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Inventory of the Samuel B. Akins Papers

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Collection Contents

Series 1. Correspondence 1966-1990

Scope and Content Note

Arranged in three subseries: Outgoing, Incoming, and Third Party.

Subseries 1.1 Outgoing 1968-1975

Physical Description: 6 letters

Scope and Content Note

Contains six letters written by Akins.

Box 1:1

Manning, C.W. 1975 May 12

Box 1:2

National Cotton Council 1968 December 30

Box 1:3

Staten, Glen 1968 December 30

Box 1:4

Staten, Glen 1969 February 13

Box 1:5

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1968 December 30

Box 1:6

Way, Howard 1968 December 30

Subseries 1.2 Incoming 1969-1984

Physical Description: 30 letters

Scope and Content Note

Contains letters written to Akins, the majority of which are from C.W. Manning, a plant breeder with Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company.

Box 1:7

Cantrell, Rod 1979 April 19

Box 1:8

Manning, C.W. 1973 July 13

Box 1:9

Manning, C.W. 1974 August 26

Box 1:10

Manning, C.W. 1974 October 23

Box 1:11

Manning, C.W. 1974 December 31

Box 1:12

Manning, C.W. 1975 March 3

Box 1:13

Manning, C.W. 1975 March 25

Box 1:14

Manning, C.W. 1975 April 16

Box 1:15

Manning, C.W. 1975 April 9

Box 1:16

Manning, C.W. 1975 June 2

Box 1:17

Manning, C.W. 1975 June 13

Box 1:18

Manning, C.W. 1975 July 2

Box 1:19

Manning, C.W. 1975 July 7

Box 1:20

Manning, C.W. 1975 July 15

Box 1:21

Manning, C.W. 1975 July 23

Box 1:22

Manning, C.W. 1975 August 5

Box 1:23

Manning, C.W. 1975 August 25

Box 1:24

Manning, C.W. 1976 September 7

Box 1:25

Manning, C.W. 1976 October 7

Box 1:26

Manning, C.W. 1976 October 12

Box 1:27

Manning, C.W. 1976 November 11

Box 1:28

Manning, C.W. 1976 December 1

Box 1:29

Manning, C.W. 1984 March

Box 1:30

Staten, Glen 1969 January 3

Box 1:31

Staten, Glen 1969 February 24

Box 1:32

Western Cotton Products Co. 1970 March

Box 1:33

Manning, C.W. 1975 May 10

Box 1:34

Manning, C.W. 1975 May 13

Box 1:35

Manning, C.W. 1975 May 19

Box 1:36

Manning, C.W. 1975 May 28

Subseries 1.3 Third Party 1966-1990

Physical Description: 3 letters

Scope and Content Note

Letters that are to or between individuals other than Akins.

Box 1:37

George, Alan to California Department of Food and Agriculture 1975 May 8

Box 1:38

Manning, C.W. to Akins, Edna 1990 August 20

Box 1:39

Western Cotton Products to Vista del Llano Farms 1966 March 7

Series 2. Printed Materials 1949-1984

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically according to title.

Box 1:40

5th Annual Conservation Tillage Workshop 1984 May

Box 1:41

Acala Cotton Board - Variety Testing Program 1981

Box 1:42

Bacterial Blight of Cotton in California undated

Box 1:43

California Cotton Progress Report 1983 March

Box 1:44

Clippings 1949-1981

Box 1:45

The Cotton Industry in Tulare County 1980 May

Box 1:46

History of Acala Cotton Varieties Bred for San Joaquin Valley, California 1974 February

Box 1:47

Irrigation Scheduling Techniques for Cotton with Unlimited and Restricted Water Supplies (2 copies) 1979 April

Box 1:48

Notes undated

Box 1:49

Official Handbook of Seed Certification for the State of Arizona 1976 June

Box 1:50

Proceedings Gin Waste Utilization, Roundup and Tour 1981 February 5

Box 1:51

Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company, Stoneville, Mississippi undated

Box 1:52

Summary Report of Narrow Row Cotton Field Trials 1971-1973 1980 July

Series 3. Photographs 1972-1974

Scope and Content Note

Contains slides and photographs of cotton. Arranged chronologically.

Box 1:53

Cotton: Davis, Kern County: Waukena, Strathmore, Woodville 1965

Physical Description: 22 slides

Box 1:54

Cotton 1972 October

Physical Description: 20 slides

Box 1:55

Cotton on Akins Farm 1973 January

Physical Description: 14 slides

Box 1:56

Cotton 1973

Physical Description: 9 photographs and negatives

Box 1:57

Cotton 1974 September

Physical Description: 13 slides

Collection Contents

Correspondence

Outgoing

Incoming

Third Party

Printed Materials

Photographs