identity of the farm and location have not been positively established at this point: The seller notes that the farm was assumed to be Bocock farm located in Albemarle County near Stony Point and Burke Hills farms; entries mention trucking apples to Keswick and Charlottesville. An 8 November 1935 funeral note mentions that the deceased was a 'gardener at Castalia.'

Index Terms

    Genre/Form of Material:

  • Diaries
  • Topical Term:

  • Agricultural laborers--Virginia
  • Farm management--Virginia--History--20th century.
  • Farms--Virginia--Albemarle County.
  • Orchards--Virginia.

Detailed Description of the Collection

box: 1
Diaries
1923-1928
box: 2
Diaries
1929-1933
box: 3
Diaries
1934-1937
box: 4
Diaries
1938-1941
box: 5
Diaries
1942-1944, 1954