American Rice and Mill Company, Inc. Records
Collection 122
American Rice and Mill Company, Inc. Records, 1900–1961
75 volumes, 1 foot
This collection contains the important reports, records, speeches and documents from the American Rice and Mill Company. The American Rice and Mill Company was formed in the 1900s and ended in 1961. Officers of this company from 1900 to 1940 were J. W. Rooler, President; C. J. Freeland, Vice President; R. A. Nockton, Secretary/Treasurer.
Donated by Freeland Family.
Note: This collection is currently RESTRICTED. Contact the Head of Special Collections for inquiries.
Inventory:
| Vol. | Item | Date |
| A-1 | Minute Book | 1900-1941 |
| A-2 | Minute Book | 1940-1949 |
| A-3 | Operating Expenses | December 1919-1926 |
| A-4 | Operating and Financial Statistics | Year Ending 6/30/1915 |
| B-1 | Bank Accounts | 1906-1919 |
| B-2 | Bank and Commercial Accounts | 1912-1919 |
| B-3 | Accounts American Mill, Inc. | 1912-1919 |
| B-4 | Accounts Receivable | 1934-1961 |
| B-5 | Accounts Receivable (Partnership) | 1934-1961 |
| B-6 | Trial Balance | 31 July 1952 to 31 July 1956 |
| B-7 | Iota Drier Deposits and Withdrawals | 10 Sept. 1947 to 15 July 1958 |
| B-8 | Account Ledger-American Rice Mill Co. | 1905-1909 |
| B-9 | Account Ledger-American Rice Mill Co. | 1919-1922 |
| C-1 | Receipts and Disbursements | 1919-1932 |
| C-2 | Receipts and Disbursements | 21 July 1931 to 31 July 1934 |
| C-3 | Receipts and Disbursements | 1932-1941 |
| C-4 | Cash, Receipts and Disbursements | 1941-1949 |
| C-5 | Cash, Receipts and Disbursements | Aug. 1953 |
| C-6 | Cash, Receipts and Disbursements | Aug. 1960 to 30 June 1961 |
| C-7 | Binder Used for Cash Sheets | 1 Aug. 1949 to July 1950 |
| D-1 | Checks Register, Whitney Central National Bank, New Orleans | 1926-1934 |
| D-2 | Checks Register, First National Bank, Crowley | 1934-1941 |
| D-3 | Sales Register | 1 Aug. 1947 to 31 July 1948 |
| D-4 | Sales Register | 1948-1959 |
| D-5 | Sales Register | [no information] |
| D-6 | Voucher Register | Aug. 1941 to July 1953 |
| E-1 | Journal: American Rice and Mill, Inc. (Partnership) | 2 Aug. 1926 to 31 July 1941 |
| E-2 | Journal American Rice and Mill, Inc. | 1951-1958 |
| E-3 | General Ledger American Mill (Partnership) | 31 Aug. 11926 to 1 Aug. 1934 |
| E-4 | General Ledger American Mill | Sept. 1948 to 30 Aug. 1960 |
| F-1 | Invoices, Number 4705-5381 | 1 Apr. 1939 to 31 July 1939 |
| F-2 | Invoices, Number 1348-1946 | 1 Aug. 1942 to 31 July 1943 |
| F-3 | Invoices, Number 5562-6030 | 1 Aug. 1948 to 31 Oct. 1949 |
| F-4 | Invoices, Number 7093-7412 | 1 Aug. 1949 to 31 Dec. 1959 |
| F-5 | Invoices, Number 4955-4971 | 30 June 1958 to 26 May 1959 |
| G-1 | Report of Audit | 1939-1941 |
| G-2 | Report of Audit | 31 July 1946 |
| G-3 | Report of Audit | 31 July 1947 |
| G-4 | Report of Audit | 31 July 1951 |
| G-5 | Report of Audit (2 copies) | 31 July 1952 |
| G-6 | Report of Audit (2 copies) | 31 July 1953 |
| G-7 | Report of Audit (2 copies) | 31 July 1954 |
| G-8 | Report of Audit | 31 July 1958 |
| G-9 | Golden Jubilee (3 copies) | 1899-1949 |
| H-1 | Production Records | 1 Aug. 1947 to 31 July 1948 |
| H-2 | Production Records | Aug. 1949 to Aug. 1958 |
| H-3 | Production Records | [no information] |
| I-1 | Rice Purchases | 1948-1958 |
| I-2 | Rice Purchases | [no information] |
| I-3 | Rice Purchases | 1958 |
| J-1 | Employees Earning Records | 1948-1949 |
| J-2 | Employees Earning Records | 1950-1951 |
| J-3 | Employees Earning Records | 1-52-1953 |
| J-4 | Employees Earning Records | 1954-1955 |
| J-5 | Employees Earning Records | 1955-1956 |
| J-6 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary (Partnership) Social Security Act Federal 72 118272 State 6501 114 |
1937 and 1938 |
| J-7 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary (Partnership) Social Security Act Federal 72 0118270 State 20 01 004 |
1939 and 1940 |
| J-8 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary Social Security Act Federal 72 0118270 State 20 01 114 |
1941 — 1 July |
| J-9 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary Social Security Act Federal 72 0118270 State 65 01 114 |
1 Aug. 1941 to 31 Dec. 1942 |
| J-10 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary Social Security Act Federal 72 0118270 State 65 01 114 |
1943 |
| J-11 |
Monthly and Weekly Wages and Salary Social Security Act Federal 72 0118270 State 65 01 114 |
1944-1945 |
| J-12 | Pay Roll Records | 1946-1947 |
| K-1 | Time Book | 25 July 1952 to 4 Jan. 1958 |
| K-2 | Time Book | 21 Dec. 1958 to 30 June 1961 |
| L-1 | Transfer-Ledger | 1919-1936 |
| L-2 | Transfer-Operating Expenses | Aug. 1926 to July 1934 |
| L-3 | Transfer-Accounts Receivable Ledger (Partnership) | 1926-1941 |
| L-4 | Transfer-Sales Register | 1934-1941 |
| L-5 | Transfer-Voucher Register | 1934-1941 |
| L-6 | Transfer-Cash, Receipts and Disbursements | Aug. 1934 to Aug. 1941 |
| L-7 | Transfer-Pay Roll | 1 Jan. 1936 to 31 July 1941 |
| L-8 | Transfer-Sales Register | 1 Aug. 1941 to 31 July 1947 |
| L-9 | Transfer-Rice Lots Inventory No. 505-542 | 1 Aug. 1941 to 31 July 1942 |
| L-10 | Transfer-Production Records | 1941-1947 |
| L-11 | Transfer-Rice Purchases | 1941-1948 |
| L-12 | Transfer-Pay Roll | 1 Aug. 1941 to 18 July 1952 |
| L-13 | Transfer-Case | 1953-1959 |
| M | Miscellaneous | |
| Box 1 | ||
| 1-01 | Operating Expenses, 1951-1955 | |
| 1-02 | Meeting Minutes, 1941-6/21/1943 | |
| 1-03 | Meeting Minutes, 7/28/1941-10/16/1946 | |
| 1-04 | Stockholder Meeting Minutes, 7/1945-7-1948 | |
| 1-05 | Stockholder Meeting Minutes, 7/1945-7/1951 | |
| 1-06 | Operating Expenses, November 1919 | |
| 1-07 | Employees Earning Records, 1947-1949, n.d. | |
| 1-08 | Total Wages, 1956-1958 | |
| 1-09 | Total Wages, 1951-1956 | |
| 1-10 | Government Rice Program, 1974 | |
| 1-11 | Government Rice Program, 1973 | |
| 1-12 | Government Rice Program, 1972 | |
| 1-13 | Government Rice Program, 1971 | |
| 1-14 | Government Rice Program, 1971 | |
| 1-15 | Government Rice Program, 1970 | |
| 1-16 | Government Rice Program, 1970 | |
| 1-17 | Government Rice Program, 1969 | |
| 1-18 | Government Rice Program, 1969 | |
| 1-19 | Government Rice Program, 1968 | |
| 1-20 | Government Rice Program, 1969 | |
| 1-21 | Shalman Brothers Company Invoices | |
| 1-22 | Commodity Stabilization Service Invoices and Communications | |
| 1-23 | Whitney National Bank, 1952-1954 | |
| 1-24 | Labor Board Communications | |
| 1-25 | Labor Board Case Documents | |
| Box 2 | ||
| 2-01 | Labor Board Case Court Filings | |
| 2-02 | Pamphlets and Letters | |
| 2-03 | Day Planner | |
| Box 3 | ||
| Film: | ||
| 1. | Rice-The World’s Most Important Food, Black and White film produced by Rice Consumer Services-Includes The Simple Art of Rice Cookery. Produced in cooperation with KLFY, Lafayette, LA. | |
| Photographs: | ||
| 1. | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935 | |
| 2. | Group photo, all women, some with tiaras. Gold frame, n.d. | |
| Box 4 | ||
| 1. | Display-Atlantic City DuPont Exhibit-December 1939, 121339-G | |
| 2. | Douste Mohamud Khan, group photo, mounted on black. Persian script, n.d. | |
| 3. | Man holding PGA trophy and check, mounted on brown, 1957 | |
| 4. | The Louisiana State Society of Washington, D.C., 22nd Annual Mardi Gras Ball, Saturday, February 8, 1969 | |
| 5. | Group photo, Young girls with man on external staircase, n.d. | |
| Map Case 44-02 | ||
| 1. | 43rd Annual Convention, The Rice Millers Association, Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 5/21-23/1942 | |
| 2. | Photograph of 7 unnamed men, n.d. | |
| 3. | Rice Miscellaneous Photos, LA State Rice Milling Co., n.d. | |
| 4. | Photo, 6th La Conference of Parents and Teachers, Monroe, LA, April 25-27 | |
| 5. | Floorplan of Mill | |
| 6. | The Lafayette Democrat, photocopy, February 5, 1910 | |