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Rice Miscellaneous. Collection, 1856-1968, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0036

Scope and Contents

This collection contains items about rice, rice growing, rice milling, etc. The bulk of the material are publications from various sources and organizations, especially the Rice Millers' Association and the Rice Council. There are also materials from Joel L. Fletcher, Jr.’s 1963 trip investigating rice agriculture in the Italian Po Valley for the United States Department of Agriculture, and Thomas J. Arceneaux’s trip to Madagascar in 1951.

Most materials in this collection have been donated to UAAMC as single items. Many publications were collected by Thomas J. Arceneaux, Dean of the College of Agriculture at SLI/USL (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette).

Dates

  • 1856-1968, n.d.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 foot of materials contained in 3 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Material related to the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company and the Godchaux Family has been moved to UAAMC-COLL-0157; material from John R. Nuber has been moved to UAAMC-COLL-0294; and several photographs from RMA meetings have been moved to UAAMC-COLL-0033.

Title
Rice Miscellaneous Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
03/18/2020
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

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031