Adeline Sugar Factory Company records, 1880-1965 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Adeline Sugar Factory Company records, 1880-1965Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1892-1932

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 174

Primary Creator: Adeline Sugar Factory Co. Ltd.

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic and then chronologically as follows: correspondence, contracts and legal documents, and financial records. The collection consists of four boxes.

Date Acquired: 05/16/1966

Subjects: Adeline Sugar Factory Co. Ltd., Giles, William F., Saint Mary Parish (La.), Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation., Sims and Giles., Sugar -- Manufacture and refining., Sugar plantations., Sugar trade -- Louisiana -- History.

Forms of Material: Contracts., Correspondence., Financial records., Legal documents.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of correspondence, contracts, land documents, leases, legal documents, cancelled checks, promissory notes, income tax forms, account records, bills, and receipts of the Adeline Sugar Factory Company and the firm of Sims and Giles, which operated the company store. Much of the material dating after 1932 concerns the personal and business affairs of William F. Giles, administrator of the plant. The correspondence is primarily between W. S. Pardonner, Secretary and Manager of the company and President of the Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation, and William F. Giles. The letters discuss crops, production costs, shipping, marketing, finances, acquisition and repair of machinery and equipment, varieties of cane planted, production diversification plans, leasing of company land, and cane buying from small producers.

Biographical Note

The Adeline Sugar Factory Company was a sugar plantation and refining company in St. Mary Parish. Sims and Giles (Giles and Dupuy after 1917) operated, under lease, the company store. William F. Giles was the administrator of the plant.

Subject/Index Terms

Adeline Sugar Factory Co. Ltd.
Giles, William F.
Saint Mary Parish (La.)
Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation.
Sims and Giles.
Sugar -- Manufacture and refining.
Sugar plantations.
Sugar trade -- Louisiana -- History.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Mr. J.A. Bolner.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Adeline Sugar Factory Company records, Manuscripts Collection 174, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1966.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 774985440

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence; printed material, 1883-1952, undated; undated],
[Box 2: Contracts and legal documents],
[Box 3: Financial records, 1880-1965],
[Box 4: Unsorted bills and receipts, 1920s-1940s],
[All]

Box 2: Contracts and legal documentsAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Contracts; chain of title to land, 1897; 1893Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Legal documents regarding land, 1898, 1910, 1911Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Legal documents regarding land, 1915,1923,1930,1931, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Legal documents regarding land, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1907, 1915Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Legal documents regarding land, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Legal documents regarding land, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Contracts, 1892, 1896, 1898Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Contracts, 1910, 1912, 1913Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Contracts, 1913Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Contracts, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Contracts, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Contracts, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Contracts, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Contracts, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Contracts, 1914, 1917, 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Contracts, 1920, 1921, 1922Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Contracts, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Contracts, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Contracts, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Contracts, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Legal documents, undatedAdd to your cart.

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence; printed material, 1883-1952, undated; undated],
[Box 2: Contracts and legal documents],
[Box 3: Financial records, 1880-1965],
[Box 4: Unsorted bills and receipts, 1920s-1940s],
[All]

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