Rose Hill Plantation collection, circa 1950s

Summary

Creator:
Unknown
Date:
circa 1950s
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (7 folders, 1 oversized folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Rose Hill Plantation collection, ms4058, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains photographs, clippings, historic writing, and detailed auction material regarding this property. Also included are writings and photographs of the Seaboard Air Line Free Traveling Library System that began at Rose Hill Plantation, as well as other papers kept by one of its librarians Elizabelle Langston Swift.

Biographical / historical:

Rose Hill Plantation's original cottage was built by Colonial governor Stephen Heard in 1787, and incorporated into the house, built by his son Thomas Jefferson Heard in 1810. Extensive gardens were planted surrounding the house at that time. In 1898, Sallie Harper Heard partnered with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to create a traveling library operated from Rose Hill that served rural communities along the railroad's route until 1955. Originally a part of Washignton County, it is now in Elbert County, near Elberton, Georgia.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Rose Hill Plantation collection, ms4058, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.