Primary Documents and Sources

 

Sharecropper Hawkins-Senath, MO document and picture (taken by Mary Anne Jusko at Cotton Exchange Museum on June 22, 2010)

 

Eli Whitney, Jr. to his Father, 11 September 1793.  Eli Whitney Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

 

Picking Cotton Picture– taken by Mary Anne Jusko at Cotton Exchange Museum (June 22, 2010)

 

McCormick Cotton Picker- taken by Mary Anne Jusko at Cotton Exchange Museum (June 22, 2010)

 

Laborers Waiting to Pick Cotton Picture – on disc

 

Cotton Fields Song Lyrics:

www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/the_beach_boys/cotton_fields/

 

Photo and Sound Recording Analysis Worksheets:

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/