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Agriculture -- Georgia -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS961
Scope and Contents of the Records The Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection contains personal and business records pertaining to Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, Sr. and other Berckmans family members. The collection documents the activities of Fruitland Nurseries, one of the first commercial horticultural nurseries in the South. The collection contains family records, including correspondence, journals, newspapers articles, and photographs. The collection also has business records of Fruitland Nurseries, including...
Dates: 1828-2000, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection

Sybil Argintar Bowers regional survey, "Fences in the Landscape of the Northeast Georgia Mountains"

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS945f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a draft photocopy of Bower's regional survey, "Fences in the Landscape of the Northeast Georgia Mountains" prepared while she worked as a preservation planner for the Georgia Mountains Area Planning and Development Commission (later Georgia Mountains Regional Commission). Bower's survey examines the history of fences in the southeastern states and the types of fences used in northeast Georgia.

Dates: 1985
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Sybil Argintar Bowers regional survey, "Fences in the Landscape of the Northeast Georgia Mountains"