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Haaga Seed Farm scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1089

Scope and Content

This collection consists of one scrapbook that contains correspondence, advertisements, receipts, clippings, and photographs that provide details on the history of the farm. A small amount of personal material on Oscar Haaga is included along with letterhead and advertisements for the Haaga Cotton Company of West Memphis, Arkansas. Of special interest are drawings and advertisements for cotton machinery that Haaga invented and marketed.

Dates

  • 1903-1935

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Administrative/Biographical History

The Haaga Seed Farm of Memphis, Tennessee, was owned and operated by Oscar John Haaga (1890-1934). Haaga was born in Memphis to German immigrant parents, Joseph Haaga (1851-1892) and Caroline Rigger (1857-1932), and attended the Christian Brothers College (later Christian Brothers University) in Memphis. Haaga married Agnes Marie Gallagher (1888-1981) and together they had nine children. The Haaga Seed Farm began breeding, growing, and distributing cotton seed in the early 1910s, and by the 1930s, the farm had grown in size to over 300 hundred acres. The farm produced cotton seed for clients in the Southern states and included experimental cotton crops that were tested and grown for future sale. Haaga tested and promoted several types of long staple big boll cotton seed including Webber and Columbia. He also created new machinery to pick and process cotton as well as spread boll weevil poison on cotton crops. Haaga also operated the Haaga Cotton Company, a cotton buying business in West Memphis, Arkansas.

Extent

1 linear ft. (one oversize box)

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, 2015

Description Control

This collection was processed in 2016.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Haaga Seed Farm scrapbook
Author
Jennie Oldfield
Date
May 2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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