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Real Estate
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19 folders
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12/1 - 12/2: Appraisals of Little Eva Plantation
Pecan production appraisals; information on pecan horticulture from Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University, memberships in pecan-growing organizations, equipment purchases, insecticides, fertilizers, harvesting machines; pecan orders, boxes, bags, probably items used in designing marketing for the Little Eva pecans; miscellaneous sales records for sales of pecans and soybeans
12/3 - 12/6: Real Estate. Land sales. Little Eva Plantation, 1912-1991
Agricultural leases for land sale. Photocopies of mortgage. Correspondence concerning leases and sales of Little Eva. Six black and white 8"x10" photos and one 8"x10" color picture of farm scenes. Correspondence with many different parties concerning the prospect of purchasing the Little Eva Plantation; copies of important documents related to sale of Little Eva Plantation, including reproduced financial and descriptive documents; papers recording sale of Little Eva Plantation [31 December 1975-June 1987]; final transaction documents for the sale of Little Eva Plantation, including a photograph of closing-day gathering in the office; documents related to closing of sale and final settlement; records of sales, transfers, and plat maps; newspaper and tabloid clippings of articles related to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Little Eva Plantation and its pecan orchards. Also included are many photographs and real estate brochures. One letter from the person who apparently bought the plantation from Evans. Also included is a log of the oil well from Newman Brothers Drilling Company, the deed for Little Eva, Survey maps of the plantation, and the state of Louisiana tax receipts.
12/6a: Documents, undated
Important documents photocopied for the purpose of selling Little Eva, including an oil/mineral lease, plot maps, and pecan information.
12/7 - 12/8: Real Estate. Land sales. Legal Materials of Little Eva Plantation, 1955-1972
Correspondence and legal documents concerning the Little Eva Plantation land transactions from law firms and real estate agencies. Legal correspondence with Evans' lawyers: Watson, Williams, Brittain, and Murchison. Legal documents concerning the cash sale of deed for Little Eva. Land deeds from Abraham Land and Mineral Co.
12/9: Real Estate. Land sales. Rex Fair Real Estate. circa 1972
The file created by Rex Fair Real Estate contains photographs and advertising material apparently used to sell the Little Eva Plantation. Descriptive photographs of land and houses as well as professionally produced sales literature, brochure from Rex Fair Real Estate. Fifteen 4"x4" color photographs, two 5"x7" color photographs, and an article titled, "A Statistical Profile of the City of Natchitoches and Natchitoches Parish. [ITEM SEPARATED, held in 19/1] One-page written description of property indicated by hand with pink pencil; forty-eight photographs mounted on black paper (twelve pages with four photos per page) with captions. Photographs are 4"x5" color. Also includes twelve 4"x5" color photographs of interior and exterior of one of the houses on the property.
12/9a: Inspection reports, undated
Inspection reports of pecans on Little Eva Plantation. Includes a list of farm equipment found on Little Eva.
12/10: Real Estate. Land sales. Taylor land, 1953-1957
Surveys, correspondence from the law offices of J.A. Robinson and Watson and Williams, as well as miscellaneous documents concerning acquisition of property called Taylor land in Louisiana.
12/11: Real Estate. Land sales and leases. David Deville, 1977-1981
Photocopies of "Act of Exchange" land releases. Documents and correspondence concerning personal notes held by Evans for David Deville, related to the purchase of Little Eva Plantation; documents and correspondence concerning agricultural lease and ownership transfer of Louisiana bottom land leased to Deville by Evans.
12/12: Stock certificates, 1965-1976
Stock certificates for grain cooperative and statements of capital credit.
12/13 - 12/14: Taxes, 1955-1978.
Receipts for county and state property tax paid by Evans on land and cattle owned in Louisiana; documents pertaining to taxes refunded for farm use of oil and gas.
12/14a: Louisiana agricultural lands, 1975-1977
Thaxton deals with real estate correspondence. Information regarding Louisiana agricultural lands.
12/15: Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1929-1976
Correspondence and a few clippings concerning Evans' interest in publishing a reprint of the book A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin written by D. B. Corley, published in 1895. In 1893, D. B. Corley had persuaded the plantation owner to allow the original Uncle Tom's Cabin to be transported to the Chicago World's Fair for display. Since, according to Evans, Corley never saw that the original cabin was returned to the plantation, Evans had a modern replica reconstructed from available illustrations and descriptions. Also present is a photostatic copy of the Library of Congress copy of Corley's book. Correspondence with J. D. Thomson, curator of Uncle Tom's Cabin Museum in Dresden, Ontario, Canada. [Later Uncle Tom's Historic Site.] [For microfilm of the Library of Congress copy of the Corley book see folder 13/4]
12/16: "A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin," undated
The book "A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin," by D. B. Corley, a reprint of 1893 edition. Seventy-eight pages.