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Agricultural economics and farm management survey and course records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-10-2261

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Survey records include Livingston County survey, 1918, 1928, 1938; NYS milk retailing survey, 1983; milk producer-distribution survey records, 1938; marginal farm land survey records, Chenango County, 1925 and Chautauqua County, 1925; pasture surveys, Cortland, Delaware, St. Lawrence, Orange, Steuben, Tioga, Erie, Seneca, and Lewis Counties, 1935; market pea production survey, Madison/Erie Counties, 1925; Ithaca dealer survey, 1940; farm account records, Seneca County, 1931-1933; milk dealer survey records, New York City, 1933; cabbage survey records, Onondaga County, 1938-1939 and 1940; and labor income survey records, Wayne County, 1940. Participating individuals included George W. Warren, Earl Mulford Hughes, K.C. Livermore, G.P. Scofield, E.C. Young, and Stanley W. Warren. Additional cost account records for New York State farms, 1914-1983 (on microfilm, 1936-1983); individual farm summaries and inventories; and procedures manuals and teaching materials on cost accounting.

Also, cost account tabulations, 1979-1983 (5 v.); list of cost accounts, 1913-1983 (3 v.); Carl Ladd's 1913 record book (1 v.); volume relating to extension work in Livingston County by S.W. Warren, 1929-1931; Paul Williamson, cost account analyses and instruction, 1925-1938 (4 v.); binder listing cost account cooperators, 1913-1983; binder of enterprise cost account tabulations; and binder of labor income tabulations.

Includes course material, exams, and lecture notes for various courses in the Dept. of Agricultural Economics, including Farm Management, Marketing, and Economics and Business History.

Dates

  • 1906-1983.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

40.6 cubic feet. : 358 reels negative microfilm, 358 reels positive microfilm

Abstract

Survey records of various New York State counties. Additional cost account records for New York State farms(on microfilm); individual farm summaries and inventories; and procedures manuals and teaching materials on cost accounting.

Physical Description

Surveys, microfilm, financial records, and course material.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
August 2016
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, August 2016
Date modified:
RMC Staff, August 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
August 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)