Riverside Irrigation Company Records
Collection 296
Riverside Irrigation Company. Records, 1896–1991
26 feet, 7 inches
The Riverside Irrigation Company was founded on 22 March 1895 in Jennings, Louisiana by Edward F. Rowson, Orin S. Dolby, and S. J. Johnson. Dolby soon sold out to C. A. McCoy who served as the company’s president for many years. The company purchased land along Bayou Nepique containing a sawmill, and quickly added a rice mill and warehouse. Canals were soon dug. Fourteen landowners signed on with the company in 1895. Lowell Stagg, a SLI graduate, served as Secretary, Treasurer, and General Manager from 1945 to 1978. In the 1990s the company stopped operating the canals and turned into a land management operation.
This collection contains business records from 1895 to 1991. Many administrative records, including minute books and correspondence, are at the McNeese State University Archives Coll. 33.
Joseph W. Freeland donated the collection.
Inventory:
Box 1 | |
1-01 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-02 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-03 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-04 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-05 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-06 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1913-1930 |
1-07 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1943-1955 |
1-08 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1943-1955 |
1-09 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1943-1955 |
1-10 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1943-1955 |
1-11 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, December 1974 |
1-12 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, December 1974 |
1-13 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, December 1974 |
1-14 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, December 1974 |
1-15 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, December 1974 |
1-16 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1931-1944 |
1-17 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1931-1944 |
1-18 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1931-1944 |
Box 2 | |
2-01 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1931-1944 |
2-02 | Riverside Irrigation Company Limited Jennings, LA, 1931-1944 |
2-03 | Riverside Irrigation Company Ltd., Instructions for Shanzer Model 20 Special Rice Driver Order S-15025 |
2-04 | Riverside Irrigation Company Ltd., Instructions for Shanzer Model 20 Special Rice Driver Order S-15025 |
2-05 | Riverside Irrigation Company Ltd., Rice Acreage, Lowell E. Stagg |
2-06 | Pocket Books 1, 2 and Loose Subscriber Accounts [rice acreage], 1954, 1960-1964, 1969-1980 |
2-07 | Pocket Books 3, 4 - Weather Observations [barometric pressure and temperatures], 1940-1948 |
2-08 | Pocket Book 5 - Miscellaneous Pocket Book [property notes, equipment, finances], n.d. |
2-09 | The Babcock and Wilcox Company |
2-10 | Gulf Engineering Company, Inc. - Dearborn Water Treatment Service Contract |
2-11 | A.M. Lockett Company Limited |
Box 3 | |
3-01 | Binder 1 - Subscriber Accounts, 1972-1975 |
3-02 | Binder 1 - Subscriber Accounts, 1972-1975 |
3-03 | Binders 2-7 - Equipment Contracts, Specifications 1930s-1940s |
3-04 | Riverside Irrigation Company Ltd., Instructions for Shanzer Model 20 Special Rice Driver Order S-15025 |
3-05 | Riverside Irrigation Company Ltd., Instructions for Shanzer Model 20 Special Rice Driver Order S-15025 |
3-06 | Parts Wavkesha VHP-VD Series |
3-07 | Wavkesha Enginves Models L-5108-G, L-5790-G, and L-7042-G Operators Manuals |
3-08 | Bulletin No.355-K Installation and Operation, Nash Vacuum Pumps and Compressors Tykes, K, L, and H |
3-09 | Bulletin No.355-K Installation and Operation, Nash Vacuum Pumps and Compressors Tykes, K, L, and H |
3-10 | Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp Log Interpretation Charts |
Box 4 | |
4-01 | Ledger, 1896-1898 |
4-02 | Ledger, 1898-1902 |
Box 5 | |
5-01 | Ledger [235 pp], 1902-1907 |
5-02 | Ledger [339 pp], 1908-1912 |
Box 6 | |
6-01 | Journal, 1901-1904 |
Box 7 | |
7-01 | Journal, 1904-1910 |
Box 8 | |
8-01 | Journal, 1910-1914 |
8-02 | Journal, 1914-1920 |
Box 9 | |
9-01 | Journal, 1931-1934 |
9-02 | Journal, 1934-1941 |
Box 10 | |
10-01 | Journal, 1941-1947 |
Box 11 | |
11-01 | Journal, 1948-1953 |
Box 12 | |
12-01 | Journal [262 pp], 1954-1956 |
Box 13 | |
13-01 | Account Book (cash), 1909-1912 |
13-02 | Account Book, November 1956 - April 1957 |
Box 14 | |
14-01 | Account Book, May 1957 - September 1959 |
14-02 | Account Book (Book 3), 1959-1962 |
Box 15 | |
15-01 | Account Book (Book 4), 1962-1966 |
15-02 | Account Book (Book 5), 1966-1970 |
Box 16 | |
16-01 | Account Book (Book 6), 1971-1976 |
16-02 | Account Book (Book 7), 1976-1982 |
Box 17 | |
17-01 | Rice Mill Records, 1900-1902 |
17-02 | Rough Rice Records Book, 1900-1923 |
Box 18 | |
18-01 | Personnel Expenses, 1965-1985 |
18-02 | Subscribers Records [yields, acreage], 1950s-1980s |