 Andrew Avery papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteAndrew Avery (1901-1990) was a school teacher and principal of the Bell-Dixon School near Climax, Georgia. He attended Young Harris College, graduating in 1927, and the University of Georgia in 1929. He taught in Whigham, Hahira, and Mt. Pleasant before being elected Decatur County Superintendent of Schools, serving from 1932-1948, then ran for a seat in the state senate in 1948. Mr. Avery won the Atlanta Constitution's 1938 Plant-to-Prosper contest, and took over the operations of his family farm after his father David T. Avery's passing, managing the farm with several tennant farmers. Mr. Avery helped create the Decatur County Peanutorama and its Peanut Queen pageant, highlighting the crop and the surrounding county's contribution to its marketing. Over the years he made several films about Decatur County for historic and educational purposes, and to promote local agribusiness. Mr. Avery was a member of the Rotary, Woodmen of the World, National Education Association, Georgia Farm Bureau, and many other educational and agricultural organizations. Andrew Avery's Home Movie Collection picturing scenes of South Georgia and elsewhere from the 1930s to mid-1950s is currently available in https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/pawtucket2/index.php/Detail/collections/79 Scope and ContentThis collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed material, notes, legal documents, plats, and various ephemera. Of note is the scrapbook documenting farm improvements he made for the Atlanta Constitution's Plant-to-Prosper contest of 1938, as well as many photographs of schools he was involved with in southwest Georgia and the film camera used to make the home movies housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives. Additional audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationAndrew Avery papers, ms4056, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryThe audiovisual materials related to this collection, the Andrew Avery Home Movie Collection, are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives. | ||||||||||||||||||