Dimon Lockwood Graphics
Collection Number: 6608 G
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Dimon Lockwood Graphics
Collection Number:
6608 G
Creator:
Lockwood, Dimon
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Broadsides .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Language:
Collection material in English
Lockwood was a farmer and educator in the Boxford/Topsfield, Mass. area and owned
Arrowhead Farm where he raised Shropshire sheep, poultry and various crops. Through
his association with Wilfred Wheeler, secretary and then commissioner of the Mass.
Dept. of Agriculture, Lockwood was called upon to answer questions about sheep
husbandry and to offer his opinions about the needs of local sheep farmers. The idea
for an Agent for Sheep Husbandry also arose from the association of the two men and
Lockwood was appointed to this position in 1917. His title was changed the next year
to Agent of Demonstration Sheep Farms. His responsibilities included answering
questions about sheep husbandry and locating and appointing demonstration sheep
farms. He continued as agent through 1919; in 1920 he continued to answer inquiries
and remained a demonstration sheep farmer. In this period he also taught a course in
sheep husbandry at the Essex County Agricultural School in Danvers, Mass., and was
active in organizations such as the Mass. Sheep Breeders' Assoc., the American
Shropshire Assoc. of Mass. and the Essex County Sheep Breeders' Assoc.
Includes correspondence arranged chronologically within two groups: Wilfred Wheeler
correspondence, 1917-1919, both incoming and outgoing; and general correspondence,
1917-1920, incoming and outgoing. The general correspondence is to and from sheep
farmers, supply companies and people interested in raising sheep and discusses
purchasing, feeding, housing and fencing sheep, sheep dipping recipes and equipment,
and laws related to dogs. Also includes records as Agent of Demonstration Sheep
Farms, with lists of applicants, sheep owners, and sheep farms; materials issued by
the Mass. Dept. of Agriculture about the demonstration sheep farm program; and
printed forms completed by students in a course in sheep husbandry at the Essex
County Agricultural School. Printed materials include information about sheep, wool
auctions, agricultural societies, and copies of legislative bills from Mass. and
other states pertaining to dogs, demonstration sheep farms, and wool clip.
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Nancy L. Owen.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Nancy L. Owen.
Names:
Lockwood, Dimon.
Wheeler, Wilfred
American Shropshire Association of
Massachusetts.
Arrowhead Farm (Newburyport, Mass.)
Essex County Agricultural School.
Essex County Sheep Breeders' Association.
Massachusetts Sheep Breeders' Association.
Subjects:
Sheep ranches
Shropshire sheep
Wool
Geographic Subjects:
Boxford (Mass.)
Massachusetts.
Topsfield (Mass.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Broadsides
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and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Dimon Lockwood Graphics #6608 G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
6608: Dimon Lockwood Papers
6608: Dimon Lockwood Papers
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Format: Broadsides
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Format: Graphics
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Lockwood, Dimon. (Removed from the Dimon Lockwood Papers.)
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