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Irwin and Gaynelle Parker Graves
     Family and Business Records, 1899-1943

Manuscript Collection 1137


INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
 
The Graves papers were donated to Special Collections by Irwin and Gaynell Graves through their nephew, John Graves, in July, 1989.

The Graves family owned a peach-farming operation in Johnson County from the early twentieth century through the 1950s. Irwin Graves inherited the original orchard from his father, which came to be known as the Mountain Valley Orchard. The papers show how the farm was financed, especially during the Great Depression and includes transactions with the Federal Land Bank and commercial banks, mortgage and loan records, and records pertaining to the Ozark Fruit Growers Association.

Personal records include poll tax receipts, insurance policies, daily expense records and Odd Fellows records for 1910.

The collection consists of correspondence, personal and business records, and a few photographs.

Processed by Ellen Compton, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 2001.


CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
4 linear feet (4 boxes)

Box 1

 1.  Correspondence, 1929
 2.  Correspondence, 1931-1941
 3.  Photographs, n.d.
 4.  Personal Financial Documents, 1913-1941
 5.  Personal Financial Documents, 1913-1941
 6.  Mortgages, Loans, Tenant Agreements, 1894-1936
 7.  Federal Land Bank Deeds and Mortgages, 1900-1942
 8.  Federal Land Bank Borrower’s Receipts, 1930-1939
 9.  Federal Land Bank Borrower’s Copies, 1939-1943

Box 2

 1.  Stocks and Bonds, 1918-1936
 2.  Oil and Gas Leases, 1922-1923
 3.  Tax Records, 1899-1932
 4.  Poll Tax Receipts, 1900-1936
 5.  Insurance Policies, 1903-1942
 6.  Union Trust Insurance Documents, 1929
 7.  Agricultural Records, 1921-1941

Box 3

 1.  Commission Companies, 1902
 2.  Ozark Fruit Growers Association, 1938
 3.  Agricultural Brochures and Booklets, ca. 1920s
 4.  Odd Fellows Records, 1910
 5.  Solicitations and Business Brochures 1915-1929

Box 4

 1.  Checks -  Bank of Clarksville, 1922-1929
 2.  Checks -  Farmers National Bank of Clarksville, 1931
 3.  Checks -  Farmers National Bank of Clarksville, 1931...1940-1943
 4.  Miscellaneous Checkbooks, 1915-1942
 5.  Receipt Books, 1902...1929...1941
 6.  Receipt Books and Ledgers, 1899...1941
 


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