New England Homestead – Special Collections & University Archives

New England Homestead Farm Accounts Collection

1883-1884

2 vols. 0.5 linear feet

Call no.: MS 113

The New England Homestead, a magazine published in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1842 to 1969, conducted a contest in 1884 to which farmers submitted notebooks recording their farm accounts for the one year period, April 1, 1883 to March 31, 1884.

The collection includes bound and unbound farm accounts submitted as entries to the contest contest. The Library holds The New England Homestead, 1842-1850 on microfilm, and 1894-1968 in bound volumes.

Biographical Note

In 1884, The New England Homestead, a magazine published in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1842 to 1969, conducted a contest in 1884 to which farmers submitted small notebooks recording their farm accounts for a one year period, April 1, 1883 to March 31, 1884.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Bound and unbound farm accounts submitted as entries to the New England Homestead Farm Accounts Contest. The whereabouts of other volumes is unknown, as are the criteria used to judge the contest. Entrants are arranged by surname and then by volume.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open for research.

Restrictions on use:

Literary rights in the unpublished writings in these papers have not been dedicated to the public.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: New England Homestead Farm Accounts Contest Entries (MS 113). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Processed by Linda Seidman and Valerie Gibson, May 1986.

Additional Information

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Language

English.

Contents List

Beardsley, I. J., New Preston, Connecticut.

Vol. 1

Beers, A. H. , Whately, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Burbank, Dana, No. Pomfret, Vermont.

Vol. 1

Ellis, C. H. , Medfield, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Gibbs, Lucas, Location not identified

Vol. 1

Jennings, A. P. , Southport, Connecticut.

Vol. 1

Lew, Dick and White, W. F. , Belchertown, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Priest, N. E. , Putney, Vermont.

Vol. 1

Tenney, S. A. , Newport, New Hampshire.

Vol. 1

Miner, R. T. , Cornwall Connecticut.

Vol. 1

Pomeroy, E. S. , Becket, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Wakefield, A. C. , Orange, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Wakefield, A.C. , Orange, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Wells, O.D. , Adams, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

Wright, R. R. , Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

Vol. 1

“A” Farm, Location not identified

Vol. 3

Aplin & Son, W. S. , East Putney, Vermont.

Vol. 3

Barstow, J. S. , Hadley, Massachusetts.

Vol. 3

“Country Pumpkin”, Marlboro, Massachusetts.

Vol. 3

Cummings, A. E. , Hudson, New Hampshire.

Vol. 3

Eccles, D. G. , Mouth of Vereprs, Kings County, New Brunswick.

Vol. 3

Parker Jr., J. B. , Poquonnock, Connecticut.

Vol. 3

Wheeler, Henry, Windham Depot, New Hampshire.

Vol. 3

White, G.C. , West Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Vol. 3

Williams, R. G. , Amherst, Massachusetts.

Vol. 3

Subjects

Agriculture--Accounting--Competitions--New EnglandAgriculture--Economic aspects--New England--History--19th centuryAgriculture--New England--Accounting--History--19th centuryContests--New EnglandFarm management--Competitions--New EnglandFarm management--New England--History--19th centuryFarmers--Competitions--New EnglandFarmers--New England--Economic conditions--19th centuryNew England--Economic conditions--19th century

Contributors

New England Homestead

Related collections: Agriculture, Farming & rural life, New England