Summary

Identifier

Mss.005.092

Dates

• 1875 - 1955 (label)
• 1900 - 1990 (Other)
• Date acquired: 20090608 (Other)

Extents

• 4.00 Cubic Feet (Whole)
• 4.00 Linear Feet (Whole)

Subjects

• photographs, black-and-white

• Orchards

• Letters

• color photographs

• ledgers (account books)

Notes

• Scope and Contents

  Letters, journals, legal papers and certificates about and between several members and generations of the Powell family.  Topics of particular interest include agriculture and the Swedenborgian Faith .  Letters between various members of the Powell family relate to agriculture and orchards on their farms in Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

• Technical Access Requirements

  Photographs used in the book, "The Apple Orchards,"  are on Compact Disc in .jpg format.

• Source of Acquisition

  Glenn, Vera Powell

• Existence and Location of Originals

  multi-part note content

• Related Materials

  Two letters from Lemuel Powell in 1856 (To Whom It May Concern & To Mssrs Burnham & Benade) copies of which were sent to Sylvanus Powell.  These letters are in the papers of the Middleport Society of the New Church.

  Online exhibit regarding the Academy Farm run by the Powells using material from this collection.

  http://ancarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/academyfarm

Instances

• Type

  Text

  Container 1 Type

  Box

  Container 1 Indicator

  1 - 4

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