Agricultural laborers--Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Farm Diaries (Virginia)
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.265
Scope and Contents
Twenty-two diaries kept by unidentified farm owner or manager for the years 1923-1944 and 1954. Entries are mostly brief and note daily weather and chores performed on the farm, which employed 6-8 men year round and up to 60 on the orchard during picking season. Most entries give the full names of workers employed each day and broken down by task. The identity of the farm and location have not been positively established at this point: The seller notes that the farm was assumed...
Dates:
1923-1944, 1954
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Henkel Plains Mill Store Daybook
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2007.113
Scope and Contents
Daybook, 1835-1849, kept by Siram Peter Henkel for Solomon Henkel at Plains Mill Store, Rockingham County, Va. Includes records of purchases, and records of farm workers, their tasks and their reasons for missing work. Also includes Henkel's purchases for himself and his family.
Dates:
1835-1849; Majority of material found in 1835-1849
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Benjamin Pennybacker Daybook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad132
Scope and Contents
Kept by a merchant [of Rockingham County, Va. ?]. Mentions laborers at work, Shenandoah River Company stock and the hire of slaves.
Dates:
1818-1821
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center