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This collection contains the reports, records, and documents from the American Rice and Mill Company. This company was formed in the 1900s and ended in 1961. Officers from 1900 to 1940 were J.W. Rooler, President; C.J. Freeland, Vice President; R.A. Nockton, Secretary/Treasurer.

Donated by Freeland Family.

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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.

Scope and Contents Abrom Kaplan kept extensive records of any business transactions that he conducted or was a part of. This collection consists of diaries, correspondence, financial records, ledgers, letterpress books, microfilm, notebooks, and other miscellaneous materials as well. The bulk of the material in this collection is dated from around 1908 through the 1930s. There are some records that begin in the late 1890s.This collection was donated by Brian Kaplan [nephew of Abrom Kaplan] with the...

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This collection contains correspondence, publications, writings and reports, scrapbooks, and other materials.

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These papers consist of some of the papers that John R. Nuber saved over the years of his lifelong association with the Rice Millers Association. This collection consists of correspondence, programs, photographs, news clippings, etc.

This collection was donated by Mr. Jack Nuber, son of John R. Nuber.

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This collection consists of minutes of the advisory council, articles, and reports on the rice industry. Also included are the Rice Millers Association newsletters and other miscellaneous materials. These papers are valuable historical records of the Rice Industry.

William Reid donated the collection.

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...