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Agriculture -- Guatemala.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anson Wright Gibson notes

 Collection — Manuscript box 29 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065307799]
Identifier: 21-1-2290
Scope and content

Notes, apparently by Anson W. Gibson, on a journey to inspect United Fruit Company holdings in Honduras and Guatemala, 1948; "Report on Middle America," published by Middle American Information Bureau of United Fruit Company, 1948.

Dates: 1948.

Tunnell family letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 11 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241311]
Identifier: 1691
Scope and content

Letters from Byron Tunnell and his wife, Bella, to his mother, Mrs. M.F. Tunnell of Oakland, California, describing life on a coffee plantation in Guatemala from the viewpoint of a North American overseer; included are comments on wages, living conditions, earthquakes, scenery and wildlife, the status of the Indian population, and family matters. Also, two letters to Mrs. Tunnell from California friends.

Dates: 1894-1895.