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Medicinal plants -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

De Renne-Callaway book ephemera

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1127
Scope and Content This collection contains documents found in books from the De Renne and Callaway collections of the Cherokee Garden Library. Materials include clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes, articles, offprints, and invoices. Clippings and articles cover a wide range of topics including vegetable growing, botany, history, poetry, and William Shakespeare. In 1970, Callaway Gardens purchased a collection of De Renne books. Correspondence from these books was largely part of Augusta De Renne's...
Dates: 1891-1966, undated

M. H. Mitchell, Inc., papers of Reverend Joseph W. Blosser, M.D.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1292
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence between Blosser family members; business cards for the Doctor Blosser Company and the Union Tabernacle Church; and medical publications written by Blosser. Also a part of the collection are religious publications, such as an article titled "Emotional Delusions," published by Dr. Blosser for the Congregational Home Missionary Society in New York, which describes the growth of pentecostalism in America. Also of special interest are pamphlets about the...
Dates: 1900-1928, undated

Norwood family herbal remedies and recipes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS919f
Scope and Content

This collection contains four handwritten pages of cures, antidotes, and cooking recipes used and written by the Norwood family. Many herbs and plants are mentioned by name. Of special note is a letter addressed to "Essie" regarding the remedies and recipes, which also mentions "Cousin Ella" and "Nettie."

Dates: approximately 1870-1900