Farmer's Institute of Bethel Township Records (SC-27)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one book containing handwritten minutes from three meetings of the Farmer’s Institute of Bethel Township, a Clark County, Ohio agricultural improvement society that met in New Carlisle. The first minutes include the text of the organization’s constitution, drawn from a suggestion by the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. Other minutes are for several meetings of the executive committee. Minutes include notes of the agricultural debate topics that the group discussed, including topics like soil quality, profit, cultivation strategies in Ohio.
Dates
- Creation: 1899 - 1902
Creator
- Farmer's Institute of Bethel Township (Clark County, Ohio) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Farmer’s Institute of Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, was founded in December 1899, with the goal “to teach better methods of farming, stock raising, fruit culture, &c; and to promote the moral, intellectual, social, and material welfare of the community.”
Extent
0.1 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This volume records the minutes of an early 20th-century agricultural improvement society from 1899 to 1909.
- Title
- Guide to the Farmer's Institute of Bethel Township Records (SC-27)
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
