Turpentine Industry and Trade
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Old Berrien Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 3 (Fall 2024): “Cash Crop”, Fall 2024
File
Collection number: ca-012-002-014
Scope and Contents
This issue examines the evolution of agriculture and cash-crop production in Berrien County from the 1800s through the late 20th century. It begins with early subsistence farms carved from the former Indian Territory, where families grew only what they needed and bartered small surpluses. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become the dominant cash crop, with both white and Black families contributing to its cultivation.After the Civil War, cotton production expanded rapidly but...
Dates:
Fall 2024
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