Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--Wheat and other crop dataEntry/Object ID
2012.007.0013Scope and Content
1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 10"
Bayly Janson-La Palme worked with Lois Green Carr on economic data about colonial Maryland. Ms. Janson-La Palme then did her own work on economic data about Saint Mary's County from 1790-1870. She relied on census data, assessment records, estate inventories, etc. Her dissertation was based on this material, although the analysis in the dissertation only went up through 1840. The voluminous handwritten data was later transcribed onto 5 1/4" floppy disks using PC WRITE. That data was run on the mainframe computer at the University of Maryland. The disks, spread sheets, and other printouts are at the Hall of Records of the Maryland Archives.
There are several tabulations and graphs in this folder.
The first tabulation has something to do with highest and lowest amounts and most or least of various things. There are lots of abbreviations that are not defined.
Inventories were examined to see how many wheat fans were mentioned. A wheat fan was an indication of mechanization, hence modernization, of farming. Another sheet showed the geographical distribution of wheat fans. Yet another tabulation showed a decade by decade comparison of the incidence of wheat fans.
This table compared the acreage in different crops by district and also looked at the distribution of livestock.
This tabulation showed the number and value of slaves by decade.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1790 - 1840Location
Container
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 14Shelf
Rack 11, Shelf 3Rack
Rack 11Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly