Series VI. State Convict Lime Grinding Board, 1914-1934, 1937 (bulk 1914-1922).

Containers:

Box 660-686, Oversize Box 2 and one volume.

Extent:

Extent: 12.10 cubic feet of records.

Scope and content:

The State Convict Lime Grinding Board series is housed in 27 boxes (including five volumes), one oversize folder and contains one volume. It is arranged into four (4) subseries. Subseries have been designated for: A. Minutes; B. Correspondence; C. Financial Records; and D. Records from the Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce. These records include correspondence, minutes, orders, reports, photographs, vouchers, invoices, bills of lading, payrolls and financial records. This series documents the activities of the State Convict Lime Grinding Board.

The State Convict Lime Grinding Board, comprised of the Governor, Superintendent and Commissioner of Agriculture, was created by the General Assembly in 1912. The Board was empowered to build facilities to grind limestone and to use convict labor. The Board was abolished by the state government reorganization act passed by the General Assembly in 1927 and its duties were transferred to the Board of Agriculture and Immigration.

Additional information on the creation of the State Convict Lime Grinding Board may be found in the records of Governor William Hodges Mann (1910-1914), Governor Henry Carter Stuart (1914-1918) and Governor Westmoreland Davis (1918-1922).

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