Norfolk Southern Farms, A Land Reclamation Project: report
MSS 00071
Special Collections Research Center
1.0 item
1918
Norfolk Southern Farms, A Land Reclamation Project, a report by H. W. Jacobs, January 1918. This 77-page report focuses on the reclamation of the Great Dismal Swamp, and includes seven photographs, charts on wheat export (1891-1915), average hog prices (1896-1915), average corn prices (1891-1917), Norfolk Southern Farms policy, climate information, transportation information, and soil analysis.
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77 pages
Jacobs, H. W.
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Received from Jospeh G. Svodoba, University of Nebraska Archives, June 28, 1974
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[Identification of item], Norfolk Southern Farms, A Land Reclamation Project: report, 1918, MSS 71, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Scope and Content Note
Norfolk Southern Farms, A Land Reclamation Project, a report by H. W. Jacobs, January 1918. This 77-page report focuses on the reclamation of the Great Dismal Swamp, and includes seven photographs, charts on wheat export, 1891-1915; average hog prices, 1896-1915; average corn prices, 1891-1917; Norfolk Southern Farms policy; climate information; transportation information; and soil analysis.
Jacobs, H. W.
Norfolk Southern Farms.
Great Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (Va. and N.C.)
Reclamation of land
Jacobs, H. W. "Norfolk Southern Farms, A Land Reclamation Project,"
2
MSS 71
1918
Scope and Contents note
A report on reclamation of the Great Dismal Swamp. Includes 7 photographs, charts on wheat exports (1891-1915), average hog prices (1896-1915), average corn prices (1891-1917), Norfolk Southern Farms policy, climate information, transportation information, and soil analysis.
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