Date Span: 1823-1949

Scope / Content: Includes correspondence (1877-1945); newsclippings (1900-1923); and research and teaching materials including experimental data, lectures, annual reports, and financial data chiefly from J. F. Duggar's years as director of the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. Correspondence contains letters from Hugo Black and Woodrow Wilson. Also includes correspondence of Henry Duggar, Reuben Duggar, and Daniel Duggar (d. 1837), brother of Henry. Some family correspondence contains information on Civil War conditions.

Biographical Sketch: Henry Duggar (1798-1852), formerly of Virginia, settled in Marengo County, Alabama, in 1844. His son, Reuben Henry Duggar (1837-1925), received training as a physician in Virginia and Pennsylvania and returned to Marengo County to practice medicine. John Frederick Duggar (1868-1945), son of Reuben Duggar, was a farmer, a professor of agriculture, and an administrator at Auburn University in the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service.

SERIES 1: John Frederick Duggar

• Correspondence

Box 1
• 1887-1888
• 1889
• 1880's - to mother
• 1890
• 1891 - with wife
• 1891-1892
• January-February, 1893 - with wife
• March-August 1893 - with wife
• 1895, 1819, 1900-1902
• 1903
• 1903 - with wife
• 1904
• 1905
Box 2
• 1906
• January-May, 1907
• June-December, 1907
• 1908
• January-April, 1909
• May-December, 1909
• 1910-1911
• 1912
• January-May, 1913
Box 3
• June-December, 1913
• January-May, 1914
• June-December, 1914
• 1915
• 1916
• 1917
• 1918
• 1919
• 1920
• 1921
• January-October, 1922
• November-December, 1922
Box 4
• January-May, 1923
• June-December, 1923
• 1924
• 1925
• 1926
• 1927-1929
• 1930-1934
• 1935-1939
• 1940
• 1941
• 1942
• 1943
Box 5
• 1944
• 1945
• Undated correspondence

 
• Clippings

Box 5
• Farm Dept. - Montgomery Weekly Advertiser
• April-August, 1900
• September-December, 1900
• January-March, 1901
• April-July 1901
• August-October, 1901
• November-December, 1901
• January-April, 1902
• May-August, 1902
• September-December, 1902
• January-April, 1903
• May-June, 1903
• July-August, 1903
• September-December, 1903
• Farm Management, 1922-1923
• News and Views for Farmers
• January-September, 1904
Box 6
• October-December 1904
• January-March, 1905
• April-December, 1905
• January-August, 1906
• Progressive Farmer, 1910-1911
• Miscellaneous

 
• General Clippings

Box 6
• Agriculture Clippings, 1938
• Ag. & Rural Economics Clippings, 1922-23
• Beans
• Buildings and Roads
• Corn
• Cotton (3 folders)
Box 7
• Cotton
• Cotton Enemies
• Cotton Machinery
• Cotton Marketing
• Cotton Varieties
• Cowpeas
• Farm Management and Rotation
• Forestry
• Fruits and Nuts
• Grass-Johnson
• Grasses-Tree, Bermuda, Fescue
• Hay -- Curing, 1901-1906
• Implements
• Insects
• Irrigation and Drainage
• Legumes
• Oats
• Plant Diseases
• Potatoes, Onions, Vegetables
• Rice, 1900-1906
• Rye, 1901-1906
• Sugar Cane
Box 8
• Sweet Potatoes
• Tobacco
• Wheat

 
• Miscellaneous Clippings

Box 8
• Agriculture Primer Text
• News
• News, Early 1940's
• Miscellaneous

 
• Education, Research, and Teaching-Experimental Data

Box 8
• Beans
• Blooming Data (3 folders)
• Calculations
• Cereal Diseases
• Climate Bibliography, Conditions
• Corn
• Chicken, Corn
• Cotton
• Cotton: zoning
• Cotton: harvesting & classifying
Box 9
• Crop Production and Boll Weevil
• Data: For Counties
• Data: Harvest, Bloom Frost, Soil
• Field Crops
• Forage Crops
• Forage Legumes
• Fractural Harvest
• Grains
• Inoculation
• Legumes (3 folders)
• Meteorological Records
• Miscellaneous Summaries
Box 10
• Modulation
• Oats and Rye
• Plant Growth
• Practical Bulletin
• Soil Temp. Tables
• Technical Publications
• Temperature Calculations
• Tobacco and Potatoes
• Vetches
• Weather Records
• Western Agriculture
• Western Field Crops
• Wheat
• Winter Legumes (4 folders)
Box 11
• Winter Legumes
• Yields

 
• Professional Papers

Box 11
• Experimental Station: Reports, 1900-1918, 1921
• Experimental Station: Financial, 1914-1921
• Extension Service: Financial, 1915-1919 (2 folders)
• Farm Management Department: Annual Reports, 1925-1930 (5 folders)

 
• Lectures:

Box 11
• Barley
• Corn
• Farm Management
Box 12
• Field Crops (3 Folders)
• Oats and Cereals
• Rice and Sugar Cane
• Sorghums
• Sugar Beets, Beans, Cultivation
• Wheats
• Wheat Fragments
• Wheat Variety and Structures

 
• Photos

Box 12
• Cereals, 1923
Box 13
• Forage crops, 1923
• Forage Crops, 1923-1924
• Forage Crops, 1923-1924
• Legumes, March-May 1923
• Legumes, 1923
• Legumes, 1923-1924
• Miscellaneous
• Miscellaneous, Cal. Tech. Bulletin
• Miscellaneous, Farm

 
• School Materials:

Box 14
• Miscellaneous
• Surplus Illustrations for Ag. Text

 
• Special Investigations:  Annual Reports, 1931-1934 (4 folders)
 
• Teaching Materials
• Bibliography:, 1921-1922
• Exams: Davis, California
• Exams & Lab Exercises, Davis, California
• Exams and Notes, Davis, California
• Lab Exercises, Davis, California
• Notes: Cotton
• Notes: Forage Crops
• Notes on Lectures
• Students
Box 15
• Student Notebooks

• Correspondence and Documents

Box 15
• 1828-1839
• 1840-1842
• 1843-1847
• 1848
• 1850-1860
• Daniel Duggar & Estate, H. Duggar Adm. 1835-1844
• Mary E. Duggar, 1823-1843
Box 16
• A.G. Duggar, 1853-1859
• A.G. Duggar, 1860-1864
• R.H. Duggar, 1852-1859
• R.H. Duggar, 1861-1864
• R.H. Duggar, 1865, 1870, 1880s
• W. Waverly Duggar, 1850s, 1860s, 1880, 1901
• W. Waverly Duggar Diary 1860s
• Miscellaneous Business Material
• Miscellaneous Correspondence
• Confederate Farms and Orders
• Clippings of Alabama Members of U.S. Congress in 1861

Box 16
• Awards to Duggar Family
• Biographical Material - Dorothy Duggar
• Biographical Material - John F. Duggar
• Clippings on/by Duggar Family
• Correspondence - J.F. Duggar Children
Box 17
• Drawings and Occasion by J.F. Duggar Children
• Dorothy Duggar -- GA Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs, 1953
• Dorothy Duggar - Miscellaneous
• Grade Reports of Duggar Family
• Personal Photos
• Postcards and Photos of J.F. Duggar trip to California, 1923
• Postcards and Photos -- Miscellaneous
• Schoolwork of Duggar Family
• Writings of Duggar Family
Box 18
• Writings of Duggar Family
• Writings of Duggar Family
• Genealogy -- Clippings
• Genealogy -- Correspondence and Reminisces
• Genealogy -- Daughters of American Revolution & Children of the Confederacy
• Genealogy -- Families
• Genealogy -- Families, Miscellaneous
• Genealogy -- Families, Notes, and Charts

 
• Family Papers-Farm Material

Box 18
• Anderson Place Farm Ledger Book, 1924
• Automotive Bills and Materials
• Farm Accounts with Jack Moore and Gert Glance
• Farm Bills: Cotton, 1938-1939
• Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
• Government Farm Projects, 1939-1944
• Box 19
• Income Tax, 1939-1945
• Insurance
• Legal Documents and Contracts
• Salter Farm Correspondence, 1938-1941
• Salter Farm Correspondence, 1944-1945
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Miscellaneous Notes
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Payroll, 1939
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Payroll, 1941
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Payroll, 1942-1943
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Payroll, 1944-1945
• Salter Farm Correspondence, Timber Sales
• Western Railway of Alabama, Claims Against

 
• J.F. Duggar Estate

Box 20
• Clippings, December 1945
• Correspondence, 1942, 1945
• Correspondence, January-July 1946
• Correspondence, August-December, 1946, 1947
• Division of Estate
• Official Documents, 1946-1947
• Advertisements

Box 20
• Business Receipts and Bills
• Correspondence, 1874-1907
• Correspondence, 1908-1913
Box 21
• Correspondence, 1914-1921
• Finance - Banking
• Legal Documents and Agreements
• State Property Tax
• Correspondence, Family 1921-1929

 
• R.H. Duggar Estate

Box 21
• Correspondence, Miscellaneous-1921-1929
• Correspondence, New York Life Insurance, 1921
• Correspondence, Robertson Banking Co., 1921-1922
• Division of Property
• Legal Documents
• Will and Testament of R.H. Duggar, Jr., 1933

• API Bulletins, Catalogues, & etc.
Box 22
• API Commencement Programs
• Colorado Chautaugua
• Marengo County Directory
• Miscellaneous College
• Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Publications
• Miscellaneous Programs
• Miscellaneous Reports, Conferences and Meetings
Box 23
• Miscellaneous Short Books
• Sunday School Programs and Notes
• Thesis by L.N. Duncan, 1907
• Agriculture for Southern Schools (Textbook by J.F. Duggar)
• Material
• Revision
• Testimonials and Miss. 1909-1910
• Testimonials from Okla, and TX, 1911-1912
Box 24
• Agriculture for Southern Schools -- Correspondence, 1908-1909
• June-December, 1909
• 1910-1919
• 1921-1922
• And Other Books -- 1923-1943
• Royalties
• Articles -- Miscellaneous (3 folders)
• Papers and Projects Submitted to Director Funchess, 1933-1935
• Speech Outlines and Notes, 1923, 1926
• Miscellaneous, including 1917 Dollar

Box 25
• 1901-1907
• 1907-1909
• 1910-1914
• 1940-1944
Box 26
• 1944-1945

Box 26
• Scrapbook

 
• J.F. Duggar -- Mississippi A&M College
• Undergraduate English Papers
• Graduate English Papers (3 folders)

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