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Creator: Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. Title: Thomas Forsyth Date (inclusive): Extent: 1.2 linear feet Abstract: Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1862-1927) served as Professor of Agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley and Dean of the College of Agriculture (now the University of California, Davis). His Papers contain a comparative study of the agriculture of Caribbean countries and a collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica, circa. Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite. Repository: University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of Special Collections. Davis, California 95616-5292 Collection number: D-104 Language of Material: Collection materials in English. Biography Thomas Forsyth Hunt was born in Ridott, Illinois in 1862. He received his B.A. (1884), M.A. (1892), and Ph.D. (1903) in Agriculture from the University of Illinois. He began his career in 1885 as an assistant to the state entomologist of Illinois. He then served as Assistant Professor of Agriculture at the University of Illinois (1886-1891); Professor of Agriculture at Pennsylvania State College; Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Domestic Science at Ohio State University (1892-1903); Professor of Agronomy at Cornell University; and Dean of the School of Agriculture and Director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station (1907-1912). In 1912, Hunt came to the University of California, Berkeley as Dean of the College of Agriculture (now the University of California, Davis), Director of the Experiment Station, and Professor of Agriculture. He retired in 1923. On March 22, 1949, Hunt Hall was named in his honor. Source: Windows on the past: a personal history of campus buildings, University of California, Davis. Davis: Prytanean Honor Society, 2000. Scope and Content The Thomas Forsyth contain a comparative study of the agriculture of Caribbean countries and a collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica, circa. Arrangement of the Collection The Papers are arranged into two series: Manuscripts and Photographs. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927--Archives Agriculture--Caribbean Area Agriculture--Costa Rica--Pictorial works Agriculture--Cuba--Pictorial works Agriculture--Haiti--Pictorial works Agriculture--Jamaica--Pictorial works Access Collection is open for research. Processing Information Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Thomas Forsyth, D-104, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis. Publication Rights Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on D-104 2
behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. Series 1. Manuscripts Physical Description: 2 folders Scope and Content Note Contains a comparative study of the agriculture of Caribbean countries by Hunt (). Box 1:1 Box 1:2 A Comparative Study of the Agriculture of Certain Countries of the Caribbean by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, copy 1 A Comparative Study of the Agriculture of Certain Countries of the Caribbean by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, copy 2 Series 2. Photographs circa Physical Description: 258 prints Scope and Content Note A collection of photographs depicting agricultural methods in Jamaica, Hawaii, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, and Costa Rica. Arranged into two subseries: Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 and Other Photographs. Subseries 2.1 Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Physical Description: 229 prints Scope and Content Note Arranged by photograph number. Box 1:3 501. El Salvador: imbibing coconut milk circa Box 1:4 502. El Salvador: coffee cherries ready to pick circa Box 1:5 503. El Salvador: method of tapping balsam in trees circa Box 1:6 504. El Salvador: girl carrying henequen fiber circa Box 1:7 505. El Salvador: papaya tree with an official circa Box 1:8 506. Panama: a train load of bananas being transferred to steamship by loading machine at Almiranti circa Box 1:9 507. Costa Rica: loading machine carrying bananas into the hold of the ship circa D-104 3
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 1:10 508. Costa Rica: balsa trees on the plantation of the United Fruit Company near Port Limon circa Box 1:11 509. Costa Rica: motorized hand car used on inspection trips by the United Fruit Company circa Box 1:12 510. Costa Rica: the Reventason River as it approaches the Caribbean Sea circa Box 1:13 511. Costa Rica: coconut palms near Port Limon circa Box 1:14 512. Costa Rica: coconut palms along the Caribbean Seas just outside Port Limon circa Box 1:15 513. Costa Rica: a hut in the lowlands circa Box 1:16 514. Costa Rica: coconut trees, the mango and calabash tree, near Port Limon circa Box 1:17 515. Costa Rica: planting coconuts near the seashore circa Box 1:18 516. Costa Rica: a bread fruit tree near Port Limon circa Box 1:19 517. Costa Rica: topography and vegetation in Costa Rica circa Box 1:20 518. Costa Rica: along the Caribbean Sea just outside of Port Limon circa Box 1:21 519. Costa Rica: the Reventason River and thee railway between Port Limon and San Jose circa Box 1:22 520. Costa Rica: new plantation of bananas by the United Fruit Company near Port Limon circa Box 1:23 521. Costa Rica: new banana plantation circa Box 1:24 522. Costa Rica: planting bananas near Port Limon circa Box 1:25 523. Costa Rica: suckers used in planting new banana fields circa D-104 4
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 1:26 524. Costa Rica: bits used in planting new banana fields circa Box 1:27 525. Costa Rica: harvesting bananas circa Box 1:28 526. Costa Rica: banana mat or stool showing four stems of bananas. circa Box 1:29 527. Costa Rica: bringing bananas to the shipping station by light railway circa Box 1:30 528. Costa Rica: hauling bananas by light railway to shipping station circa Box 1:31 529. Costa Rica: ox drawing bananas to the shipping station circa Box 1:32 530. Costa Rica: freight cars being loaded in the banana district circa Box 1:33 531. Costa Rica: steam engine used on light tramway to bring bananas to the shipping station circa Box 1:34 532. Costa Rica: mules bringing fruit to railway platform for shipment circa Box 1:35 533. Costa Rica: returning home after delivering four stems of bananas per animal to the loading platform circa Box 1:36 534. Costa Rica: cacao trees being planted in the bananas circa Box 1:37 535. Costa Rica: cacao, probably the summer crop circa Box 1:38 536. Costa Rica: cacao beans circa Box 1:39 537. Costa Rica: primitive method of drying cacao beans circa Box 1:40 538. Costa Rica: common method of drying cacao beans circa Box 1:41 539. Costa Rica: cacao plant for fermenting and drying cacao circa D-104 5
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 1:42 540. Costa Rica: a three year old coffee plant, with bananas in the background used for shade circa Box 1:43 541. Costa Rica: a mature coffee tree circa Box 1:44 542. Costa Rica: picking coffee at Tres Rios circa Box 1:45 543. Costa Rica: coffee farm at Tres Rios circa Box 1:46 544. Costa Rica: hauling the coffee cherries to the beneficio circa Box 1:47 545. Costa Rica: dumping coffee cherries circa Box 1:48 546. Costa Rica: coffee berries being fermented in vats circa Box 1:49 547. Costa Rica: wheel for depulping green cherries circa Box 1:50 548. Costa Rica: beneficio at Mata Redonda belonging to Miguel Guisginiani circa Box 1:51 549. Costa Rica: mango trees in foreground, small coffee beneficio in background circa Box 1:52 550. Costa Rica: one year old coffee plantation circa Box 1:53 551. Costa Rica: preparing one year old coffee plants for transplanting circa Box 1:54 552. Costa Rica: a young cafetal with bananas for shade circa Box 1:55 553. Costa Rica: leguminous trees extensively used for coffee shade circa Box 1:56 554. Juaquinquil circa Box 1:57 555. Costa Rica: machinery used for husking and polishing coffee circa Box 1:58 556. Costa Rica: coffee dryer belonging to J.R. Earnest, Juan Vinas circa D-104 6
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 1:59 557. Costa Rica: a beneficio circa Box 1:60 558. Costa Rica: sugar cane grown at about 2000 feet circa Box 1:61 559. Costa Rica: harvesting sugar cane circa Box 1:62 560. Costa Rica: primitive method of delivering sugar cane to the mill circa Box 2:1 561. Costa Rica: bringing sugar cane from the field to the mill on light railway circa Box 2:2 562. Costa Rica: pineapples interplanted with oranges and grapes, on the Columbian Farms of the United Fruit Company circa Box 2:3 563. Costa Rica: tobacco circa Box 2:4 564. Costa Rica: pejibayo tree circa Box 2:5 565. Costa Rica: pejivalle circa Box 2:6 566. Costa Rica: Cajuna nut palm circa Box 2:7 567. Costa Rica: chayote circa Box 2:8 568. Costa Rica: pineapples, bananas, plantain, mango, cashew nut, passion fruit, papayo, granado, hog plum, pomegranate, and nispero circa Box 2:9 569. Costa Rica: woman carrying fruit circa Box 2:10 570. Costa Rica: park in Port Limon circa Box 2:11 571. Costa Rica: palm trees in park in Port Limon circa Box 2:12 572. Costa Rica: palm trees near San Jose circa Box 2:13 573. Costa Rica: hog plum circa D-104 7
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 2:14 574. Costa Rica: park in San Jose circa Box 2:15 575. Costa Rica: mountain valley scene circa Box 2:16 576. Costa Rica: mamey sapote circa Box 2:17 577. Costa Rica: almendro circa Box 2:18 578. Costa Rica: pandarius utilis circa Box 2:19 579. Costa Rica: cactus circa Box 2:20 580. Costa Rica: torito circa Box 2:21 581. Costa Rica: nido de Oro pindula circa Box 2:22 582. Costa Rica: scene in the province of San Jose circa Box 2:23 583. Costa Rica: cedro tree circa Box 2:24 584. Costa Rica: mango tree circa Box 2:25 585. Costa Rica: ox cart circa Box 2:26 586. Costa Rica: bringing firewood to town on an ox cart circa Box 2:27 587. Costa Rica: delivering milk in San Jose circa Box 2:28 588. Costa Rica: two hunters circa Box 2:29 589. Costa Rica: cowboy circa Box 2:30 590. Costa Rica: cow circa Box 2:31 591. Costa Rica: water bottles made from gourds circa D-104 8
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 2:32 592. Costa Rica: a rural home and family circa Box 2:33 593. Costa Rica: higueron circa Box 2:34 594. Costa Rica: black snake circa Box 2:35 595. Cuba: province of Pinar del Rio circa Box 2:36 596. Cuba: wrapper tobacco circa Box 2:37 597. Cuba: wrapper tobacco circa Box 2:38 598. Cuba: wrapper tobacco circa Box 2:39 599. Cuba: wrapper tobacco circa Box 2:40 600. Cuba: tobacco field circa Box 2:41 601. Cuba: tobacco shed circa Box 2:42 602. Cuba: wrapper tobacco circa Box 2:43 603. Cuba: tobacco breeding flat at the Cuban Experiment Station circa Box 2:44 604. Cuba: houses occupied by tobacco colonos circa Box 2:45 605. Cuba: harvesting Manila hemp at the Matanza Cordage Company circa Box 2:46 606. Cuba: rack used by laborers circa Box 2:47 607. Cuba: train load of Manila hemp leaves circa Box 2:48 608. Cuba: field where Manila hemp fiber is dried circa D-104 9
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 2:49 609. Cuba: Matanzas Cordage Company factory circa Box 2:50 610. Cuba: shaking out Manila hemp on the drying racks circa Box 2:51 611. Cuba: sugar cane fields circa Box 2:52 612. Cuba: lifting cane from ox cart to freight car circa Box 2:53 613. Cuba: small sugar factory circa Box 2:54 614. Cuba: receiving sugar cane at mill in freight cars circa Box 2:55 615. Cuba: ox cart bringing cane circa Box 2:56 616. Cuba: ox cart with a track layer in place of wheels circa Box 2:57 617. Cuba: bridge at Santo Domingo circa Box 2:58 618. Cuba: Casa Vivienda, office of Central Amistad circa Box 2:59 619. Cuba: cart with track layers circa Box 2:60 620. Cuba: bunch of Congo bananas circa Box 2:61 621. Cuba: palmiche circa Box 2:62 622. Cuba: canes of Arundo donax circa Box 2:63 623. Cuba: specimen of avocado grown at the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station circa Box 2:64 624. Cuba: cattle circa Box 2:65 625. Cuba: cattle circa Box 2:66 626. Cuba: cattle circa D-104 10
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 2:67 627. Cuba: bull circa Box 2:68 628. Cuba: riding pony circa Box 2:69 629. Cuba: Roosevelt monument at Vista Elegra circa Box 2:70 630. Cuba: San Juan Hill near Santiago de Cuba circa Box 2:71 631. Cuba: El Caney near Santiago de Cuba circa Box 2:72 632. Cuba: Cathedral at Santiago de Cuba circa Box 2:73 634. Haiti: cock fight circa Box 2:74 635. Haiti: cock fight circa Box 2:75 636. Haiti: mountain scene between St. Michel and Ennery circa Box 2:76 637. Haiti: aerial view of the Artibonite circa Box 2:77 638. Haiti: coffee thicket circa Box 2:78 639. Haiti: hand pulping machine for coffee circa Box 2:79 640. Haiti: hand mill for coffee circa Box 2:80 641. Haiti: coffee coque circa Box 2:81 642. Haiti: drying coffee cherries circa Box 2:82 643. Haiti: decorticating coffee coque circa Box 2:83 644. Haiti: hulling and winnowing coffee circa Box 2:84 645. Haiti: coffee speculator buying coffee circa D-104 11
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 2:85 646. Haiti: drying coffee cherries on ground circa Box 2:86 647. Haiti: corn storage on the Central Plain circa Box 2:87 648. Haiti: house of coffee grower circa Box 2:88 649. Haiti: coffee drying floor circa Box 2:89 650. Haiti: drying platform for coffee at Petit-Goave circa Box 2:90 651. Haiti: sorting coffee near Port au Prince circa Box 2:91 652. Haiti: shelling petit mil from heads circa Box 2:92 653. Haiti: corn storage in palm tree circa Box 2:93 654. Haiti: corn storage circa Box 2:94 655. Haiti: plantain grove circa Box 3:1 656. Haiti: Cuban cane grown by Haitian American Sugar Company circa Box 3:2 657. Haiti: sugar mill with wooden rolls and cogs circa Box 3:3 658. Haiti: packages of coarse sugar circa Box 3:4 659. Haiti: market in the rural district at St. Michel circa Box 3:5 660. Haiti: Cathedral market at Port au Prince circa Box 3:6 661. Haiti: most common method of transport circa Box 3:7 662. Haiti: common method of transport circa D-104 12
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 3:8 663. Haiti: tobacco at St. Michel circa Box 3:9 664. Haiti: tobacco at St. Michel circa Box 3:10 665. Haiti: tobacco circa Box 3:11 666. Haiti: cotton plants at St. Michel circa Box 3:12 667. Haiti: cotton tree circa Box 3:13 668. Haiti: cotton and coffee scale circa Box 3:14 669. Haiti: logwood being weighed before being loaded on steamship circa Box 3:15 670. Haiti: mahogany logs circa Box 3:16 671. Haiti: mahogany trees circa Box 3:17 672. Haiti: peeling logwood circa Box 3:18 673. Haiti: stand of logwood circa Box 3:19 674. Haiti: method of sawing circa Box 3:20 675. Haiti: palm slabs circa Box 3:21 676. Haiti: rubber tree which has been tapped circa Box 3:22 677. Haiti: Havea rubber tree circa Box 3:23 678. Haiti: cashew nut tree circa Box 3:24 679. Haiti: in the St. Michel grass circa Box 3:25 680. Haiti: milkmaids returning from Port au Prince circa D-104 13
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 3:26 681. Haiti: women churning circa Box 3:27 682. Haiti: eight ox team at Port au Prince circa Box 3:28 683. Haiti: yoked goats circa Box 3:29 684. Haiti: yoked pigs circa Box 3:30 685. Puerto Rico: cattle circa Box 3:31 686. Puerto Rico: Guatemala grass circa Box 3:32 687. Jamaica: tool found satisfactory for plowing banana plantations circa Box 3:33 688. Jamaica: laying handmade tile between rows of bananas on the United Fruit Company's plantation circa Box 3:34 689. Jamaica: flume for carrying irrigation water used by the United Fruit Company circa Box 3:35 690. Jamaica: padded freight car to lessen bruising of bananas, United Fruit Company circa Box 3:36 691. Hawaii: smooth Cayenne pineapples circa Box 3:37 692. Hawaii: individual fruits of Cayenne pineapples circa Box 3:38 692a. Hawaii: field of Cayenne pineapples circa Box 3:39 693. Jamaica: young coconut tree circa Box 3:40 694. Jamaica: removing husks from coconuts circa Box 3:41 695. Jamaica: removing the meats from the shell circa Box 3:42 696. Jamaica: house circa D-104 14
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 3:43 697. Jamaica: an undeveloped bunch or stem of bananas circa Box 3:44 698. Jamaica: mature bunch of bananas circa Box 3:45 699. Jamaica: ginger plants circa Box 3:46 700. Jamaica: women preparing ginger for market circa Box 3:47 701. Jamaica: field of ginger circa Box 3:48 702. Jamaica: a yam field circa Box 3:49 703. Jamaica: banana flower circa Box 3:50 704. Jamaica: banana flower circa Box 3:51 705. Jamaica: yam plant circa Box 3:52 706. Jamaica: yam tubers circa Box 3:53 707. Jamaica: cassava field circa Box 3:54 708. Jamaica: cassava plant showing roots from which tapioca is made circa Box 3:55 709. Jamaica: cassava root circa Box 3:56 710. Jamaica: harvesting rice in Western Jamaica circa Box 3:57 711. Jamaica: threshing rice circa Box 3:58 712. Jamaica: harvesting sisal hemp circa Box 3:59 713. Jamaica: making jipi-japa hats circa D-104 15
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.1Photographs of the Caribbean area, nos. 501-729 circa Box 3:60 714. Jamaica: logwood being prepared for shipment circa Box 3:61 715. Jamaica: women extracting oil from orange peel circa Box 3:62 716. Jamaica: herd of cattle circa Box 3:63 717. Jamaica: zebu bull imported from India circa Box 3:64 718. Jamaica: herd of cattle circa Box 3:65 719. Jamaica: group of riding horses circa Box 3:66 720. Jamaica: mules circa Box 3:67 721. Cuba: accident with an ox cart load of cane circa Box 3:68 722. Panama: papaya tree circa Box 3:69 723. Panama: village on Chagres River circa Box 3:70 724. Panama: Annatto tree circa Box 3:71 725. Panama: boy hulling rice circa Box 3:72 726. Canal Zone: Ceiba or silk cotton tree circa Box 3:73 727. Canal Zone: young Chaulmoogra tree circa Box 3:74 728. Canal Zone: ruins of cathedral at Old Panama circa Box 3:75 729. Guatemala: turkey buzzards circa Subseries 2.2 Other Photographs Physical Description: 29 prints Scope and Content Note Arranged alphabetically. D-104 16
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.2Other Photographs Box 3:76 Boats circa Box 3:77 Coffee, collecting circa Box 3:78 Coffee parchment circa Box 3:79 Costa Rica: lagoon circa Box 3:80 Costa Rica: poinsettia circa Box 3:81 Costa Rica: three men circa Box 3:82 Costa Rica: worm? circa Box 3:83 Cotton plants circa Box 3:84 Cuba: cow circa Box 3:85 Cyclone, results of circa Box 3:86 Cyclone, results of circa Box 3:87 Hacienda Dominica circa Box 3:88 Haiti: coffee mill circa Box 3:89 Haiti: dock circa Box 3:90 Haiti: Petit Goave circa Box 3:91 Haiti: street scene circa Box 3:92 Haiti: women hand picking coffee berries circa Box 3:93 Hunt, Thomas Forsyth? circa D-104 17
Series 2.Photographs circa Subseries 2.2Other Photographs Box 3:94 Hunting party circa Box 3:95 Mean annual rainfall, map of circa Box 3:96 Occupations of mankind in A.D. 1500, map of circa Box 3:97 Oxen? circa Box 3:98 Pineapple circa Box 3:99 Pineapples circa Box 3:100 Plant, unidentified circa Box 3:101 Puerto Rico: cattle circa Box 3:102 Rubber smoke house circa Box 3:103 Weighing tram car of sugar cane, hauled by oxen circa Box 3:104 Unidentified circa D-104 18