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Finding Aid for the Benjamin D. Raskopf Papers, 1907-1985 (Bulk 1931-1985)


MS-1877

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 9, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Benjamin D. Raskopf Papers

Date/Date Range :   1907-1985 (Bulk 1931-1985)

Extent: 18.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses primarily books, pamphlets, charts, correspondence, and drafts of chapters documenting Raskopf's The Agricultural History of Tennessee , which he intended to cover every aspect of the history of farm life from crops to churches. The collection also houses Raskopf's Rural Research Series, which he wrote through the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Tennessee.

Call number: MS-1877

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Mrs. Margaret Raskopf donated this collection to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library in September of 1989.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Benjamin D. Raskopf Papers, MS-1907-1985. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of 12 boxes divided into five series:

  1. Series I: Agricultural History of Tennessee
  2. Series II: Crop Research
  3. Series III: Other Papers
  4. Series IV: Rural Research Series
  5. Series V: Charts and Books

Biography / History

Benjamin D. Raskopf was born on June 10, 1907 in Bazine, Kansas. He earned a B.S. degree in Agricultural Education and a M.S. in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. He began teaching at the University of Tennessee in 1937, where he remained for 51 years. Raskopf died on October 6, 1988 in Knoxville, Tennessee.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses primarily books, pamphlets, charts, correspondence, and drafts of chapters documenting Raskopf's The Agricultural History of Tennessee , which he intended to cover every aspect of the history of farm life from crops to churches. The collection also houses Raskopf's Rural Research Series, which he wrote through the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Tennessee.

Subject Terms

  • Agriculture -- Tennessee.
  • Raskopf, Benjamin D.
  • Tennessee -- Social life and customs.
  • University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus). College of Agriculture.
Contents List
   

Series I: Agricultural History of Tennessee
Box   1     Folder   1    
Agricultural History of Tennessee Outline
Box   1     Folder   2    
Introduction
Box   1     Folder   3    
Physiography and Climate
Box   1     Folder   4    
Weather and Environment
Box   1     Folder   5    
Early Tennesseans: Pre-Columbian Whites, Welsh Bands
Box   1     Folder   6    
Early Tennesseans: Indians
Box   1     Folder   7    
Early Tennesseans: Explorers, Hunters, Traders, and Trappers
Box   1     Folder   8    
Early Settlers
Box   1     Folder   9    
Early Settlements and Manufacturing
Box   1     Folder   10    
Land Grants, Titles, and Lawyers
Box   1     Folder   11    
Formation of Counties
Box   1     Folder   12    
Tennessee Becomes the 16th State
Box   1     Folder   13    
Law & Disorder-Citizen Protection
Box   1     Folder   14    
Rural Preachers on the Move
Box   1     Folder   15    
Population Characteristics
Box   1     Folder   16    
Population Characteristics
Box   1     Folder   17    
Land Area-Size of Farm
Box   1     Folder   18    
Land Conservation-Improvement-Management
Box   1     Folder   19    
Buildings: Homes, Barns, Cribs, Fences (Value)
Box   1     Folder   20    
Farm Value
Box   1     Folder   21    
Farm Cost of Production
Box   1     Folder   22    
Early Sustenance Farming
Box   1     Folder   23    
Self-Sufficing--Living at Home
Box   1     Folder   24    
Home Industries and Manufacturing
Box   1     Folder   25    
Farm Services and Businesses
Box   1     Folder   26    
The Role of the Homemaker
Box   1     Folder   27    
Rural Communication
Box   1     Folder   28    
Agricultural Development: Travel and Transportation
Box   1     Folder   29    
Agricultural Development: Trading Statistics to Remote Markets
Box   1     Folder   30    
Agricultural Development: Labor and Labor Efficiency
Box   1     Folder   31    
Agricultural Development: Changes in Farm Equipment and Machinery
Box   1     Folder   32    
Agricultural Development: Farm Financing
Box   1     Folder   33    
Agricultural Development: Climbing The Agricultural Ladder
Box   2     Folder   1    
Agricultural Development: Panics, Prices, Recessions
Box   2     Folder   2    
Agricultural Development: Farm Organized Activities
Box   2     Folder   3    
Essence of Living: Rural Education
Box   2     Folder   4    
Essence of Living: Recreation for Rural People
Box   2     Folder   5    
County and State Statistics
Box   2     Folder   6    
Health & Sanitation
Box   2     Folder   7    
Energy
Box   2     Folder   8    
European and Indian Influences on Tennessee Agriculture
Box   2     Folder   9    
Farm Historical Timetable
Box   2     Folder   10    
Formation of Counties
Box   2     Folder   11    
Maps and References
Box   2     Folder   12    
Pictures and List of Needed Pictures
Box   2     Folder   13    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter I, Draft
Box   2     Folder   14    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter II, Draft
Box   2     Folder   15    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter III, Draft
Box   2     Folder   16    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter IV, Draft
Box   2     Folder   17    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter V, Draft
Box   2     Folder   18    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter VI, Draft
Box   2     Folder   19    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter VII, Draft
Box   2     Folder   20    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter VIII, Draft
Box   2     Folder   21    
Agricultural History of Tennessee : Chapter IX, Draft
Box   2     Folder   22    
Wars: Civil and Revolutionary
   

Series II: Crop Research
Box   2     Folder   23    
Barley
Box   2     Folder   24    
Bees-Honey-Beeswax
Box   2     Folder   25    
Buffalo
Box   2     Folder   26    
Cane
Box   2     Folder   27    
Cattle-Beef-Dairy
Box   2     Folder   28    
Corn
Box   2     Folder   29    
Cotton
Box   2     Folder   30    
Crops-General
Box   2     Folder   31    
Dairy Cattle and Products
Box   2     Folder   32    
Dogs
Box   2     Folder   33    
Field Seed Crops
Box   2     Folder   34    
Forest and Products
Box   2     Folder   35    
Fruit-General
Box   2     Folder   36    
Hay
Box   2     Folder   37    
Hemp
Box   2     Folder   38    
Hogs
Box   2     Folder   39    
Livestock-General
Box   2     Folder   40    
Mules-Horses-Other
Box   2     Folder   41    
Nuts
Box   2     Folder   42    
Nursery-Greenhouse
Box   2     Folder   43    
Oats
Box   2     Folder   44    
Other Crops and Vegetables
Box   2     Folder   45    
Oxen
Box   2     Folder   46    
Pasture-Grass-Hay
Box   2     Folder   47    
Peanuts
Box   2     Folder   48    
Peas and Beans
Box   2     Folder   49    
Potatoes
Box   2     Folder   50    
Poultry-Turkeys-General
Box   2     Folder   51    
Rye
Box   2     Folder   52    
Sheep-Lambs-Wool
Box   2     Folder   53    
Silk
Box   2     Folder   54    
Skins-Furs-Trapping-Tanning
Box   2     Folder   55    
Sorghum
Box   3     Folder   1    
Soybeans
Box   3     Folder   2    
Sugar-Maple Syrup-Sorghum
Box   3     Folder   3    
Sweet Potatoes
Box   3     Folder   4    
Tobacco
Box   3     Folder   5    
Tomatoes
Box   3     Folder   6    
Wheat
Box   3     Folder   7    
Wild Animals-Game
   

Series III: Other Papers, 1907-1985 (Bulk 1931-1985)
Box   3     Folder   8    
Miscellaneous Agricultural History Information
Box   3     Folder   9    
Miscellaneous Agricultural History Information
Box   3     Folder   10    
Miscellaneous Agricultural History Information
Box   3     Folder   11    
Miscellaneous Agricultural History Charts
Box   3     Folder   12    
"Agricultural-Food Policy Review: Perspective For The 80's"

Box   3     Folder   13    
"Agricultural News"

Box   3     Folder   14    
"Agricultural Situation" , 1974 March-1974 May
Box   3     Folder   15    
Agricultural Statistics Miscellaneous
Box   3     Folder   16    
"Agricultural Trends in Tennessee" , 1948 December-1952 August
Box   3     Folder   17    
"Agricultural Trends in Tennessee" , 1958 November-1964 September
Box   3     Folder   18    
"A History of Agricultural Experimentation & Research in the U.S." , 1937 July
Box   3     Folder   19    
"41st Biennial Report of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture" , 1954 July-1956 June
Box   3     Folder   20    
Broiler Miscellaneous
Box   3     Folder   21    
"Business in Brief" , 1974 February
Box   3     Folder   22    
Business: Miscellaneous
Box   3     Folder   23    
Cash Receipts from Farm Marketing by Commodities
Box   3     Folder   24    
Cash Receipts From Farming
Box   3     Folder   25    
1980 & 1982 Census Information, 1980-1982
Box   3     Folder   26    
1978 Census of Agriculture Preliminary Reports, 1978
Box   4     Folder   1    
Chicken and Eggs Miscellaneous
Box   4     Folder   2    
Cooperative Books: Exports, Growth, Trends and Stats
Box   4     Folder   3    
Cooperative Books & Pamphlets: Exports, Stats, Dairy, Special Crops, and Marketing
Box   4     Folder   4    
Correspondence
Box   4     Folder   5    
Correspondence
Box   4     Folder   6    
"Crop Production" , 1974 March-1974 May
Box   4     Folder   7    
Crop Production-General
Box   4     Folder   8    
Crop Research Miscellaneous
Box   4     Folder   9    
"Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector" , 1979-1980
Box   4     Folder   10    
Farm Finance and Economic Booklets
Box   4     Folder   11    
Farm Finance and Economic Booklets
Box   4     Folder   12    
Farm Planning Manual, 1973 May
Box   4     Folder   13    
Fishing
Box   4     Folder   14    
"History and Development: Department of Agricultural Economic and Rural Sociology-UTK"

Box   4     Folder   15    
"History, Development and Origin of the Department of Agricultural Economics, UTK" B.D. Raskopf
Box   4     Folder   16    
"A History of Extension Work in Tennessee" , 1939
Box   4     Folder   17    
Importance of Manufacturing in Tennessee
Box   4     Folder   18    
"Lakeland Nurseries Sales"

Box   4     Folder   19    
Land Utilization Information
Box   4     Folder   20    
"Louisiana Rural Economist" , 1973 August-1983 February
Box   4     Folder   21    
Maps
Box   4     Folder   22    
"National Broiler Council Market Research Symposium" , 1964 July
Box   5     Folder   1    
Newspaper Articles
Box   5     Folder   2    
Papers Presented at the AAEA-CAES-WAEA Meetings/Canada
Box   5     Folder   3    
"Performance of Field Crop Varieties" , 1978
Box   5     Folder   4    
Personal: Coat of Arms
Box   5     Folder   5    
Personal: Education and Work Experience
Box   5     Folder   6    
Personal: Kitchen Sink Receipts and Warranty
Box   5     Folder   7    
Pictures
Box   5     Folder   8    
Population Miscellaneous
Box   5     Folder   9    
Population Reports and Estimates
Box   5     Folder   10    
"Power and Equipment on Farms in 1964, 48 States" , 1964
Box   5     Folder   11    
"Professional Workers in State Agricultural Experiment Stations"

Box   5     Folder   12    
Publication Listings
Box   5     Folder   13    
Published Research Reports (List)-by B.D. Raskopf
Box   5     Folder   14    
"The Qualifications of Tn. as the Proper Location for..." , 1938
Box   5     Folder   15    
"School Food Service Programs and Commodity Market Support"

Box   5     Folder   16    
"Small Business Administration" Publications
Box   5     Folder   17    
"Social and Economic Effects of Gilbertsville Reservoir" by B.D. Raskopf: Confidential Report, 1937
Box   5     Folder   18    
"Some Factors for Consideration..." by B.D. Raskopf
Box   5     Folder   19    
Speech: "Liberty and Responsibility" by H.N. Young
Box   5     Folder   20    
"The Story of Restoration" by Bill Humble, 1969
Box   5     Folder   21    
"Structure of the Feed Manufacturing Industry" , 1975
Box   5     Folder   22    
"Tennessee Agricultural Statistics Annual Bulletin" , 1978-1981
Box   5     Folder   23    
"Tennessee Dairy Statistics" , 1983-1985
Box   5     Folder   24    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1952 March-1954 June
Box   5     Folder   25    
"Tennessee Economic and Social-Part II-The Counties"

Box   6     Folder   1    
Tennessee Agricultural Statistics Annual Bulletin, 1975-1977
Box   6     Folder   2    
UT Institute of Agriculture Directory, 1979 January-1979 July
Box   6     Folder   3    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1954 September-1956 December
Box   6     Folder   4    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1957 March-1959 June
Box   6     Folder   5    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1959 September-1961 December
Box   6     Folder   6    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1962 March-1964 June
Box   6     Folder   7    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1964 September-1966 December
Box   6     Folder   8    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1967 March-1969 June
Box   6     Folder   9    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1969 September-1971 December
Box   6     Folder   10    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1972 March-1974 June
Box   6     Folder   11    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1974 September-1976 December
Box   6     Folder   12    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1977 March-1979 June
Box   6     Folder   13    
"Tennessee Farm and Home Science" , 1979 September-1980 December
Box   6     Folder   14    
"Tennessee Farm Facts" , 1981 June-1984 June
Box   6     Folder   15    
"The Tennessee Farmer" , 1966 March
Box   6     Folder   16    
"Tennessee Market Bulletin" , 1960 February
Box   6     Folder   17    
"Tennessee Monthly" , 1981 September
Box   6     Folder   18    
"Tennessee/Statistics by Counties" , 1932
Box   6     Folder   19    
"Tennessee Weather and Crops" , 1967-1969
Box   6     Folder   20    
"Tennessee Weather and Crops" , 1974-1980
Box   6     Folder   21    
Turkeys-Miscellaneous
Box   6     Folder   22    
U.S. Department of Agriculture Information (Pamphlets and Bulletins)
Box   6     Folder   23    
U.S. Department of Agriculture Information (Pamphlets and Bulletins)
Box   6     Folder   24    
U.S. Department of Agriculture Pamphlets
Box   6     Folder   25    
UT Institute of Agriculture Directory, 1973 July-1978 January
Box   6     Folder   26    
"Virginia Agricultural Economics" , 1973 August-1983 June
Box   7     Folder   1    
"Broiler Business" , 1962 March-1964 August
Box   7     Folder   2    
"Broiler Condemnations in the U.S.: Importance- Causes-Trends" , 1968 March
Box   7     Folder   3    
"Broiler Industry" , 1958 November-1962 October
Box   7     Folder   4    
"Broiler Industry" , 1964 February-1964 March
Box   7     Folder   5    
"Broiler Industry" , 1966 September-1967 September
Box   7     Folder   6    
"Broiler Industry" , 1969 May-1974 February
Box   7     Folder   7    
"Broiler Industry" , 1974 March-1974 June
Box   7     Folder   8    
"Chicken and Eggs" , 1952 April-1961 April
Box   7     Folder   9    
"Chicken and Eggs" , 1971 April-1973
Box   7     Folder   10    
"Chickens, Eggs, and Broilers" , 1974 April-1975
Box   7     Folder   11    
"Egg Industry" , 1972 July-1975 February
Box   7     Folder   12    
"Factors Affecting Per Capita Consumption of Frozen Broilers in Tn." , 1958 August-1963 January
Box   7     Folder   13    
Meat and Poultry Inspection Manual
Box   7     Folder   14    
"Poultry" , 1960 February-1962 March
Box   7     Folder   15    
"Poultry" , 1962 March-1964 January
Box   7     Folder   16    
"Poultry" , 1964 March-1966 March
Box   7     Folder   17    
"Poultry" , 1966 April-1968 February
Box   7     Folder   18    
"Poultry" , 1968 March-1970 January
Box   7     Folder   19    
"Poultry" , 1970 January-1970 October
Box   7     Folder   20    
"Poultry" , 1970 December-1971 September
Box   7     Folder   21    
"Poultry" , 1971 October-1972 July
Box   7     Folder   22    
"Poultry" , 1972 August-1973 May
Box   7     Folder   23    
"Poultry" , 1973 June-1974 January
Box   7     Folder   24    
Poultry Inspector's Handbook
Box   7     Folder   25    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1974 February-1975 January
Box   7     Folder   26    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1975 March-1976 April
Box   7     Folder   27    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1976 April-1977 April
Box   7     Folder   28    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1977 May-1978 July
Box   7     Folder   29    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1979 October-1981 March
Box   7     Folder   30    
"Poultry Slaughter" , 1981 April-1982 April
Box   7     Folder   31    
"Selected Statistical Series for Poultry and Eggs" , 1964-1968
Box   7     Folder   32    
"Tennessee Poultryman" , 1972-1979
Box   8     Folder   1    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1947 October-1954 June
Box   8     Folder   2    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1955 April-1958 October
Box   8     Folder   3    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1959 June-1962 July
Box   8     Folder   4    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1963 August-1965 June
Box   8     Folder   5    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1966 September-1967 September
Box   8     Folder   6    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1968 August-1970 June
Box   8     Folder   7    
"Cotton Counts Its Customers" , 1971 June-1973 July
Box   8     Folder   8    
"Cotton Ginnings in the United States" , 1970-1974
Box   8     Folder   9    
"Cotton Ginnings in the United States" , 1975-1980)
Box   8     Folder   10    
"Cotton Ginnings in the United States" , 1981-1984
Box   8     Folder   11    
"Cotton Production" , 1907-1916
Box   8     Folder   12    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1960-1961
Box   8     Folder   13    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1962-1965
Box   8     Folder   14    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1966-1968
Box   8     Folder   15    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1969-1971
Box   8     Folder   16    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1972-1975
Box   8     Folder   17    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1976-1978
Box   8     Folder   18    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1979-1980
Box   8     Folder   19    
"Cotton Quality Crop of..." , 1981-1983
Box   9     Folder   1    
"Cotton Quality Statistics" , 1931 September-1940 January
Box   9     Folder   2    
"Cotton Quality Statistics" , 1940 September-1945 December
Box   9     Folder   3    
"Cotton Quality Statistics" , 1946 December-1951 January
Box   9     Folder   4    
"Cotton Quality Statistics" , 1952 May-1956 February
Box   9     Folder   5    
"Cotton Quality Statistics" , 1957 February-1960 October
Box   9     Folder   6    
"Cotton Varieties Planted" , 1952 July-1961 August
Box   9     Folder   7    
"Cotton Varieties Planted" , 1962 July-1968 July
Box   9     Folder   8    
"Cotton Varieties Planted" , 1969 July-1975 August
Box   9     Folder   9    
"Cotton Varieties Planted" , 1976 September-1983 August
Box   9     Folder   10    
"Southern Cooperative Series" (8, 16-18, 28, 34)
Box   9     Folder   11    
"Southern Cooperative Series" (38, 40-41, 44, 50-51)
Box   9     Folder   12    
"Southern Cooperative Series" (57, 62, 70, 72-73, 78)
Box   9     Folder   13    
"Southern Cooperative Series" (99, 112, 149, 156, 181)
Box   9     Folder   14    
"Summary of Cotton Fiber & Processing Test Results" , 1947-1953
Box   9     Folder   15    
"Summary of Cotton Fiber & Processing Test Results" , 1954-1957
Box   9     Folder   16    
"Summary of Cotton Fiber & Processing Test Results" , 1958-1960
Box   10     Folder   1    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1961-1963
Box   10     Folder   2    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1964-1966
Box   10     Folder   3    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1967-1969
Box   10     Folder   4    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1970-1971
Box   10     Folder   5    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1972-1973
Box   10     Folder   6    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1974-1975
Box   10     Folder   7    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1976-1977
Box   10     Folder   8    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1978-1979
Box   10     Folder   9    
"Summary of Cotton Fibers & Processing Test Results" , 1980-1982
Box   10     Folder   10    
UT Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins (177, 239, 251, 255, 259, 271)
Box   10     Folder   11    
UT Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins (298, 303, 309, 313)
Box   10     Folder   12    
UT Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins (320, 324, 221, 410, 456)
Box   10     Folder   13    
UT Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins (519)
Box   10     Folder   14    
Cotton: Miscellaneous
Box   10     Folder   15    
Cotton: Miscellaneous
   

Series IV: Rural Research Series
Box   11     Folder   1    
Cooperative Plan of Rural Research (11, 13, 15)
Box   11     Folder   2    
Cooperative Plan of Rural Research (17, 22, 24)
Box   11     Folder   3    
Rural Research Series (25, 27, 29)
Box   11     Folder   4    
Rural Research Series (32, 35, 38)
Box   11     Folder   5    
Rural Research Series (40, 42, 50, 53)
Box   11     Folder   6    
Rural Research Series (58, 71, 74)
Box   11     Folder   7    
Rural Research Series (98-99, 101, 106)
Box   11     Folder   8    
Rural Research Series (107, 110-112)
Box   11     Folder   9    
Rural Research Series (113, 122, 127)
Box   11     Folder   10    
Rural Research Series (130, 166, 197)
Box   11     Folder   11    
Rural Research Series (198, 202-203)
Box   11     Folder   12    
Rural Research Series (205-207)
Box   11     Folder   13    
Rural Research Series (210, 212, 217)
Box   11     Folder   14    
Rural Research Series (219-220)
Box   11     Folder   15    
Rural Research Series (221-222)
Box   12     Folder   1    
Rural Research Series (223-224)
Box   12     Folder   2    
Rural Research Series (225, 229, 233)
Box   12     Folder   3    
Rural Research Series (237, 240)
Box   12     Folder   4    
Rural Research Series (241, 247, 249)
Box   12     Folder   5    
Rural Research Series (254, 265, 267)
Box   12     Folder   6    
Rural Research Series (259, 262, 272)
   

Series V: Charts and Books
Box   12      
"The Man at the Throttle" by B.W. Overall
Box   12      
The Modern Word-Finder by Paul D. Hugon
Box   12      
Agricultural Trends in Tennessee 1866-1958
Box   12      
Journal of Farm Economics, 1966 November
Box   12      
Always the Wind