urn:taro:utexas.cah.02387 A Guide to the William Carter Stubbs Papers, 1899-1911 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Stubbs, William Carter, 1846-1924 Stubbs, William Carter, papers 1899-1911 Materials are written in English. 1940 1 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Primarily comprised of correspondence, the William Carter Stubbs Papers, 1899-1911, document Stubbs’ agricultural activities at the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Texas-Louisiana Sugar Company of Texas. Biographical Note

Born in Virginia, William Carter Stubbs (1846-1924) fought in the Civil War before graduating from the University of Virginia in 1867. He served as professor of chemistry at Alabama A&M University (1872-1885) and as director of the Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station in New Orleans (1885-1905). Furthermore, Stubbs published numerous books and articles, including Cultivation of Sugar Cane (1901).

 Scope and Contents

Primarily comprised of correspondence, the William Carter Stubbs Papers, 1899-1911, document Stubbs’ agricultural activities at the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Texas-Louisiana Sugar Company of Texas. Letters discuss the establishment of an experimental cowpea farm in Antigua, Stubbs’ writing and publishing ventures in the area of agricultural research, investment management performed by Stubbs for E. G. Clarke, and an irrigation and development enterprise of the Texas-Louisiana Sugar Company of Texas near McAllen, Texas. Additionally, the collection contains a memorandum of agreement between Stubbs and MacMillan & Co. to publish his book, Cultivation of Sugar Cane; a newspaper clipping pertaining to the Texas-Louisiana Sugar Company of Texas; and a brief handwritten biographical note about Stubbs.

 Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Stubbs, William Carter, 1846-1924 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) Texas-Louisiana Sugar Company of Texas. Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Subjects Agriculture -- United States. Agriculture -- Antigua. Places Louisiana -- History -- 20th century. Texas -- History -- 20th century. Preferred Citation

William Carter Stubbs Papers, 1899-1911, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2K335 Papers, 1899-1911