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Elms Planting Company Record Books

 Collection
Identifier: MC 793

Scope and Content Note

Record Books: Materials include the records of the Elms Planting Company and its various divisions: the Altheimer Gin Company, the Jefferson Gin Company, and the Merchants and Farmers Gin and Supply Company. Records consist of handwritten cotton yield, seed, and gin ledgers. The collection includes an Elms Planting Company accounts receivable book, an Elms Mercantile Company general ledger, and two One Day Books from the Elms Mercantile Company. A positive photocopy of a plat book, showing the disposition of lots in Altheimer, complements the collection.

Dates

  • 1934-1955

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

"The Elms" plantation estate, later the Elms Planting Company, was established in 1866. It was a center for the agricultural economy of Altheimer, Arkansas, and provided the cotton for which the local gins were built. Five cotton gins (of which the Elms Planting Company constituted the main concern) flourished during the 1920s in Altheimer. "The Elms" had a commissary at which tenant farmers and their families could buy necessary items; partial records of this commissary are in the present collection. The surviving records are incomplete.

Extent

18 Linear Feet (7 boxes and 5 drawers)

Arrangement of the Papers

  1. Series 1. Altheimer Gin, 1941-49. Volumes 1-16.
  2. Series 2. Elms Cotton Planting Company, 1938-55. Volumes 17-40, Box 1.
  3. Series 3. Jefferson Gin, 1941-49. Volumes 41-48.
  4. Series 4. Merchants and Farmers Gin and Volumes 49-55. Supply Company, 1944-49.
  5. Series 5. Outside Cotton, 1942-49. Volumes 56-62.
  6. Series 6. Other Record Books, 1938-49. Volumes 63-70.

Acquisition Information

The Elms Planting Company Record Books were donated to Special Collections by Clyde H. Sites of Altheimer (Jefferson County), Arkansas, May 1, 1987.

Processing Information

Processed by Janet G. Tucker, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in June 1988.

Creator

Source

Title
Elms Planting Company Record Books
Status
Completed
Author
Janet G. Tucker
Date
June 1988
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444