Collection Title: Garst Collection

Collection Number: M211

Dates: Inclusive 1903 - 1966 Bulk 1903 - 1953

Volume: 14.21 LF

Processor: D. Alford and W. Ray

Scope and Content:

The Garst Collection contains information relating to the farming plantation of the Anthony Reinhart Estate of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi. Included are invoices for merchandise from 1903 to 1953, tenant and cotton ledgers and miscellaneous business correspondence. Also included are numerous photos of men in uniform, some of which are dated 1913.

Inventory

Box # 1

Box / Folder

1 1 Reinhart Estate – Property Plats 2 Reinhart Estate – Abstracts 3 Reinhart Estate – Abstracts 4 Reinhart Estate – Misc. Documents and Abstract Notes 5 1910 Invoices 6 1911 Invoices 7 1912 Invoices 8 1913 Invoices 9 1914 Invoices 10 1915 Invoices 11 1916 Invoices 12 1917 Invoices 13 1918 Invoices 14 1919 Invoices 15 1920 Invoices 16 I921 Invoices 17 1922 Invoices 18 1923 Invoices

Garst Collection wnr 6.28.06 1 19 1924 Invoices 20 1925 Invoices 21 1926 Invoices 22 1927 Invoices 23 1928 Invoices 24 1929 Invoices 25 1930 Invoices 26 1931 Invoices 27 1932 Invoices 28 1933 Invoices 29 1934 Invoices 30 1935 Invoices 31 1936 Invoices 32 1937 Invoices 33 1937 Business Correspondence 34 1938 Invoices 35 1939 Invoices 36 1939 Business Correspondence 37 1940 Invoices 38 1941 Invoices 39 1941 Business Correspondence 40 1942 Invoices 41 1943 Invoices 42 1944 Invoices 43 1950 3 Invoices 44 1951 Invoices Jan-April 45 1951 Invoices May-Dec 46 1952 Invoices Jan-Dec 47 1952 Jan-May 48 1953 Jan-May 49 1953 Jun-May

Box #2

Box / Folder

2 1 1954 Invoices Jan-May 2 1954 Invoices May-Dec 3 Misc. Invoices – No Dates 4 1903 Invoices Oct-Nov 5 1904 Invoices 6 1904 Receipts and Miscellaneous 7 1905 Receipts, invoices, checkbook 8 1905 Receipt, business correspondence 9 1906 miscellaneous business correspondence 10 1906 invoices Jan-June

Garst Collection wnr 6.28.06 2 11 1906 Invoices July-Dec 12 1907 Invoices 13 1908 Invoices 14 1909 Invoices 15 Book: Ready Reckoner and Rapid Calculator (Cotton Table for Pickers, Buyers & Sellers) 16 Checks 17 Checks 18 Checks 19 1951-1966 City of Clarksdale City Beautification Commission (Minutes) 20 Supplemental Abstract of Title 21 Supplemental Abstract of Lots

Box #3

Box / Folder

3 1 Wall Invoice Hook (Hanger)

Box #4

Box / Folder (Flat File)

4 1 Index 2 Ledger circa 1930-1943

Box #5

5 1 Ledger

Box #6

6 1 Tenant Cotton Bale Ledger circa 1940 2 Blank Ledger

Box #7

7 1 Cash Book 2 Tenant Ledger 3 Ledger circa 1960

Garst Collection wnr 6.28.06 3 Box #8

8 1 Ledger 1914-1930

Box #9

Box / Folder

9 1 Photograph Album

Garst Collection wnr 6.28.06 4