Depressions -- 1929
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Board of Trustees Records
Collection
Identifier: UR 004
Abstract
Arkansas State University was founded on April 1, 1909 when Governor George W. Donaghey signed Act 100 into law, establishing four district agricultural schools. As part of the act, Governor Donaghey appointed the first board of trustees to the school where they established the location of the school in Jonesboro and hired V. C. Kays as the school’s first principal then president. The first few decades saw the board establish and expand the school, changing it from an agricultural high...
Dates:
1909-1999
Platz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEAD 006
Abstract
The Platz family farmed in Arkansas during the Great Depression. The main crop they grew was cotton but they supplemented their income with corn, wheat, and beans. This collection contains a ledger, receipts, letters, insurance papers, and financial papers that were accumulated over the years of running the family farm and illustrate the difficulties that farmers faced during the mid-twentieth century.
Dates:
1902-1968