Turpentine Industry and Trade
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004
File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 072_wilkerson-ralph
Collection number: PRJ1014-072
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left...
Dates:
February 22, 2004
Interview with Stetson Kennedy, June 19, 2006
File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 083_kennedy-stetson_NoAudio
Collection number: PRJ1014-083
Scope and Contents
No audio file available, includes partial transcript.Oral history interview with Stetson Kennedy, June 19, 2006. St. Johns County (Fla.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. No audio cassette or file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Partial detailed index of interview with Stetson Kennedy at his home in Florida about the background to his turpentine interviews during the WPA and in the early 1950's for...
Dates:
June 19, 2006
Interview with Wilburt Johnson, February 21, 2004
File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 062_johnson-wilburt
Collection number: PRJ1014-062
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Wilburt Johnson, February 21, 2004. Willacoochee (Ga.). Fieldworker: Tim Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentining and the Turpentine industry and trade.Mr. Wilburt Johnson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods of south Georgia. Mr. Johnson worked for a number of people throughout his career in...
Dates:
February 21, 2004
Interview with William Candler Tomlinson, July 15, 2003
File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 068_tomlinson-william
Collection number: PRJ1014-068
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with William Candler Tomlinson, "Dub," July 15, 2003. Statenville (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include
Includes song performance of "Turpentine Blues," by Dub Tomlinson.
Dates:
July 15, 2003
Interviews with Harley Langdale Jr., April 16, 2002, May 5, 2003, May 16, 2003, June 30, 2003
File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 077_langdale-harley
Collection number: PRJ1014-077
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Harley Langdale Jr., April 16, 2002; May 5, 2003; May 16, 2003; June 30, 2003. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio files digitized from DAT tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Oral history interview with Harley Langdale Jr., April 16, 2002. 01:37:06. Harley Langdale, Jr....
Dates:
April 16, 2002; May 5, 2003; May 16, 2003; June 30, 2003
John Wright Hunt: The Interesting Life Of a North Carolina Native, 2016
Item
Collection number: C574C74F-BC56-4192-A05D-5D1BB471CE53
Scope and Contents
Houser, Jeffrey J. John Wright Hunt: The Interesting Life Of a North Carolina Native. Raleigh, Lulu Press inc., 2016.AKA: King of Turpentine ISBN-13: 978-1-365-64664-5It all started with a slip of paper… Many of those interested in genealogy can attest to getting started on a simple research endeavor but ended up becoming a very involved project. What may have begun as looking for a few newspaper articles soon turned into something that required a great deal of research and an...
Dates:
2016
Langdale Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-30
Scope and Contents
Harley Langdale(1914-2013) graduated from Valdosta High School.He then attended the Citadel before transferring to the University of Georgia to study Forestry. He was the first person from Lowndes County to receive a BSF Degree in Forestry from UGA. Mr. Langdale became the third Registered Forester in the state of Georgia. He was actively engaged in practicing forestry and developing markets for forest products since 1937 and was a consistent leader in the industry for over 70 years. Under...
Dates:
Acquired: 2003-05-16
Langdale Exhibit Photographs
Digital Collection
Collection number: 9C5E2C03-ED8F-43D5-AE90-339D29C1C6BB
Dates:
c.1930-2004
Langdale Forest Products Company 1994 Calendar
Digital Work
Collection number: FA589DD2-12F3-409A-A905-6719386DEE46
Dates:
1993; Publication: 1994
South Georgia Folklife Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-22-12
Scope and Contents
This multi-genre ethnographic collection is an outgrowth of the South Georgia Folklife Project founded by Dr. Laurie Sommers in 1996. It reflects 10 years of field documentation and public programs from 1996 to 2006. Highlights of the collection include Southeast Georgia Sacred Harp, Okefenokee Music Survey, Flint River fisheries, Traditions of Turpentiners, Folkwriting (Lessons on Place, Heritage, and Traditions for Georgia Classrooms), online exhibits, and a radio archives of documentary...
Dates:
1996 - 2006
"The Darker Brother: Folklife in the Piney Woods" by Ricks Carlson, 2021-12
File — Box 40: Series Series 13, Folder: 23
Collection number: 23
Scope and Contents
Reserach paper comparing North Georgia Folklife with South Georgia Folklife with emphasis on turpentine production
Dates:
2021-12