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Gardens and cultural landscapes of Black America visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS400
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, postcards, stereographs, and slides that document Black American residential gardens, cultural landscapes, and farms, in both urban and rural areas. Also a part of the collection are photographs and postcards of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Southeast. These images provide details such as garden and campus design, plant choices, farming methods, and land use as well as social and economic conditions in Black communities....
Dates:
approximately 1880-2021, undated
Howard W. Newman speech "The North Georgia Cracker as a Citizen and Farmer"
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS873f
Scope and Content
The collection contains a handwritten version and a typed copy of a speech titled "The North Georgia Cracker as a Citizen and Farmer," which Howard W. Newman presented at a meeting of the Georgia State Agricultural Society in Waycross, Georgia, in 1888. In the speech, Newman humorously describes the inhabitants of North Georgia through personal anecdotes. The printed copy of the speech indicates that the audience applauded throughout.
Dates:
1888, undated
James Hope Tigner radio transcript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS939f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a transcript of a speech delivered by James Hope Tigner for the National Fertilizer Association and the Atlanta Journal. It was an installment in a series called the "Radio Farm Short Program," and details Tigner's advice for cotton farmers in Georgia. The speech contains information on cotton staple length as well as annual production of cotton bales versus annual consumption in the state.
Dates:
1930
Rural Route Directory of Fulton County, revised 1920-1921 edition
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS982f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the Rural Routes Directory Company's 1920-1921 revised edition of the Revised Rural Route Directory of Fulton County, which served as a reference for farmers traveling in Fulton County, Chamblee, Lithonia, Stone Mountain, and Tucker, Georgia. The directory lists local farmer’s names, route numbers, and locations. Additionally, it features reference tables and guides, such as: weight, volume, and length conversions tables; a Doyle log...
Dates:
1920-1921
Wiley Albert Cash papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1216
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Wiley A. Cash’s finances, state records, legal contracts, and family correspondence. Financial records include household and business expenses, especially with Evens Implement Company, Wofford Oil Company, and C.P. Suber General Merchandise; legal records include documentation about a family dispute about estate inheritance and a land contract with neighbor George McIntosh. The collection also contains a genealogy of the Cash family and a 1928 Emory University...
Dates:
1899-1978, undated
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- Agriculture -- Georgia 3
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- Caribbean Americans -- United States 1
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- Georgia State Agricultural Society 1
- Hampton Institute 1
- Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.) 1
- National Fertilizer Association (1925-1955) 1
- Newman, Howard W. 1
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