<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap">xt7dnc5s7w0q https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7dnc5s7w0q/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7dnc5s7w0q/data/m158.dao.xml unknown 1851-1860 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 reel collections m158 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Augustus E. Woodward diary Agriculture -- Documentation. Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Kentucky. Agriculture -- Kentucky -- Graves County Farmers. Farm life -- Kentucky. Slavery -- Kentucky. Augustus E. Woodward diary text Augustus E. Woodward diary 1851 1851-1860 2019 true xt7dnc5s7w0q collection true m-158 m158 Woodward, Augustus E. diary Guide to the Augustus E. Woodward diary, 1851-1860, bulk 1856  M-158 Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2019-04-12 15:08:28 -0400 . Description is in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2019 April 12 EAD updated by Megan Mummey 
   
     
       English 
     
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Augustus E. Woodward diary 
     M-158 
     
       0.1 Cubic Feet 
       1 reel 
     
     1851-1860 
     1856 
     The Augustus E. Woodward diary (1851-1860, bulk 1856; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 reel) consists of a typewritten transcription of Woodward's diary, which documents the operation of his farm in Graves County, Ky., including his crops and his use of slave labor. 
   
   
     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Immediate Source of Acquisition 
 Barton, Lon, Mayfield, Ky. Loan for microfilming January, 1955.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Collection is arranged chronologically.    
   
     Biographical note 
 Augustus E. Woodward (1830-1860) was a farmer who lived in Graves County, Ky. He died of typhoid fever in Pike County, Arkansas, while returning home with his family after a visit to Texas.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 M-158: [identification of item], Augustus E. Woodward diary, 1851-1860, bulk 1856, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Augustus E. Woodward diary (1851-1860, bulk 1856; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 reel) consists of a typewritten transcription of Woodward's diary, which documents the operation of his farm in Graves County, Ky., including his crops and his use of slave labor. Much of this diary deals with the conditions of Woodward's crops which included such items as tobacco, cotton, wheat, rye, oats, corn, beans, peas, potatoes, rice and watermelons. Woodward describes the daily tasks accomplished on the farm and mentions the sicknesses, deaths and births of his slaves. Also reported are the activities of the family, such as visits with friends and relatives, and trips to Paducah, Ky., Mayfield, Ky., and Maury City, Tenn., among other places.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Agriculture -- Documentation. 
     Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Kentucky. 
     Agriculture -- Kentucky -- Graves County 
     Farmers. 
     Farm life -- Kentucky. 
     Mayfield (Ky.) 
     Paducah (Ky.) 
     Slavery -- Kentucky. 
     Woodward, Augustus E., 1830-1860 
   
   Augustus E. Woodward diary 1851-1860 1 
 
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