Title: Fred Richart Farm Records
Inclusive Dates: 1940-1960

Creator:

• Richart, Fred

Call Number: Superior Mss S

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin-Superior; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Superior Jim Dan Hill Library / Superior Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Farm Family Record Books published by the Farm Security Administration and kept by Fred Richart for his Guernsey farm in Solon Springs, Wis. as a condition of the government loan which Richart had secured. Each volume contains information on the members of the household, budgetted and actual family expenses, estimates of farm production for the year, and reports of farm receipts and operating expenses.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-sup000s

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Each volume contains a list of the members of the household, their ages and levels of education; a financial plan for the year, including budgets for food, clothing, household and medical expenses; and estimates of farm production for the year. The volumes also include monthly reports providing details on family living expenses, farm receipts, and farm operating expenses. A third segment consists of an annual summary of each of these categories.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Lucy Mitchell, Solon Springs, Wis., 1993.

Processing Information

Processed by Donna Sereda, 1996.

Box   1 Folder   1	Farm Security Administration information, garden plan, etc., 1940
Box   1 Folder   2	Real Estate loan, January 19, 1942
	Farm Family Record Books
Box   1 Folder   3	1942-1946
Box   1 Folder   4	, 1947-1953 (missing 1951)
Box   1 Folder   5	1954-1959
Box   1 Folder   6	1955-1960