Serenity Farm, Charles County, Maryland
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
label: Collection Creator
content: Quinn, Terry (photographer)
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content: Robinson and Via Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962-2010, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0475, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries contains papers and ephemera associated with Serenity Farm, Benedict, Charles County, Maryland.  The farm was initially rented by Franklin A. Robinson, but then purchased by Frank and Elizabeth Robinson in 1965. The farm was gifted to their son and daughter-in-law Franklin and Adina in 1966.  Beginning in 1966 farming operations were gradually transferred to Serenity Farm from Ferndale Farm and were there entirely after circa 1968. As of July 14, 1975 it was the family's primary residence and base of farming operations.  This series contains farm papers, tobacco floor sheets and weight tickets, a poster for the "American Agriculture Tractor Drive", house plans, and an extensive series of tobacco production photographs. There are motion pictures and photographs of this farm in series 6 and 7 respectively. The Tobacco Production Photographs, 1999-2000 (See Appendix I for detailed description of photographs) follows the tobacco crop year for the last year tobacco was grown on Serenity Farm being taking the Maryland tobacco buyout program. Farming records from 1965 on will reflect farming done at both Ferndale and Serenity Farms. Records contained in Series 1, Ferndale Farm should also be consulted for possible crossover.