Description: Photograph of Louis Bromfield on a tractor at his home on Malabar Farm. Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. The Friends of the Land was a conservation society formed in March 1940 as a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living products. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P32_B02F01_001
Subjects: Louis Bromfield; Authors, American--Ohio; Literary Ohio; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm;
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Louis Bromfield at his home on Malabar Farm. Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. The Friends of the Land was a conservation society formed in March 1940 as a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living products. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P32_B02F01_002
Subjects: Louis Bromfield; Authors, American--Ohio; Literary Ohio; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm;
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1955 calendar advertising and themed around Ohio author and conservation advocate Louis Bromfield's famed Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. The full-color twelve-month calendar includes color photographs by Joe Munroe and short caption essays by Louis Bromfield. Calendar verso pages feature longer essays on the history and rehabilitation of Malabar and vignettes of farm life also written by Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Noted author and farmer Louis Bromfield works on his farm in Lucas, Ohio, in this photograph taken by Joe Munroe, 1951. Bromfield was an early proponent of organic and self-sustaining gardening, and life on Malabar Farm reflected these beliefs. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27a_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Noted author and farmer Louis Bromfield works on his farm in Lucas, Ohio, in this photograph taken by Joe Munroe, 1950. Bromfield was a proponent of organic and self-sustaining gardening, and life on Malabar Farm reflected these beliefs. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27a_003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Noted author and farmer Louis Bromfield at his farm in Lucas, Ohio, 1950. Bromfield was an early proponent of organic and self-sustaining gardening, and life on Malabar Farm reflected these beliefs. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B05F01_744_25_1
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of President Eisenhower (far left) holding a copy of Louis Bromfield's 1950 book "Out of the Earth." Also pictured in the photograph are (left to right): Jonathan Forman of Columbus, E. B. Howard of Zanesville, Ralph Cobey of Galion, and O. E. Fink of Zanesville. Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Early Autumn" in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. The Friends of the Land was a conservation society formed in March 1940 as a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living products. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P32_B02F11_001
Subjects: Louis Bromfield; Authors, American--Ohio; Literary Ohio; Farming and rural systems economics; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969;
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Joe Munroe captures visiting farmer Roswell Garst as he visits famed author and farmer Louis Bromfield at his home on Malabar Farm. Both Bromfield and Garst were famous for their experimentation with farming techniques. Garst was part of a company that created hybridized corn, while Bromfield pioneered working with more traditional methods of local produce. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27a_F919_JPG286
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Louis Bromfield; Roswell Garst; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three young men photographed on a large piece of farming equipment as Louis Bromfield stands in the background, taken at Bromfield's home, Malabar Farm. Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. The Friends of the Land was a conservation society formed in March 1940 as a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living products. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P32_B02F02_001
Subjects: Louis Bromfield; Authors, American--Ohio; Literary Ohio; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm;
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: 1956 Malabar Farm calendar which includes small calendar pages and substantial essays on various themes in conservation agriculture, soil science and mid-century agriculture, written by Malabar Farm denizen and prominent farm writer Louis Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mary Bromfield, wife of famed author Louis Bromfield, poses here with the Bromfield dogs on Malabar Farm, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1946. Louis Bromfield was an advocate of subsistence farming and encouraged awareness of the impact of farms and agriculture on the environment. Malabar Farm, located in Lucas, Ohio, served as a test site for environmentally-sound farming techniques, providing an example for others to follow. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B27_F458_JPG149
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956; Dogs; Farm life; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm was extensive and offered wide open spaces to play and explore for children. Two neighbor children are photographed enjoying a stroll down a dirt road on Malabar Farm, taken by Joe Munroe, 1947. Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B13_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming and rural systems economics; Malabar Farm; Louis Bromfield; Children
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)