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Cultivation

Where does a product come from? How is it grown? These are two of the most fundamental questions relating to the history and lifecycle of commodities. Global Commodities includes a range of sources that help answer these questions.


Title Date Primary Commodity Document Type
A. Finke's Widow Trade Card n.d. Wine and Spirits Advertisement
An Account of a Journey Undertaken by Order of the Board of Trade through the Provinces of Chittagong and Tripura, in order to look out for the Places Most Proper for the Cultivation of Spices; by Francis Buchanan, M.D; with Coloured Drawings of Cattle; March-May, 1798 1798 Spices Manuscript
An Account of the Sugar Maple-Tree, of the United States, and of the Methods of Obtaining Sugar from it, Together with Observations upon the Advantages both Public and Private of this Sugar. In a Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq… 1792 Sugar Printed Book, Report
An Account of the Manufacture of the Black Tea, as now Practised at Suddeya in Upper Assam, by the Chinamen Sent Thither for that Purpose. With some Observations on the Culture of the Plant in China, and its Growth in Assam 1838 Tea Printed Book
Acreage, Production, and Value of Principal Farm Crops in the United States: 1866 to 1895, with Other Data as to Cotton and Wool 1896 Cotton Printed Book, Report
Africa: Further Correspondence Relating to Botanical and Forestry Matters in Tropical Africa 1912-1913 Cotton Report
Agricola's Letters and Essays on Sugar-Farming in Jamaica 1845 Sugar Printed Book
An Agricultural Map of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya 1936 Miscellaneous Map
Agricultural Mechanism, Or, A Display of the Several Properties and Powers of the Vehicles, Implements, and Machinery Connected with Husbandry … 1810 Wheat Printed Book
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1926-1930 1926-1930 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1930-1936 1930-1936 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1936-1944 1936-1944 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1944-1952 1944-1952 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1952-1959 1952-1959 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1960-1965 1960-1965 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1966-1970 1966-1970 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1971-1975 1971-1975 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1976-1980 1976-1980 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1981-1985 1981-1985 Wheat Company Records, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1986-1990 1986-1990 Wheat Journal, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1991-1995 1991-1995 Wheat Journal, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Annual Reports for the Years 1996-1999 1996-1999 Wheat Journal, Report
Alberta Wheat Pool: Wheat Pool Statistics, 1923 to 1942 1923-1942 Wheat Company Records, Manuscript
Alberta Wheat Pool: Wheat Pool Statistics, 1950 to 1951 1950-1951 Wheat Company Records, Manuscript
Alberta Wheat Pool: Wheat Pool Statistics, 1961 to 1962 1961-1962 Wheat Company Records, Manuscript
Alberta Wheat Pool: Wheat Pool Statistics, 1971 to 1972 1971-1972 Wheat Company Records, Manuscript
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Alberta Famers' Union 1941, 1944 Wheat Correspondence, Company Records
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Alberta Wheat Pool and Canadian Wheat Board Business and Correspondence 1938-1943 Wheat Company Records, Manuscript
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Alberta Wheat Pool Business and Correspondence 1938-1951 Wheat Mercantile Papers
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Alberta Wheat Pool Pamphlets ca. 1926-1942 Wheat Company Records, Pamphlet
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Bow River Drought Area Association and the Retlaw Agricultural Improvement Association 1937-1938 Wheat Company Records
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Canadian Wheat Board and Wheat Marketing Pamphlets ca. 1927-1943 Wheat Company Records, Pamphlet
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Correspondence Between Rawlins and H.G.L. Strange, Director of Searle Grain Company 1936-1937, 1941 Wheat Mercantile Papers, Correspondence
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Correspondence Between Rawlins and United Grain Growers 1919, 1935-1937 Wheat Mercantile Papers, Correspondence
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: General Farming Business 1911-1942 Wheat Correspondence, Ephemera
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Homestead Receipts, Turin and Alberta 1908, 1911 Wheat Mercantile Papers
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Irrigation 1937-1938, 1947 Wheat Correspondence, Company Records
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Livestock Marketing 1941, 1944 Miscellaneous Company Records
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: National Farm Radio Forum 1942-1943 Wheat Correspondence, Ephemera
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Personal Papers, Biographical Material, Notes and Newspaper Clippings about Alfred Rawlins Wheat Mercantile Papers, Manuscript
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, and Prairie Farm Assistance Act 1937-1942 Wheat Correspondence, Company Records
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Turgeon Royal Commission 1937-1938, 1948 Wheat Mercantile Papers, Correspondence
Alfred Rawlins Fonds: Turgeon Royal Commission. Submissions by J.H. Rhodes and John I. McFarland 1937 Wheat Report, Company Records
All About Coffee 1922 Coffee Printed Book
All About Petroleum, and the Great Oil Districts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, &c 1864 Oil Printed Book
All about Spices: Pepper, Cubebs, Nutmegs, Cloves, Ginger, Vanilla, Pimento, Cinnamon; including Practical Instructions for Planting, Cultivation and Preparation for Market, with Practical Information from a Variety of Sources, Referring to the Spice Industry in Ceylon, India, Eastern Archipelago and West Indies ca. 1889 Spices Printed Book
All About Tea 1903 Tea Pamphlet
All About Tobacco: Including Practical Instructions for Planting, Cultivation, and Curing of the Leaf, with Other Suitable Information, from a Variety of Sources, Referring to the Industry in Ceylon, South India, Sumatra, Virginia, and the West Indies 1889 Tobacco Printed Book
The American Farmer, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economy and Internal Improvements 2 Apr 1819-24 Mar 1820 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 21 Mar 1828-13 Mar 1829 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economy and Internal Improvements 31 Mar 1820-23 Mar 1821 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economy and Internal Improvements 30 Mar 1821-22 Mar 1822 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 4, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economy and Internal Improvements 29 Mar 1822-21 Mar 1823 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 28 Mar 1823-19 Mar 1824 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 6, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 26 Mar 1824-18 Mar 1825 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 25 Mar 1825-17 Mar 1826 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 8, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 24 Mar 1826-16 Mar 1827 Miscellaneous Journal
The American Farmer, Vol. 9, Nos. 1-52. Containing Original Essays and Selections on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvements 23 Mar 1827-14 Mar 1828 Miscellaneous Journal
American Vines (Resistant Stock): their Adaptation, Culture, Grafting and Propagation 1903 Wine and Spirits Printed Book
The American Wheat Culturist. A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Wheat, Embracing a Brief History and Botanical Description of Wheat, With Full Practical Details for Selecting Seed, Producing new Varieties, and Cultivating on Different Kinds of Soil 1868 Wheat Printed Book
The American Sugar Industry: A Practical Manual on the Production of Sugar Beets and Sugar Cane, and on the Manufacture of Sugar Therefrom… 1919 Sugar Printed Book
Appropriation of Oil Resources of the Continental Shelf of Nigeria 1957-1959 Oil Report, Correspondence, Manuscript
Arbor Yemensis Fructum Cofe? Ferens: Or, A Description and History of the Coffee Tree 1727 Coffee Printed Book
Arboriculture, or a Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees and on the Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain 1868 Timber Printed Book
Articles of Incorporation of the Italian Swiss Agricultural Colony 05 Sep 1885 Wine and Spirits Company Records
Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company for Refined Oil Information Leaflet 1866 Oil Leaflet
Atlantic Refining Company Plant, Point Breeze, Philadelphia 1915 Oil Photograph
Bay Leaves Spices 360 Object
Black Mustard Seeds Spices 360 Object
Black Peppercorns Spices 360 Object
Bournville; A Descriptive Account of the Growth of Cocoa and of its Manufacture by Cadbury Brothers. Reprinted from the “British Trade Journal” 1880 Chocolate Pamphlet
Boyd Stevenson Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania 1865 Oil Photograph
Boyd Stevenson Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania 1865 Oil Photograph
Brazil and Java Report on Coffee-Culture in America, Asia and Africa, With Plates, Maps and Diagrams 1885 Coffee Printed Book, Report
Brazil as a Coffee-Growing Country: Its Capabilities, The Mode of Cultivation, and Prospects of Extension… 1878 Coffee Printed Book
By-Laws of the Bruner Oil & Mining Co. Together With By-Laws for the Regulation of the Business of the Board of Directors and "An Act Relating to Corporations for Mechanical Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying Purposes", Approved July 18, 1863 1864 Oil Pamphlet, Company Records
By-Laws of the Curtin Oil Company. Together With By-laws for the Regulation of the Business of the Board of Directors and "An Act Relating to Corporations for Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying Purposes", Approved July 18, 1863 1864 Oil Pamphlet, Company Records
By-Laws of the Mount Farm Oil Company, and for the Regulation of the Business of the Board of Directors 1864 Oil Pamphlet, Company Records
Cacao 1923 Chocolate Printed Book, Pamphlet
Cadbury's Cocoa Essence Box 1890s Chocolate 360 Object
California: Her Wealth and Resources; With Many Interesting Facts Respecting the Climate and People; The Official and Other Correspondence of the Day, Relating to the Gold Region;… 1848 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Canada: Agriculture, Forestry and Food Production 1942-1965 Miscellaneous Photograph
Canada: Agriculture, Forestry and Food Production 1942-1965 Miscellaneous Photograph
Canada: Athabasca Tar Sands Alberta 1920-1924 Oil Report, Correspondence
Canadian Petroleum Association: Annual Report for 1960 and Associated Papers 1961 Oil Company Records, Report, Correspondence
Cardamom Pods Spices 360 Object
Central Star Gold Mining Company Prospectus 1881 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Ceylon Cinnamon: Records on Spices of the Economics Department of the Colonial Office 1936 Spices Report, Manuscript
Ceylon Coffee Soils and Manures. A Report to the Ceylon Coffee Planters' Association 1879 Coffee Report, Printed Book
Champion Reapers and Mowers 1875 Wheat Pamphlet
Chillies Spices 360 Object
The Chinese Sugar-Cane: Its History, Mode of Culture, Manufacture of the Sugar, etc. 1857 Sugar Printed Book
Chocolat-Menier. Paris. London. New York Cocoa and Chocolate. Noisel Factory. London Factory. Valle-Menier Chocolate Pamphlet
Chocolate and Cocoa. Cocoa; Its Growth and Culture, Manufacture, and Modes of Preparation for the Table. Illustrated with Plates. Accompanied by Easy Methods of Analysis, Whereby its Purity may be Ascertained 1862 Chocolate Printed Book
Chronological and Statistical History of Cotton 1872 Cotton Printed Book
Cinammon Bark Spices 360 Object
Circular to Her Majesty's Consuls in the Ottoman Dominions Regarding Cotton Cultivation: together with a Summary of their Replies 1865 Cotton Printed Book, Report
Cloves Spices 360 Object
Coca, Cocaine and its Salts: Their History, Medical and Economic Uses and Medical Preparations 1886 Opium Pamphlet
Cocoa as Grown in Trinidad, and How to Plant it in Ceylon 1879 Chocolate Pamphlet
Cocoa: All About It 1892 Chocolate Printed Book
Coffee Beans Coffee 360 Object
Coffee in Natal: Its Culture and Preparation 1874 Coffee Printed Book
Coffee: Its Culture and Commerce in all Countries 1888 Coffee Printed Book
Coffee: From Grower to Consumer 1910 Coffee Printed Book
Coffee: From Plantation to Cup. A Brief History of Coffee Production and Consumption. With an Appendix Containing Letters Written During a Trip to the Coffee Plantations of the East, and through the Coffee Consuming Countries of Europe 1881 Coffee Printed Book
Coffee: Its History, Cultivation, and Uses… 1872 Coffee Printed Book
The Coffee Planter's Manual: By the Late Alex Brown, Kandy. To Which is Added a Variety of Information Useful to Planters, Including a Summary of Practical Opinions on the Manuring of Coffee Estates, &c., &c. Thoroughly Revised with Notes by Practical Planters in 1880 1880 Coffee Printed Book
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom… 1854 Miscellaneous Printed Book
Commodity Products: Self-Study Guide to Hedging with Grain and Oilseed Futures and Options 2011 Miscellaneous Pamphlet
A Complete List of Tea Companies & Tea Gardens: Also Indigo, Sugar, Lac, Cinchona, and Coffee Manufactories in India and Ceylon 1894 Tea Printed Book
Constitution and By-Laws of the Dunkard Oil Company 1865 Oil Pamphlet, Company Records
Coriander Spices 360 Object
Correspondence on the Successful Cultivation of Tomatoes, Onions and Tobacco in the Bahama Islands 30 Aug 1878 Tobacco Correspondence
Cotton Facts… 1893-1910 Cotton Printed Book
The Cotton Plant and the Countries Adapted to its Culture 1862 Cotton Printed Book
The Cotton Planter's Manual… 1865 Cotton Printed Book
Cotton Supply from the Ottoman Empire 1862 Cotton Printed Book
The Cotton Trade of India: Being a Series of Letters Written from Bombay in the Spring of 1863 1863 Cotton Printed Book
Cotton: The Chemical, Geological, and Meteorological Conditions Involved in its Successful Cultivation 1862 Cotton Printed Book
The Cotton Manufacturers, Managers, and Spinners' New Pocket Guide; Containing Examples of the Various Calculations Connected with the Machinery of a Cotton Mill, Through all its Various Operations from the Raw Material to the Loom: Together with Rules Whereby to Find the Speed of Any Shaft, Drum, Spindle, or Roller Connected with Machinery 1884 Cotton Printed Book
Crown Lands: Assistance to Leaseholders 2 May 1931-6 Jul 1931 Miscellaneous Report, Manuscript
Cultivation and Manufacture of Tobacco: Forwards Reply to Enquiries 29 Mar 1879 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines 1866 Wine and Spirits Printed Book
The Cultivation of Orleans Staple Cotton 1857 Cotton Printed Book
Cultivation of Tobacco in the British Empire: A Correspondence File of the Colonial Office Oct-Sep 1919 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
"A Cup of Tea," Containing a History of the Tea Plant from its Discovery to the Present Time… 1884 Tea Printed Book
Curry Leaves Spices 360 Object
The Description of the Cacao, by Sir Thomas Lynch 1673 Chocolate Manuscript
A Description of the Growth, Manufacture, Disposal, Qualities, and Uses of the Genuine Chinese Tea 1819 Tea Printed Book
Description of Oil Lands Owned by the Oil Spring Petroleum and Refining Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Description of Property and By-Laws of the Story Farm Oil Company, Together with By-Laws for the Regulation of the Business of the Board of Directors 1864 Oil Company Records
Description of the Property of the Maple Shade Oil Company ca. 1865 Oil Leaflet, Company Records
Despatches from Sir A. Hosie Forwarding Reports Respecting the Opium Question in China 1911 Opium Printed Book
The Development and Properties of Raw Cotton 1915 Cotton Printed Book
Development Fund: Sugar Beet Industry in the UK 1919 Sugar Report, Manuscript
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India 1893 Tea Printed Book
Dilucidae Simplicium Medicamenorum 1605 Tobacco Printed Book
Directory of Grape Growers and Wine Makers of California 1882 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Divine Chocolate: A Collection of Photographs Chocolate Photograph
Drake Well, the First Oil Well 1870 Oil Photograph
Drawings of Chinese Manufactories of Tea, China, Rice, Silk, Cotton and Chinese Boats. Compiled by a Native Artist Trained in a European School, Volume I (Tea, China and Rice) 1300's Tea Painting
Drawings of Chinese Manufactories of Tea, China, Rice, Silk, Cotton and Chinese Boats. Compiled by a Native Artist Trained in a European School, Volume II (Silk and Cotton) 1300's Cotton Painting
The Early and Later History of Petroleum, With Authentic Facts in Regard to its Development in Western Pennsylvania … Also, Life Sketches of Pioneer and Prominent Operators, With the Refining Capacity of the United States 1873 Oil Printed Book
Economic Survey: Spices and Condiments 1937 Spices Report, Manuscript
Empire Sugar: A Colonial Office File 1931-1932 Sugar Report, Manuscript
Encouragement of Cotton Growing in the West Indies 16 Sep 1903 Cotton Report
Essays in Agriculture: Or, a Variety of Useful Hints, for its Improvement, with Respect to Air, Water, Earth, Heat and Cold… 1776 Miscellaneous Printed Book
Establishment of Research Stations: A Colonial Office File on Agricultural Development in Nyasaland 1931 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
European Grain Surpluses 1931 Wheat Report, Manuscript
The Factors which Determine the Quality of Tea 1907 Tea Printed Book, Report
Facts and Theories; or, the Real Prospects of the Beet-Sugar Manufacture in Ireland 1852 Sugar Printed Book
Failure of Tobacco Planting: Forwards Observations on the Quality of the Tobacco 6 Nov 1882 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
Farrel Farm 1865 Oil Photograph
Fibres, Tobacco, Opium, Pearl Fishing, Livestock, Sugar, Tea and Coffee Agreements 1882-1916 Miscellaneous Company Records, Manuscript
First National Field Trial of Reapers, Mowers, &c., By the United States Agricultural Society 1857 Wheat Pamphlet
Fishing With Pole Tools in a Well 1,500 Feet Deep 1870 Oil Photograph
Foreign Office Correspondence on Nicaragua 1866-1873 Timber Report, Correspondence
The Future Wealth of America: Being a Glance at the Resources of the United States, and the Commercial and Agricultural Advantages of Cultivating Tea, Coffee, and Indigo, the Date, Mango, Jack, Leechee, Guava, and Orange Trees, etc. With a Review of the China Trade 1852 Tea Printed Book
Gas Well, Butler Co., Pennsylvania 1870 Miscellaneous Photograph
The German Colonization of Anaheim, California 1932 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Gold Coast: Oilfield Development 1919-1922 Oil Report, Correspondence
Gold, Sport and Coffee Planting in Mysore: With Chapters on Coffee Planting in Coorg, the Mysore Representative Assembly, the Indian Congress, Caste and the Indian Silver Question 1894 Silver and Gold, Coffee Printed Book
Golden Tips: A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry 1900 Tea Printed Book
Grapes and Grape Vines of California 1980 Wine and Spirits Ephemera
Grapes, Raisins & Wines: a Survey of World Production, Consumption, and Trade in Table Grapes, Raisins and Currants, and Wines and Brandies, with Emphasis Upon the Interrelation of the Several Industries in the United States and Other Factors Essential to Tariff Considerations 1939 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Great Exhibition 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue. Part I. Classes I to IV: Raw Materials 1851 Miscellaneous Printed Book
Great Field Trial of Reapers & Mowers Under the Auspices of The Minnesota State Agricultural Society 1867 Wheat Leaflet
Green Peppercorns Spices 360 Object
Ground Coffee Coffee 360 Object
The Gwin Mine 1882 Silver and Gold Report
A Hand-Book of the Cotton Trade… 1858 Cotton Printed Book
A Hand-Book to Coffee Planting in Southern India 1864 Coffee Printed Book
A Hand-Book of the Cotton Trade: Or, a Glance at the Past History, Present Condition, and Future Prospects of the Cotton Commerce of the World 1858 Cotton Printed Book
Heading of Mariposa Tunnel n.d. Silver and Gold Private Papers
Health and Tobacco: A Native Tobacco Farmer of the Gold Coast with his Crop 1950-1959 Tobacco Photograph
The Heat of the Comstock Lode 1880 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
An Historical Account of Coffee. With an Engraving, and Botanical Description of the Tree. To which are added Sundry Papers Relative to its Culture and Use, as an Article of Diet and Commerce 1774 Coffee Printed Book
The History of the British Plantations in America 1738 Tobacco Printed Book
History of the Lumber Industry of America, Second Edition Vol.1 1906 Timber Printed Book
History of the Lumber Industry of America, Second Edition Vol.2 1907 Timber Printed Book
The History of Petroleum 1958 Oil Pamphlet
The History of Pithole 1867 Oil Printed Book
History of Refineries 1950 Oil Company Records, Manuscript
History of the Spirits’ Oil Well, Alias Artesian Well, Near Chicago. The Facts as the Spirits Gave Them. The Artesian Well no Demonstration of Spirit Power 1866 Oil Pamphlet
The History of Sugar and Sugar Yielding Plants together with an Epitome of Every Notable Process of Sugar Extraction, and Manufacture, from the Earliest times to the Present 1866 Sugar Printed Book
Home Produce, Imports, Consumption, and Price of Wheat Over 40 Harvest Years, 1852-1892 1893 Wheat Printed Book
Images of Colonialism from the Harvard College Library 1885 Cotton Ephemera
The Indian Tea Association. Scientific Department Quarterly Journal, 1911-1916 1911-1916 Tea Journal
Industrial History of the United States, from the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time: Being a Complete Survey of American Industries 1879 Miscellaneous Printed Book
Instrucción General de el Cultivo de Tavacos 1764 Tobacco Manuscript
Instructions for Collecting, Testing, Melting and Assaying Gold: with a Description of the Process for Distinguishing Native Gold from the Worthless Ores…Gold Region of California 1848 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Introduction and Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States 1863 Cotton Printed Book
An Introductory Manual for Sugar Growers 1893 Sugar Printed Book
Jamaica Ginger: Records on Spices of the Economics Department of the Colonial Office 1939 Spices Report, Manuscript
A Journey to the Tea Countries of China 1852 Tea Printed Book
Kirby’s American Harvesters 1860 Wheat Pamphlet, Advertisement
The Klondyke… A Complete Guide to the Gold Fields… 1897 Silver and Gold Printed Book
A Letter Concerning the High Price of Grain in Britain 10 Oct 1756 Wheat Correspondence
Letter from William Browne, Governor of Bermuda, Reporting on the Successful Growing of Cotton in Bermuda 5 Feb 1787 Cotton Correspondence
Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures and Options 2011 Oil Pamphlet, Ephemera
Lloyd’s Map of the Great Oil Region of Allegheny River, Cherry & Cherry-Tree Runs, and Pithole Creek in…Venango County, Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Map
Mace Shavings Spices 360 Object
A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon, with Descriptions of their Wood-Structure 1922 Timber Printed Book
A Manual of the Timbers of the World, their Characteristics and Uses, to which is Appended an Account by S. Fitzgerald of the Artificial Seasoning of Timber 1920 Timber Printed Book
A Manual of the Art of Making and Refining Sugar from Beets, Including the Cultivation of the Plant, and the Various Improvements in the Manufacture… 1836 Sugar Printed Book
Map of British Columbia 1865 Silver and Gold Map
Map of the Central Province of Ceylon Exhibiting the Situation of Coffee Estates 1866 Coffee Map
Map of the Island of Ceylon 1899 Tea Map
A Map of that Part of Yucatan in the Bay of Honduras Allotted to Great Britain 1786 Timber Map
Map of the West African Gold Mines 1901 Silver and Gold Map
Map of the West African Goldfields 1909 Silver and Gold Map
The Market Garden of the Tropics - Mauritius Sugar 1930 Sugar Advertisement
Memorandum on Central Factories in the"Sugar Islands" of Barbados, Antigua, and St Kitts 19 Sep 1900 Sugar Report
Memorandum on the Muscovado Sugar Industry in Barbados, Antigua, and St Kitts 8 Jul 1904 Sugar Report
Memoria Sobre as Especias de Tabaco Cultivao' no Brazil 1792 Tobacco Manuscript
The Method of Cultivating Tobacco 1782 Tobacco Printed Book
Mineral Planning Factsheet – Kaolin Sep 2009 Porcelain Leaflet
The Mining Magazine 1853-1854 Silver and Gold Journal
Minutes of Meeting of the Committee of Foreign Plantations, 14 January 1656, f. 113 1656 Sugar Manuscript, Company Records
Model of an Arizona Gold Mine 1922 Silver and Gold Printed Book
The Natural History of Coffee, Thee, Chocolate, Tobacco in Four Several Sections: With a Tract of Elder and Juniper-Berries, Shewing how Useful they may be in our Coffee-Houses: And also the way of making Mum, with some Remarks upon that Liquor 1682 Chocolate Printed Book
The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and Effects of Tea-Drinking 1772 Tea Printed Book
New and Correct Map of the Lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Oregon Railway & Navigation Company 1883 Wheat Map
New Forest: Supply of Navy Timber 1699-1704 Timber Manuscript
Northern Pacific Railroad. From the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean … 1883 Wheat Advertisement, Ephemera
Notes on Cotton Farming, Explanatory of the American and East Indian Methods, with Suggestions for their Improvement 1862 Cotton Printed Book
Notes on the History and Cultivation of Tobacco ca. 1957 Tobacco Manuscript
Nutmeg Spices 360 Object
Observations on the Extent of the Gold Region of California and Oregon: with Notices of Mineral Localities in California, and of Some Remarkable Specimens of Crystalline Gold 1855 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Office of Mandell [?] & Crittenden, Petroleum Center, Behind the Derrick 1865 Oil Photograph
Oil Exploration: Nigeria 1957-1960 Oil Report, Correspondence, Manuscript
Oil in Nigeria 1970 Oil Report, Correspondence
Oil News, 14 April 1938 14 Apr 1938 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, 7 April 1938 7 Apr 1938 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, No. 334 26 Apr 1919 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 1, No. 1 7 Dec 1912 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 1, No. 19 12 Apr 1913 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 1, No. 6 11 Jan 1913 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 27, No. 892 3 Jan 1930 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 28, No. 926 29 Aug 1930 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 38, No. 1188 5 Sep 1935 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 44, No. 1355 17 Nov 1938 Oil Journal, Report
Oil News, Vol 45, No. 1366 2 Feb 1939 Oil Journal, Report
Oil Prospects of Alberta 1915 Oil Report
Oil Tanks at State Line 1885 Oil Photograph
On a New System of Manufacturing Sugar… 1852 Sugar Printed Book
On the Trail of the Opium Poppy: A Narrative of Travel in the Chief Opium-Producing Provinces of China, Vol I 1914 Opium Printed Book
On the Trail of the Opium Poppy: A Narrative of Travel in the Chief Opium-Producing Provinces of China, Vol II 1914 Opium Printed Book
Opium and Dangerous Drugs: Limitation and Control of the Cultivation of Opium Poppy and the Production of Raw Opium 1945-1946 Opium Report, Manuscript
Opium: Historical Note: or, The Poppy in China 1898 Opium Printed Book
Organization for the Burning Spring Oil and Coal Mining Co., Ohio 1865 Oil Company Records
Our Western Empire: Or, The New West Beyond the Mississippi: The Latest and Most Comprehensive Work on the States and Territories West of the Mississippi... 1882 Silver and Gold Printed Book
Pacific Wine and Spirit Review, Volume 36, Number 6 23 Apr 1896 Wine and Spirits Journal
Palm Oil and Kernels “The Consols of the West Coast” An Exposition of the Palm Oil Industry, its Romantic Development and Commercial Possibilities. Profits 100% 1913 Timber Printed Book
Papers Regarding the Tea Industry in Bengal 1873 Tea Printed Book
Papers Relating to the Slave Trade and the Growth of Sugar in Cuba and Brazil 1845-1846 Sugar Report
Paprika Powder Spices 360 Object
The Pennsylvania Oil Creek Petroleum Company 1863 Oil Pamphlet, Company Records
The Petroleum Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2 Dec 1870 Oil Journal
Petroleum, and Petroleum Wells. What Petroleum is, Where it is Found, and What it is Used for; Where to Sink Petroleum Wells, and How to Sink Them. With a Complete Guide Book and Description of the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio 1865 Oil Printed Book
Petroleum: Australia 1946-1962 Oil Report, Correspondence
Petrolia: A Brief History of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Region, its Development, Growth, Resources, Etc. From 1859 to 1869 1870 Oil Printed Book
The Philadelphia and Ohio Oil and Mining Company. Description and Territory 1865 Oil Company Records
A Philosophical and Practical Essay on the Gold and Silver Mines of Mexico and Peru; Containing the Nature of the Ore, and the Manner of Working in Mines… 1755 Silver and Gold Printed Book
Photograph of a Variety of Wheat Species Wheat Photograph
Pipe Line and Railroad: Transferring Oil Across Railroad 1870 Oil Photograph
Plans of Enclosures in the New Forest, Hampshire, for the Growth of Timber for Shipbuilding 1700-1851 Timber Map
Plans of Worthy Park Cane Fields 1834 Sugar Map
A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils 1861 Oil Printed Book
Propagation of the Vine. How to Regulate Vineyards by the Use of Seedlings. A Treatise Illustrating the Superiority of Constitutionally Perfect Roots. Also an Essay on the Physical and Moral Influence of the Vine 1880 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Proposals of Rev. Poole, Respecting the Scarcity of Corn. f. 45 ca. 1801 Miscellaneous Manuscript
Prospectus and By-Laws of the Farnsworth Oil Company, of Pennsylvania 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus and Early Papers of Highland Oil Company Limited 1926 Oil Company Records, Manuscript
Prospectus for the (Fictional) Munchausen, Philosopher’s Stone & Gull Creek Grand Consolidated Oil Company 1865 Oil Leaflet, Ephemera
Prospectus for the Brilliant Oil Company 23 Aug 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for The Cornplanter Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Davis Oil Company, of Duck Creek, Ohio 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Franklin and Sandy Coal and Oil Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Grant Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Great Basin Oil Company of Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Hermetical Barrel Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Hickory Farm Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Independence Oil Company, of Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Independent Petroleum Company of Oil Creek, Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Lynn Camp Creek Oil Company, of West Virginia 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Maple & Wylie Oil Company 1864 Oil Pamphlet, Ephemera
Prospectus for the McElheny Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records, Report
Prospectus for the Mullengar Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Muskingum Oil Spring Petroleum Company, Pittsburgh ca. 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the M’Clintock Reserve Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the National Oil Creek Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Newels’ Run Oil Company ca. 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Ohio Oil and Mining Company 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Pennsylvania and Ohio Oil Company of Pennsylvania 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Pennsylvania Imperial Oil Company 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Philadelphia & Duck Creek Oil Company, on Duck Creek, Washington Co., Ohio 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Phillips Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Phillips Petroleum Company ca. 1865 Oil Leaflet, Company Records
Prospectus for the Rock Run Oil and Mining Co. of Pennsylvania and West Virginia 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Sheridan and Cherry Run Oil Company 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Sterling Oil Company 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Tidioute and Allegheny Oil Company 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for The United States Petroleum Company 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus for the Wallace Oil Company ca. 1865 Oil Company Records
Prospectus of the Astor Burning Spring Petroleum Land Association 1864 Oil Company Records
Prospectus of the Inexhaustible Petroleum Co., of New York, Together with the Articles of Association 1864 Oil Company Records
Public Relations Aspects of the Leduc Oil Discovery Feb 1948 Oil Company Records, Printed Book
The Rational Use of Wines in Health and Disease 1905 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Records of the Royal Commission on Opium: Proceedings 1894 Opium Report
Refining Oil 1870 Oil Photograph
A Relation of a Voyage to Gviana 1613 Tobacco Printed Book, Journal
Remarks on that Part of the Bay of Honduras where the English Cut Logwood... 1765 Timber Report, Manuscript
Report from Siberia on Silver Mine 26 Dec 1735 Silver and Gold Report, Manuscript
Report of the Forest Oil Company. From December 31, 1880, to December 31, 1881 1882 Oil Report, Company Records
Report of the Forest Oil Company. From December 31, 1881, to December 31, 1882 1883 Oil Report, Company Records
Report of the Forest Oil Company. From November 1, 1879 to December 31, 1880 1881 Oil Report, Company Records
Report on the Cherokee Gold Mining Company's Mines 1880 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Report on Cotton Production in the United States 1884 Cotton Printed Book, Report
Report on the Cultivation of Cotton in Egypt: Its Origin, Progress and Extent at the Present Day 1861 Cotton Printed Book
Report on the Cultivation of Spring Wheat, Prepared in Obedience to an Order of the Senate of Massachusetts 1838 Wheat Report
Report on Natural Gas and Petroleum in Ontario Prior to 1891 1892 Oil Printed Book, Report
Report on Tobacco Production and Prospects in Central and East Africa 1948 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
Report to the President and Directors of the Hosmer Oil Company 2 May 1864 Oil Report, Company Records
Reports by the Conservator of Forests 29 May 1933-2 Jan 1934 Timber Report, Manuscript
Reports on the Production of Tea in Japan 1873 Tea Printed Book, Report
Reports Respecting the Production and Consumption of Timber in Foreign Countries 1875 Timber Printed Book, Report
Reports and Documents Connected With the Proceedings of the East-India Company in regard to the Culture and Manufacture of Cotton-Wool, Raw Silk, and Indigo in India 1836 Cotton Printed Book, Report
Review of the Measures which have been Adopted in India for the Improved Culture of Cotton 1857 Cotton Printed Book
Royalite Oil Company's Daily Oil and Gas Averages 1940-1945 Oil Report, Manuscript, Company Records
Royalite Oil Company's Daily Oil and Gas Averages 1936-1939 Oil Report, Manuscript, Company Records
A Selection of Photographs from the Canton Tea Company Tea Photograph
The Silver Districts of Nevada 1865 Silver and Gold Pamphlet
Soapstone and China Clay/Kaolin Samples, Used in the Production of Porcelain Porcelain Object
Sobre la Cultura y Preparaciones del Tabaco 1779 Tobacco Manuscript
Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Futures and Options 2009 Timber Pamphlet
Southern Rhodesia Tobacco Crop. Report for Season 1936-37 1937 Tobacco Report
Spices: Mace and Nutmegs: Windward Islands and Grenada 1945 Spices Report, Manuscript
Stages in the Development of Cotton Cotton Photograph
Star Anise Spices 360 Object
Stolen From the Fields. A Treatise on Cocoa and its Cultivation 1907 Chocolate Pamphlet
Sugar Making in Natal 1902 Sugar Printed Book
Sugar Map of Jamaica 1890 Sugar Map
Tea Cultivation: Papers of the British North Borneo Company 1919-1941 Tea Report, Manuscript
Tea: A Text Book of Tea Planting and Manufacture 1897 Tea Printed Book
The Tea Cyclopaedia, a Volume of Selections From Leading and Original Articles, Correspondence, and Papers… 1881 Tea Printed Book
The Texas Company (Texaco) Private Letters, J. S. Cullinan, President 1 Feb 1902 - 20 Jun 1902 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco) Private Letters, J. S. Cullinan, President 20 Jun 1902 - 10 Oct 1902 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco) Private Letters, J. S. Cullinan, President 15 Oct 1902 - 16 Feb 1903 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco), W.L. Holmes, February 17, 1905 to April 1905 17 Feb 1903 - 1 Jun 1903 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): General Correspondence, A-F, 1902 1902 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): General Correspondence, 1895 - 1901 1895-1901 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): J. S Cullinan Personal Beaumont Letters 18 Dec 1901 - 13 Jan 1902 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): J. S Cullinan Private Letters to Arnold Schlaet, July 29, 1903 to August 16, 1904 29 Jul 1903 - 16 Aug 1905 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): J. S Cullinan Private Letters to Arnold Schlaet, October 10, 1902 to July 24, 1903 10 Oct 1902 - 24 Jul 1903 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
The Texas Company (Texaco): J. S Cullinan Private Letters to Arnold Schlaet, September 17, 1904 to April 1, 1905 17 Sep 1904 - 1 Apr 1905 Oil Company Records, Correspondence
Thirty Years Ago, Or, Reminiscences of the Early Days of Coffee Planting in Ceylon 1878 Coffee Printed Book
The Timbers of Commerce and their Identification 1904 Timber Printed Book
Tobacco Industry in China 1941 Tobacco Report, Manuscript
Tracts Relating to the Corn Trade and Corn Laws: Including the Second Report Ordered to be Printed by the Two Houses of Parliament 1828 Wheat Printed Book, Report
A Treatise on the Culture of Wheat, With an Appendix; Containing an Account of the Growth of Beans with Wheat, and a Plan of Improved Seed Harrows 1801 Wheat Printed Book
A Treatise on Sugar with Miscellaneous Medical Observations 1800 Sugar Printed Book
Treatise on Wines and Spirits of the Principal Producing Countries 1869 Wine and Spirits Printed Book
A Treatise on Coffee; its Properties; and the Best Mode of Keeping and Preparing it 1831 Coffee Printed Book
A Treatise on the Stature and Cultivation of Coffee; with some Remarks on the Management and Purchase of Coffee Estates 1865 Coffee Printed Book
The Trees of Commerce 1920 Timber Printed Book
Two California Sketches: William Wyatt, Representative Miner, A Tribute to his Memory. Leland Stanford…a Biography. Also an Essay on Viticulture. 1880 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
The Tygarts Valley Petroleum Company, to be Organised Under the Laws of the State of West Virginia … 1864 Oil Company Records, Report
United Farmers of Alberta Fonds: General Farm Pamphlets 1948, 1963 Wheat Company Records, Pamphlet
United Farmers of Alberta Fonds: Promotional Pamphlets and Circulars 1910-1962 Wheat Company Records, Pamphlet
The United Farmers of Alberta: Articles Relating to its History and Organisation 1933-1942 Wheat Company Records
The United Farmers of Alberta: The Early History of Canadian Society of Equity (Beginning of the United Farmers of Alberta) 1904-1935 Wheat Company Records, Ephemera
Vast Areas of the Best Wheat Lands! Grazing Lands! Timber Lands! Gold and Silver Districts Along the Line of the Northern Pacific Railroad … 1883 Wheat Advertisement, Ephemera
Viticultural Map of the State of California Indicating Present Extension of Vineyards and Spots Affected by Phylloxera 1880 Wine and Spirits Map
Viticulture and Viniculture in California. Statements and Extracts from Reports of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, Prepared Specially for Distribution at the New Orleans World's Fair, A. D. 1885 1885 Wine and Spirits Pamphlet
Wells on Clarion River 1870 Oil Photograph
West Indies Agriculture 'Schedule' 17 Apr 1850-28 Apr 1851 Sugar Report
West Indies: Memoranda on the Progress of the Free System in the West India Colonies in 1840 26 Feb 1841 Sugar Report
West Side of Triumph Hill, Near Tidioute, Pennsylvania 1870 Oil Photograph
Wheat Fields and Markets of the World 1908 Wheat Printed Book
The Wheat Problem, Based on Remarks Made in the Presidential Address to the British Association at Bristol in 1898 1899 Wheat Printed Book
The Wheat-Growing Capacity of the United States 1898 Wheat Printed Book
Windward Island Spices: Records on Spices of the Economics Department of the Colonial Office 1936 Spices Report, Manuscript
Wine of California; the Stirring Story of a Great American Industry 1937 Wine and Spirits Printed Book
Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the Timbers of Commerce 1902 Timber Printed Book
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