Paul B. Freeland Collection
Collection 17
Freeland, Paul B. (1904–1976). Collection, 1888–1957, n.d.
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Paul Butterfield Freeland was born 15 September 1904 in Crowley, Louisiana. He graduated from Crowley High School in 1921, Davidson College in 1925, and Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, VA) in 1928. He was a pastor of Presbyterian churches in Opelousas and Covington, Louisiana and Duncan, Oklahoma. He served as secretary of Overseas Relief for Presbyterian Church, U.S. Freeland was also a genealogist and a historian. He was author of The First Presbyterian Church of Crowley, Louisiana 1890-1965 and co-author of Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1900 with Mary Alice Fontenot. He was on the board of Presbyterian Historical Foundation at Montreat, N.C. He died 1 November 1976, and was buried at Crowley Protestant Cemetery.
This collection contains a large number of photographs and printed material on the cultivation and manufacturing of rice. Many of the photographs show rice farming, irrigation, equipment, and milling in the Crowley, Louisiana region. Most of the photographs are copy prints. The Barnett Studio of Crowley took many of the photographs. There are also newspapers including the Golden Jubilee edition of the Crowley Signal, publications, pamphlets, and other printed material.
Note: Two Account ledgers of The American Rice Mill Company 1905-1909 and 1919-1922 have been removed from this collection and added to Collection 122, American Rice Milling Company Records.
Series:
| A. | Photographs | 1-01 through 1-44 |
| B. | Publications, Pamphlets | 1-45 through 2-02; Map Case 13-03 |
| C. | Newspapers | 2-03 through 2-17 |
Inventory:
| A. | Photographs | |
| 1-01 | #1 | Miller-Morris Pumping Plant, Estherwood, La. |
| #1a | 1st Rice Mill in Southwest Louisiana [Neg. 1] | |
| #2 | Rice Canal [Neg. 7] | |
| #3 | Combines [Neg. 10] | |
| 1-02 | #4 | Combines |
| #5 | Sowing Rice | |
| #6 | Sowing Rice: Mules (Barnett Studio) [Neg. 10] | |
| 1-03 | #7 | Rice Exhibit: 1893 World's Fair [missing] |
| #8 | Rice canal | |
| #9 | Rice canal | |
| 1-04 | #10 | Ferre Canal Relift: Louisiana Irrigation and Mill Company, Crowley |
| #11 | [Canal dredging], 1946: Louis Hebert, Operator | |
| #12 | Discing | |
| 1-05 | #13 | Ferre Canal Relift: Louisiana Irrigation and Mill Co., Crowley |
| #14 | Irrigation Canal: Watering 5,000 acres, John March Farm and Canal Co. Ranch: Crowley [Neg. 10] | |
| #15 | Discing [Neg. 9] | |
| 1-06 | #16 | Rice Canal |
| #17 | A. B. Pickett Rice Mill, 1893 [Neg. 9] | |
| 1-07 | #18 | Harvesting |
| #19 | Harvesting | |
| #20 | The Original Rice Mill [Neg. 1] (woman grinding rice) | |
| 1-08 | #21 | Rice Canal |
| #22 | Harvesting | |
| #23 | Mr. Salmon L. Wright standing by headed rice in experimental field near Crowley, 9 September 1917 [missing] | |
| 1-09 | #24 | Rice Experiment Station: Crowley [Neg. 5] |
| #25 | Standard Rice Mill: Crowley [Neg. 7] | |
| #26 | Rice ready to cut: Crowley | |
| #27 | Rice in Bags (Barnett Studio) [Neg. 8] | |
| 1-10 | #28 | Louisiana State Rice Milling Company, Peoples Mill #16 [Neg. 8] |
| #29 | The Roller Pumping Plant: Louisiana Irr. & Mill Co. | |
| #30 | Rice Mills; Experiment Station; Threshing Rice; Roller Pumping Plant [composite photograph] | |
| #31 | Rice ready to harvest | |
| #32 | Louisiana State Rice Milling Co, U.S. Mill #18 [Neg. 2] | |
| #33 | National Rice Mill [Neg. 3] | |
| 1-11 | #34 | Wagons waiting to unload at American Mill, Crowley; on line of Southern Pacific Railroad [Neg. 3] |
| #35 | Acadia Canal at Iota; on line of Southern Pacific Railroad | |
| #36 | The Jennings Rice Milling Company, Ltd. | |
| 1-12 | #37 | Pumps at the Vermilion Development Company Plant, Gueydon; on line of Southern Pacific Railroad |
| #38 | Threshing on Mr. Ridgeway's plantation near Iota (missing) | |
| #39 | Harvesting rice on Lovell Plantation 3 1/2 miles from Crowley (missing) | |
| 1-13 | #40 | Threshing rice on A. Kaplan's Plantation, Prairie Hays |
| #41 | Threshing rice on A. Kaplan's Plantation, Prairie Hays [Neg. 4] | |
| #42 | Hauling Rice to Crowley on Southern Pacific Railroad | |
| 1-14 | #43a | Rice Mill, Crowley; 1890s |
| #43b | Harvesting Rice: Mores Bluff Rice Corporation, Dayton, Texas | |
| #43c | Louisiana State Rice Milling Company, Lake Charles, 1953 | |
| #43d | Acadia Pumping Plant: rice irrigation canal in Southwestern Louisiana | |
| #44 | Roller Pumping Plant near Crowley: (Joseph Roller, John Cahorn) | |
| #45 | Acadia Canal Relift, Iota | |
| 1-15 | #46 | Abbott-Duson Pumping Plant, Crowley, 30 January 1904 |
| #47 | Combines | |
| #48 | Rice field (Barnett Studio) | |
| 1-16 | #49 | Threshing [Neg. 2] |
| #50 | Threshing (Barnett Studio) [Neg. 4] | |
| #51 | Pumping Plant (Barnett Studio) | |
| #52 | Discing (Barnett Studio) | |
| 1-17 | #53 | Rice loaded on trucks [Neg. 7] |
| #54 | Threshing rice | |
| #55 | Harvesting | |
| 1-18 | #56 | Threshing rice |
| #57 | Harvesting rice | |
| #58 | Threshing rice | |
| 1-19 | #59 | Harvesting |
| #60 | Rice canal (Barnett Studio) | |
| #61 | Harvesting rice | |
| 1-20 | #62 | Rice field (Barnett Studio) |
| 1-21 | #63 | Loading rice on ship (missing) |
| #64 | Loading rice on ship (missing) | |
| #65 | Negatives (missing) | |
| 1-22 | #66 | Drying rice |
| #67 | Sweet potatoes? | |
| #68 | Threshing rice | |
| #69 | Harvesting Rice (woman) | |
| 1-23 | #70 | Bailing |
| #71 | Harvesting | |
| #72 | Discing | |
| 1-24 | #73 | Sacking rice |
| #74 | Rice machinery | |
| #75 | Rice machinery | |
| 1-25 | #76 | W. W. Duson |
| #77 | American Milling Co., 1899 | |
| #78 | Harvesting Rice [Neg. 4] | |
| #79 | Four generations of Broussards | |
| 1-26 | #80 | Union Rice Mill |
| #81 | Union Rice Mill | |
| #82 | Depot and Warehouse (Nov. 1894) | |
| #83 | Rice Scene near Crowley, 1892 [Neg. 6] | |
| #84 | Abbott-Duson Canal: pumping plant | |
| #85 | W. W. Duson & Bros. Rice Warehouse, 1892 | |
| 1-27 | #86 | Rice Depot in Crowley, 1892 |
| #87 | Homestead and rice mill, 1892 | |
| #88 | W. W. Duson, Ailshire-Abbott | |
| #89 | An Acadian homestead, 1892 | |
| 1-28 | #90 | The Pickett (or Peoples') Rice Mill, Crowley (Same as #98) |
| #91 | Rice Association of America at El Campo, Texas [Neg. 8] | |
| #92 | Rice loaded on Wagons, 1892 [Neg. 6] | |
| 1-29 | #93 | Eaglelake Rice Milling Co.: Texas, 1903 |
| #94 | People's Rice Mill, Crowley [Neg. 9] [Same as #99] | |
| #95 | Rice scene near Crowley, 1892 (Charles Duppen in derby) | |
| 1-30 | #96 | Hauling rice to storage [Neg. 3] |
| #97 | Old Threshing scene [Neg. 6] | |
| #98 | People's Rice Mill [same as #90] | |
| #99 | People's Rice Mill [same as #94] | |
| 1-31 | #100 | Rice scene near Crowley [Neg. 1] |
| #101 | The Union Rice Milling Co. [Neg. 5] | |
| 1-32 | #102 | Rice bagged |
| #103 | Grand Cane: Richart relift | |
| #104 | Scene at Rice Depot: Crowley, 1892 | |
| 2-33 | #105 | The Crowley Canal Company on Bayou Plaquemine Brulee |
| #106 | Harvesting Rice on W. W. Duson Plantation, 1902 | |
| #107 | Getting ready for planting | |
| 1-34 | #108 | Harvesting and threshing |
| #109 | Harvesting and threshing | |
| #110 | Threshing | |
| #111 | Threshing | |
| #112 | Harvesting and threshing | |
| 1-35 | #113 | Threshing |
| #114 | Aerial view of rice field | |
| #115 | Harvesting rice | |
| #116 | Aerial view of rice field | |
| 1-36 | #117 | Threshing machine |
| #118 | Harvesting and threshing | |
| #119 | Threshing machine | |
| 1-37 | How rice is graded - 10 steps: #120 Step A; #121 Step B ; #122 Step C; #123 Step D; #124 Step E; #125 Step F; #126 Step G; #127 Step H; #128 Step I; #129 Step J | |
| 1-38 | #130 | Preparing rice for marketing [Neg. 5] |
| #131 | Bagging rice [Neg. 2] | |
| #132 | Harvesting rice | |
| #133 | Rayne Rice Drier [Neg. 1] | |
| #134 | Rice bagged and stacked | |
| 1-39 | #135 | Threshing rice |
| #136 | Discharge of Bulkhead of Gulf Coast Water's Company's Pumping Plant #3, Bay City, Texas | |
| #137 | Aerial view of cattle grazing | |
| #138 | Swimming in rice canal | |
| #139 | Rice canal | |
| #140 | Rice pump | |
| 1-40 | #141 | Water pumps |
| #142 | Water pumps | |
| #143 | Water pumps | |
| #144 | Water pumps | |
| 1-41 | #145 | Water pumps |
| #146 | 1947 Rice Festival: Equipment Parade | |
| #147 | Public Drying & Storage Inc. | |
| #148 | Machinery | |
| #149 | Rice field | |
| 1-42 | #150 | Imperial Rice Mills Inc. |
| #151 | Loving Rice Mills | |
| #152 | Discing | |
| #153 | Killefer (equipment) | |
| #154 | Discing | |
| #155 | Tractor | |
| 1-43 | #156 | Tractor |
| #157 | Rice City Tractor | |
| #158 | International Harvester Farm Equipment | |
| #159 | Tractor | |
| #160 | Harvesting | |
| 1-44 | #161 | Aerial view of rice farm |
| #162 | Rice equipment | |
| #163 | Rice equipment | |
| #164 | Rice equipment | |
| #165 | Rice equipment | |
| #166 | Rice dish | |
| B. | Publications, Pamphlets | |
| 1-45 | Publications: | |
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Southern Rice Industry, Home Economics Department. The Story of Rice. New Orleans, 1934 (2 copies) American Rice Growers Cooperative Association. Facilities of the American Rice Growers Cooperative Association. Lake Charles, (1949) (some photos cut out) Southern Rice Milling Industry, Educational Information Department. Economical Rice Recipes. New Orleans, n.d. (front cover cut off) B. F. Trappey's Sons, Inc. Good Old Creole Recipes. (New Iberia, n.d.) |
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| 1-46 | "Rice ," typescript, 8 pp.; no author, no date | |
| 1-47 | Rice Consumer Service Release, #51-55 n.d. (recipes) | |
| 1-48 | Rice Consumer Service Release, #56-62; #64 | |
| 1-49 | Rice Consumer Service Release, #65-67; 89-92 | |
| Map Case 13-03 | Southern Rice Industry, Home Economics Department. " The Story of American Rice", c. 1935 [Poster] | |
| Box 2 | ||
| 2-01 |
Crowley, A Louisiana Romance 1886-1919. Crowley: Crowley Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Poor Man's Rice Cook Book. Crowley: Wright Laboratory, 1963 The American Rice Milling Company Golden Jubilee: Fifty Years of Service,1899-1949. (Crowley, 1950) Jenkins, J. Mitchell. Rice. Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Immigration. Baton Rouge, 1941, 8th edition Jones, Jenkin W. and J. Mitchell Jenkins. Rice Culture in the Southern States, U.S.D.A. Farmer Bulletin No. 1808. Washington, October, 1938 Charter of the Louisiana Irrigation and Mill Company, Crowley, Louisiana, n.d. 15 pp. [see Collection 160] Louisiana, n.d. [4 p. flyer promoting Duson land in Crowley area] |
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| 2-02 | Louisiana Department of Public Works and Acadia Parish Planning Board. Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Resources and Facilities. Baton Rouge, 1946 | |
| C. | Newspapers | |
| 2-03 | Crowley Daily Signal, 24 December 1909 (Also: LaRm Film 945) | |
| 2-04 | Crowley Daily Signal Golden Jubilee Edition, 1887-1937 [Agriculture Section] (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) | |
| 2-05 | Crowley Daily Signal Golden Jubilee Edition, 1887-1937 [Industrial Section] (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) | |
| 2-06 | Crowley Daily Signal Golden Jubilee Edition, 1887-1937 [News Section; Education Section] (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) | |
| 2-07 | Crowley Daily Signal Golden Jubilee Edition, 1887-1937 [Signal Section] (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) | |
| 2-08 | Index to The Crowley Daily Signal Golden Jubilee Edition 4 October 1937 | |
| 2-09 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 October 1937: pp 1-14 (Also: LaRm Film 945) | |
| 2-10 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 October 1937: pp 9-16 | |
| 2-11 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 October 1937: pp 9-16 (Same as 2-10) | |
| 2-12 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 Oct. 1937: pp 17-24 | |
| 2-13 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 Oct. 1937: pp 17-24 (Same as 2-12) | |
| 2-14 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 Oct. 1937: pp 25-32 | |
| 2-15 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 Oct. 1937: pp 33-40 | |
| 2-16 | Crowley Daily Signal, 4 Oc. 1937: pp 41-48 | |
| 2-17 |
The [Crowley] Signal Annual, 19 Dec. 1909: Magazine Section #2 (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) The Crowley Signal, May, 1898: Prosperity Number (Also: LaRm Fiche uncataloged) |
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