Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

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Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

Table of Contents

Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3

Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4

Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................5

Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5

Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6

Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 Series 1: Cecil A. Madill farm financial, labor and other records, 1926-1987....................................... 8

Series 2: Cecil A. Madill Farm Account Books and Purdue Farm Account Program reports, 1929-1980...............................................................................................................................................18

Series 3: Purdue University Farm Business Summaries, 1929-1936, 1957-1961.................................22

Series 4: Cecil A. Madill calendars, 1944, 1950-1980......................................................................... 24

Series 5: Madill family awards, articles and programs, 1925-1979......................................................26

Series 6: Cecil A. Madill farm oversize records, 1934-1976................................................................28

Series 7: Cecil A. Madill farm photographs, 1930-1974...................................................................... 28

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Summary Information

Repository Creator Creator Title Date Extent Language

Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Madill, Cecil A.

Purdue University.

Cecil A. Madill farm records 1925-1987 7.5 Cubic feet 9 boxes English

Preferred Citation

Cecil A. Madill farm records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 -


Biographical Note

Cecil A. Madill was born to Flora and Burl Madill, a prominent Delaware County, Indiana farmer, on February 19, 1903. He had one brother, Ralph A. Madill. Cecil Madill completed studies at Longfellow and Riley Elementary schools, Royerton High School, and Purdue University. He married Martha Ray Hiatt and they had three children, Jan Ellen Ray, Mary Jo Crouch, and David R. Madill.

After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Purdue University in 1925, Cecil Madill began renting and managing one-third of his father's hog and grain farm. He gradually took over more acreage managing half of the Madill family farms 240 acres by 1931 and 462 acres by 1967. By 1974 Cecil was managing a 700 acre farm in partnership with his son, David, that was producing approximately 2,500 hogs annually.

Cecil Madill believed strongly in the implementation of business management principles in agriculture.

He maintained detailed labor and financial records to analyze the productivity of his farm business. From 1927 until at least 1980 he contributed his farm records to Purdue University's Indiana Farm Account Project which compiled records submitted by farmers and generated analytical reports summarizing the productivity of individual farms as well as regional reports on the productivity of farms of varying sizes and specializations in the state.

Cecil Madill served actively within the agricultural community as well as the broader Delaware County community. He worked extensively with the Farmers' Institute, Farm Bureau, Purdue University Agriculture Alumni organization, and the Eastern Indiana Livestock Breeders Association. Madill was director of American National Bank, a member of the Muncie Rotary Club, and a board member for United Way, Camp Isanogel and Visiting Nurses Association. In addition to his professional and civic involvement, Madill was a member of High Street United Methodist Church, Delaware Lodge 46, Free and Accepted Masons, York Rite of Muncie, and Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis.

Cecil Madill died in January of 1987 at the age of 83.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes ledgers, record books, analytical reports, correspondence, articles, calendars and other records from Cecil A. Madill in Delaware County, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1987 regarding the family farm business of Burl, Cecil, and David Madill.

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Arrangement

Arranged in the following series and subseries: Series 1: Cecil A. Madill farm records, 1926-1987 Subseries 1.1: Cecil A. Madill farm work and financial records, 1927-1987 Subseries 1.2: Cecil A. Madill farm crop, livestock and drainage records, 1957-1985 Subseries 1.3: Cecil A. Madill farm labor records, 1926-1949 Subseries 1.4: Cecil A. Madill farm financial records, 1926-1949 Series 2: Cecil A. Madill Farm Account Books and Purdue Farm Account Program reports, 1929-1980 Series 3: Purdue University Farm Business Summaries, 1929-1936, 1957-1961 Series 4: Cecil A. Madill calendars, 1944, 1950-1980 Series 5: Madill family awards, articles and programs, 1925-1979 Series 6: Cecil A. Madill farm oversize records, 1934-1976 Series 7: Cecil A. Madill farm photographs, 1930-1974

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Ball State University Archives and Special Collections

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.

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Custodial History

This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Mary Jo Crouch on 2000/04/20. Additions to this collection were received by Archives and Special Collections as donations from Mary Jo Crouch on 2001/03/29, 2009/07/29, and 2013/5/3.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection inventory completed after 2004. EAD finding aid created and arrangement revised 2012/09/12 by Stephen Jones. EAD finding aid revised 2014/05/14 by Rebecca Marangelli.

Existence and Location of Copies

Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the Ball State University Libraries Digital Media Repository: http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/MdlCclFrm

Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources

Personal Name(s)

• Crouch, Mary Jo

Subject(s)

• • • Agriculture Farm business management Farmers - Page 6 -

• • • Livestock Stoeckel Archives of Local History Swine breeders Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

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Series 1: Cecil A. Madill farm financial, labor and other records, 1926-19...

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Cecil A. Madill farm financial, labor and other records, 1926-1987 Scope and Contents

This series includes ledgers and records kept by Cecil Madill ranging from 1926 to 1987 tracking the labor and finances of the Madill family farm business.

Subseries 1.1: Cecil Madill farm work and financial records includes ledgers that chronologically document labor and financial records for the farm. The ledgers in Subseries 1.1 appear to have been used in compiling the ledgers in Subseries 1.3 and Subseries 1.4 which analyze the labor and finances for the farm based upon specific facets of the business including real estate, equipment, crops, feed, cattle, hogs, poultry, sheep, fertilization and others.

Subseries 1.2: Cecil Madill farm crop, livestock, and drainage records includes crop inventories, equipment inventories, crop yield reports, livestock records, drainage assessment statements, and other records that appear to be supplemental records used in completing more detailed records in Farm Account Books and ledgers.

Subseries 1.3: Cecil Madill farm labor records includes ledgers that track and analyze labor invested by Burl Madill, Cecil Madill, other Madill family members and hired hands on specific tasks in their family farm business.

Subseries 1.4: Cecil Madill farm financial records includes ledgers that track and analyze inventories, expenses and income for specific aspects of the family farm business.

Subseries 1.1: Cecil Madill farm work and financial records, 1927-1987 Box

1

Folder

1 Work, financial and livestock records, 1927/03/01-1928/03/01 - Page 8 -


Subseries 1.1: Cecil Madill farm work and financial records, 1927-1987

Work, financial and livestock records, 1928/03/01-1929/03/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1929/03/01-1930/03/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1930/03/01-1931/03/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1931/03/01-1932/03/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1932/03/01-1933/03/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1933/03/01-1934/01/01 Work, financial and livestock records, 1934 Work, financial and livestock records, 1935 Work, financial and livestock records, 1936 Work, financial and livestock records, 1937 Work, financial and livestock records, 1938 Work, financial and livestock records, 1939 Work, financial and livestock records, 1940 Work, financial and livestock records, 1941 - Page 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15



Work, financial and livestock records, 1942 Work, financial and livestock records, 1943 Work, financial and livestock records, 1944 Work, financial and livestock records, 1945 Work, financial and livestock records, 1946 Work, financial and livestock records, 1947 Work, financial and livestock records, 1948 Work, financial and livestock records, 1949 Work, financial and other records, 1950 Work, financial and other records, 1951 Work, financial and other records, 1952 Work, financial and other records, 1953 Work, financial and other records, 1954 Work, financial and other records, 1955 - Page 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5



Work and financial records, 1956 Work, financial and other records, 1957 Financial records, 1958 Financial records, 1959 Financial records, 1960 Financial records, 1961 Financial records, 1962 Financial records, 1963 Financial records, 1964 Financial records, 1965 Financial records, 1966 Financial records, 1967 Financial records, 1968 Financial and labor records, 1969 - Page 11 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19



Financial and labor records, 1970 Financial and labor records, 1971 Financial and labor records, 1972 Financial and labor records, 1973 Financial and labor records, 1974 Financial and labor records, 1975 Financial and labor records, 1976 Financial and labor records, 1977 Financial and labor records, 1978 Financial and labor records, 1979 Financial and labor records, 1980 Financial and labor records, 1981 Financial and labor records, 1982 Financial records, 1983 - Page 12 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12


Subseries 1.2: Cecil Madill farm crop, livestock and drainage records, 195...

3 Financial records, 1984 Financial records, 1985 Financial records, 1986 3 3 3 Financial records, 1987

Subseries 1.2: Cecil Madill farm crop, livestock and drainage records, 1957-1985 Box

4 Fertilization, crop yield and livestock records, 1957 4 Fertilization, crop yield and livestock records, 1958 4 Fertilization, crop yield and livestock records, 1959 4 Fertilization, crop yield and livestock records, 1960 4 Fertilization, crop yield and financial records, 1961 4 Fertilization, crop yield and financial records, 1962 4 Fertilization, crop yield and financial records, 1963 4 Crop inventories, equipment inventories and other records 1964

Folder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 14 15 16 - Page 13 -


Subseries 1.3: Cecil Madill farm labor records, 1926-1949

Crop inventories and other records, 1966 Crop inventories and financial records, 1967 Crop inventories and other records, 1968 Crop inventories and yield records, 1969 Crop, labor and livestock records, 1970 Crop and livestock records, 1971 Drainage assessment and tax statements, 1976-1985


Labor records, 1926 Labor records, 1927 Labor records, 1928 Labor records, 1929 Labor records, 1930 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Box

4 4 4 4 4

Folder

16 17 18 19 20 - Page 14 -



Labor records, 1931 Labor records, 1932 Labor records, 1933 Labor records, 1934 Labor records, 1935 Labor records, 1936 Labor records, 1937 Labor records, 1938 Labor records, 1939 Labor records, 1940 Labor records, 1941 Labor records, 1942 Labor records, 1943 Labor records, 1944 - Page 15 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34


Subseries 1.4: Cecil Madill farm financial records, 1926-1949

Labor records, 1945 Labor records, 1946 Labor records, 1947 Labor records, 1948 Labor records, 1949


Farm ledger, 1926 Farm ledger, 1927 Farm ledger, 1928 Farm ledger, 1929 Farm ledger, 1930 Farm ledger, 1931 Farm ledger, 1932 4 4 4 4 4 35 36 37 38 39

Box

5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Folder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Page 16 -



Farm ledger, 1933 Farm ledger, 1934 Farm ledger, 1935 Farm ledger, 1936 Farm ledger, 1937 Farm ledger, 1938 Farm ledger, 1939 Farm ledger, 1940 Farm ledger, 1941 Farm ledger, 1942 Farm ledger, 1943 Farm ledger, 1944 Farm ledger, 1945 Farm ledger, 1946 - Page 17 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21


Series 2: Cecil A. Madill Farm Account Books and Purdue Farm Account Progr...

Farm ledger, 1947 Farm ledger, 1948 Farm ledger, 1949 5 5 5

Series 2: Cecil A. Madill Farm Account Books and Purdue Farm Account Program reports, 1929-1980

22 23 24


This series includes Indiana Farm Account Books, Purdue Farm Account Program reports, and other records ranging from 1929 to 1980 measuring the annual productivity and profitability of the Cecil Madill farm. The Indiana Farm Record Books and Indiana Farm Account Books were distributed by the Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Extension to equip farmers with the means to track the productivity and profitability of their farm businesses by recording inventories, expenses, yields, and other farm records. Cecil Madill began participating as an Indiana Farm Record Cooperator in 1927 and submitted his Indiana Farm Account Books to Purdue University as part of a program to analyze farm accounts and generate regional summaries of agricultural productivity. Beginning in the 1960s, computerized reports summarizing productivity were generated for program participants based upon the records that were submitted.

Indiana Farm Record Book, 1929

Box

6

Folder

1 6 2 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1930 6 3 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1931 - Page 18 -



Indiana Farm Record Book, 1932 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1933 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1934 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1935 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1936 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1937 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1938 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1939 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1940 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1941 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1942 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1943 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1944 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1945 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - Page 19 -



Indiana Farm Account Book, 1946 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1947 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1948 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1949 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1950 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1951 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1952 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1953 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1954 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1955 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1956 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1957 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1958 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1959 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Page 20 -



Indiana Farm Account Book, 1960 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1961 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1962 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1963 Indiana Farm Account Book, 1964 Indiana Mail-In Farm Account Book, summary reports and other records, 1965 Indiana Mail-In Farm Account records, summary reports and other records, 1966 Indiana Mail-In Farm Account records, 1967 Indiana Mail-In Farm Account summary and reports, 1967 Purdue Farm Account Project records and summary reports, 1968 Purdue Farm Account Project records and summary reports, 1969 Purdue Farm Account Project records and summary reports, 1970 Purdue Farm Account Project records and summary reports, 1971 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 39 40 1 2 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 - Page 21 -


Series 3: Purdue University Farm Business Summaries, 1929-1936, 1957-1961

7 Purdue Farm Account Project records, 1972 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1972 Purdue Farm Account Project records, 1973 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1973 Purdue Farm Account Project records, 1974 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1974 Purdue Farm Account Project records, 1975 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1975 Purdue Farm Account Project records, 1976 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1976 Purdue Farm Account Project summary reports, 1980 Farm account coding refernce list, undated


7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7


12 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - Page 22 -



This series includes Farm Business Summaries prepared by Purdue University ranging from 1929 to 1936 and 1957 to 1961 regarding the annual productivity for farms of varying sizes and specializations in Delaware County and Central Indiana.

1929 Central Indiana Large Farm Business Summary, 1930 June

Box

7

Folder

17 7 18 1930 Delaware County Farm Business Summary for Rural Electrification Cooperators, 1931 June 7 19 1931 Central Indiana Medium-sized Farm Business Summary, 1932 May 7 20 Indiana Farm Business Summary, Central Grain and Livestock, Area Number 5, 1932 7 21 Indiana Farm Business Summary for the Central Grain and Livestock Farming Area, Medium-sized Farms, 1933 7 22 Indiana Farm Business Summary for the Central Grain and Livestock Farming Area, Medium-sized Farms, 1934 7 23 Indiana Farm Business Summary for the Central Grain and Livestock Farming Area, Medium-sized Farms, 1935 7 24 Farm Business Summary for Indiana's Type-of-Farming Area 5, Medium sized Farms, 1936 7 25 Central Area Small Farms Business Summary and Delaware County Farm Business Summary, 1957 - Page 23 -


Series 4: Cecil A. Madill calendars, 1944, 1950-1980

Delaware County Farm Business Summary, 1958 Central Area Small Farms Business Summary, 1959 Central Area Medium Farms Business Summary, 1960 Central Area Medium Farms Business Summary, 1961


7 7 7 7 26 27 28 29


This series includes pocket calendars kept by Cecil Madill ranging from 1944 to 1980. These calendars record personal and work related events and appointments for Cecil Madill. Specific types of events recorded include livestock births, livestock deaths, community organization meetings, Purdue University athletic events, weather events, and other appointments.

Pocket calendar, 1944

Box

8

Object

1 8 2 Pocket calendar, 1950 8 3 Pocket calendar, 1951 8 4 Pocket calendar, 1952 8 5 Pocket calendar, 1953 - Page 24 -



Pocket calendar, 1954 Pocket calendar, 1955 Pocket calendar, 1957 Pocket calendar, 1958 Pocket calendar, 1959 Pocket calendar, 1960 Pocket calendar, 1961 Pocket calendar, 1962 Pocket calendar, 1963 Pocket calendar, 1964 Pocket calendar, 1965 Pocket calendar, 1966 Pocket calendar, 1967 Pocket calendar, 1968 - Page 25 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19


Series 5: Madill family awards, articles and programs, 1925-1979

Pocket calendar, 1969 Pocket calendar, 1970 Pocket calendar, 1971 Pocket calendar, 1972 Pocket calendar, 1973 Pocket calendar, 1974 Pocket calendar, 1975 Pocket calendar, 1976 Pocket calendar, 1977 Pocket calendar, 1978 Pocket calendar, 1979 Pocket calendar, 1980

Series 5: Madill family awards, articles and programs, 1925-1979 Scope and Contents

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 27 28 29 30 31 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 - Page 26 -


Series 5: Madill family awards, articles and programs, 1925-1979

This series includes awards, articles, correspondence, event programs and other material ranging from 1925 to 1979 regarding the family farm business and community involvement of the Burl, Cecil and David Madill.

Third Annual Eastern Indiana District Gold Medal Swine Show program, 1955/08/01

Box

9

Folder

1 9 2 Prairie Farmer's Fifth Annual Master Farmer Dinner program, 1931/01/16 9 3 WLW Citizen of the Day certificate and correspondence, 1974/02/23-1974/03/14 9 4 Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association, Certificate of Distinction biography and correspondence, 1974/02/20-1974/03/12 9 5 Prairie Farmer Magazine Master Farmer Award correspondence, 1974/03/06-1974/06/18 9 6 David R. Madill articles, 1976-1979 9 7 Cecil A. Madill articles, 1931, 1954-1973 9 8 Burl A. Madill articles, 1948 9 9 Madill, Cecil A. "Reorganization of the B.A. Madill Farm." Thesis, Purdue University, 1925. 9 10 The Prairie Farm publications, c.1930s - Page 27 -


Series 6: Cecil A. Madill farm oversize records, 1934-1976

9 11 Ralph Hiatt articles, undated

OVB.029 Series 6: Cecil A. Madill farm oversize records, 1934-1976 Scope and Contents

This collection includes oversized periodicals and photocopies of newspaper articles from Indiana Prairie Farmer, The Indiana Farmers Guide, The Country Home, and other publications ranging from 1934 to 1976 regarding the Madill family farm and the political and civic involvement of Burl, Cecil, and David Madill.

PSC.227 Series 7: Cecil A. Madill farm photographs, 1930-1974 Scope and Contents

This photograph collection includes photographs ranging from 1930 to 1974 regarding Cecil A. Madill, Martha Ray Hiatt Madill, and the Madill family farm.

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Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

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Cecil A. Madill farm records MSS.200