Freeland, Paul B. (1904-1976). Collection, 1888-1957, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a large number of photographs and printed material on the cultivation and manufacturing of rice. Many of the photographs show rice farming, irrigation, equipment, and milling in the Crowley, Louisiana region. Most of the photographs are copy prints. The Barnett Studio of Crowley took many of the photographs. There are also newspapers including the "Golden Jubilee" edition of the "Crowley Signal", publications, pamphlets, and other printed material.
Dates
- 1888-1957, n.d.
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Paul Butterfield Freeland was born 15 September 1904 in Crowley, Louisiana. He graduated from Crowley High School in 1921, Davidson College in 1925, and Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, VA) in 1928. He was a pastor of Presbyterian churches in Opelousas and Covington, Louisiana and Duncan, Oklahoma. He served as secretary of Overseas Relief for Presbyterian Church, U.S. Freeland was also a genealogist and a historian. He was author of "The First Presbyterian Church of Crowley, Louisiana 1890-1965" and co-author of "Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1900" with Mary Alice Fontenot. He was on the board of Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, N.C. He died 1 November 1976, and was buried at Crowley Protestant Cemetery.
Extent
0.833333 Linear Feet (10 inches of materials contained in 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Two Account ledgers of The American Rice Mill Company, 1905-1909 and 1919-1922
- Title
- Paul B. Freeland Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 04/23/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu