Elmo C. Hester, Jr. collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Elmo C. Hester, Jr. collection
Creator: Hester, Elmo C.
Inclusive Dates: 1950-1979
Language(s): English
Extent: 11.6 Linear Feet 8 cartons, 6 document boxes, 2 photo boxes, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms3091
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Elmo C. Hester, Jr. was a graduate of the College of Agriculture at the University of Georgia. He was the farm editor for the Atlanta Constitution, farm editor for the Columbus Enquirer, editor-publisher of Georgia Farmer magazine and South Carolina Farmer/Grower magazine, and founder and publisher of Pecan South magazine.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of approximately 6,000 photographs and 4,500 slides of agriculture related items such as people, barns, sheds, pecan groves, pests, poultry, quail, swine, and other farm related images.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Elmo C. Hester, Jr. collection, ms3091, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Photographs
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1	1	Agrirama/Westville
1	2	Apples
1	3	Apple Diseases
1	4	Beef Cattle - Angus
1	5	Beef Cattle - Charolais
1	6	Beef Cattle - General
1	7	Beef Cattle - Pasture
1	8	Beef Cattle - Product
1	9	Beef Cattle - Shows
1	10	Bees
1	11	Blackberries
1	12	Blueberries
1	13	Buffel Grass
1	14	Buildings/Facilities
1	15	Chinchilla
1	16	Conservation - Drainage
1	17	Conservation - General
1	18	Conservation - Mulch Planting
1	19	Conservation - Ponds
1	20	Conservation - Terracing
1	21	Conservation - Waterways
1	22	Corn - Filling
1	23	Corn - General
1	24	Corn - Harvest
1	25	Corn - Mature
1	26	Corn - Young
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2	1	Cotton - Blooming
2	2	Cotton - General
2	3	Cotton - Harvest
2	4	Cotton - Open
2	5	Cotton - Young
2	6	Crop Dusting
2	7	Crops
2	8	Dairy Cattle - Barnyard
2	9	Dairy Cattle - Barnyard
2	10	Dairy Cattle - Barnyard
2	11	Dairy Cattle - Calves
2	12	Dairy Cattle - Cows
2	13	Dairy Promotion
2	14	Dogs
2	15	Eggs
2	16	Electricity
2	17	Equipment and Machinery
2	18	Equipment and Machinery
2	19	Equipment and Machinery
2	20	Equipment and Machinery
2	21	Equipment and Machinery
2	22	Equipment and Machinery
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3	1	Equipment and Machinery
3	2	Equipment and Machinery
3	3	Equipment and Machinery
3	4	Equipment and Machinery
3	5	Equipment and Machinery
3	6	Equipment and Machinery
3	7	Equipment and Machinery
3	8	Exotic Breeds
3	9	Extension Services
3	10	Fairs, Exhibitions, Shows, 1976
3	11	Fairs, Floats, Festivals
3	12	Fall Panicum
3	13	Farm Buildings and Barns
3	14	Feeds and Feeding
3	15	Fertilizer
3	16	FFA and 4-H
3	17	Fields
3	18	Fire Ants
3	19	Fish
3	20	Flame Cultivation
3	21	Florida Pecan Growers Association
3	22	Flowers
3	23	Forage
3	24	Forests - General
3	25	Forests - Good Production Practices
3	26	Forests - P.R. Material
3	27	Forests - Pulpwood
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4	1	Forests - Trees
4	2	Forests - Turpentining
4	3	Forests - Young Trees
4	4	GEHL - Sales Information
4	5	GEHL - Machinery
4	6	Georgia Power Company Convention
4	7	Grain
4	8	Grapes
4	9	Greenhouses
4	10	Hay
4	11	Herbicides
4	12	Hogs - Boars
4	13	Hogs - Facilities
4	14	Hogs - Feeder Pigs
4	15	Hogs - Finishing
4	16	Hogs - General
4	17	Hogs - Markets
4	18	Hogs - Processing
4	19	Hogs - Shows
4	20	Hogs - Sows Alone
4	21	Hogs - Sows with Pigs
4	22	Homes and Furnishings
4	23	Horticulture
4	24	Horses
4	25	Hunting
4	26	Insects and Disease
4	27	Irrigation - General
4	28	Irrigation - General
4	29	Irrigation - Water Storage Tanks
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5	1	Labs/Experiments
5	2	Lakes, Ponds, etc.
5	3	Leaves
5	4	Logging/Wood
5	5	Microscopic Plant Parts
5	6	Mules
5	7	Mushrooms
5	8	Nuts - Miscellaneous
5	9	Orchards, Groves, etc.
5	10	Pastures
5	11	Peach Brown Rot
5	12	Peaches
5	13	Peanuts
5	14	Peas
5	15	Pecans
5	16	Pecan Leaf Diseases
5	17	Pecan Tree Treatment
5	18	Pellets
5	19	People - Award Recipients
5	20	People - Beauty Queens
5	21	People - Executives
5	22	People - Families
5	23	People - Farm Workers
5	24	People - Farm Workers
5	25	People - Georgians
5	26	People - Miscellaneous
5	27	People - Politicians
5	28	People - Professionals
5	29	People - Professionals
5	30	People - South Carolinians
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6	1	Pesticides
6	2	Pests
6	3	Plant Disease
6	3	Plant Disease
6	4	Potatoes
6	5	Potted Plants
6	6	Poultry - Broilers
6	7	Poultry - Care and Feeding
6	8	Poultry - Chicks
6	9	Poultry - Layers
6	10	Poultry - Miscellaneous
6	11	Pruining/Thinning
6	12	Roots
6	13	Seeds
6	14	Sheep and Lambs
6	15	Silage
6	16	Sorghum
6	17	Soybeans - General
6	18	Soybeans - Harvesting
6	19	Soybeans - Product
6	20	Soybeans - Production Practices
6	21	Soybeans - Weed and Weed Control
6	22	Soybeans - Young
6	23	Spraying
6	24	Strawberries
6	25	Sweet Potatoes
6	26	State Dairy Parade
6	27	Timber and Trees
6	28	Tobacco - General
6	29	Tobacco - Harvesting, Curing, Selling
6	30	Tobacco - Production Practices
6	31	Tomatoes
6	32	Tree Branches/Twigs
6	33	Turkeys
6	34	Vegetables
6	35	Watermelons
6	36	Weed Control
6	37	Wine
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13		Unsorted Negatives
box
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14		Partial Index
box
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15		Unsorted Photographs and Negatives
box
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16		Unsorted Photographs and Negatives
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1A		Miscellaneous

 

2. Slides
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7	1	Aerial Views
7	2	American Camelia Society
7	3	Apples
7	4	Blueberries
7	5	Crape Myrtle
7	6	Crops
7	7	Farm Equipment
7	8	Farm Equipment
7	9	Fields
7	10	Flowers
7	11	Flowers
7	12	Fruits (Various)
7	13	Grapes
7	14	Greenhouse
7	15	Hats
7	16	Insects
7	17	Longwood Gardens
7	18	Luchsinger Farm
7	19	Owen's Vineyard Nursery, 1979
7	20	Peaches
7	21	Pecans
7	22	People
7	23	Plant Diseases
7	24	Spraying
7	25	Trees
7	26	University of Georgia All American Test Garden
7	27	Water
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8	1	Loose slides in boxes, peanuts, pecans, irrigation

 

3. Proofs
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9	1	Agricultural Convention
9	2	Apples
9	3	Buildings
9	4	Cattle
9	5	Cattle
9	6	Corn
9	7	Cotton
9	8	Crops
9	9	Cucumber
9	10	Farm Equipment
9	11	Fields
9	12	Forestry
9	13	Grapes
9	14	Greenhouse
9	15	Hay
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10	1	Hogs and Piglets
10	2	Horses
10	3	Irrigation
10	4	Lakes, Ponds
10	5	Onions
10	6	Peanuts
10	7	Pecans
10	8	People
10	9	Poultry and Egg Production
10	10	Sheep
10	11	Soybeans
10	12	Spraying
10	13	Tobacco
10	14	Trout Farm
10	15	Western Irrigated Meeting, 1976
10	16	Unsorted

 

4. Printed Materials
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11	1	AAEA Standards
11	2	Advertisements and Cartoons
11	3	Diagrams
11	4	Film
11	5	Gasohol
11	6	Graphs
11	7	Growers
11	8	Letters and Notes
11	9	Magazines and Articles
11	10	McCall Pattern Company News and Photo Services
11	11	Newsletters
11	12	Note Cards with Contact Information
11	13	Pamphlets
11	14	Press/News Releases
11	15	Production Statistics
11	16	Recipe Books and Papers for Pork
11	17	Reports
11	18	Transparencies - Charts
11	19	Transparencies - Flowers and Plants
11	20	Transparencies - Miscellaneous
11	21	Transparencies - Trees

 

5. Biographic Files
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12	1	Abbit, Ben
12	2	Aiken, Dr. J.B.
12	3	Aldrich, Jim
12	4	Amling, Dr. Harry
12	5	Andrews, Charles P.
12	6	Arnold, C.E.
12	7	Ball, Joe C.
12	8	Barber, James M.
12	9	Barnes, Harris Jr.
12	10	Biggs, R.H.
12	11	Boethel, David J.
12	12	Boutwell, John L.
12	13	Bowden, Henry L.
12	14	Branson, Jay
12	15	Brison, Dr. Fred
12	16	Brittain, Jere A.
12	17	Brook, Ted S.
12	18	Brooks, Howard
12	19	Brooks, Joe F.
12	20	Bryant, Douglas
12	21	Buchanan, Dan
12	22	Busbee, Mary Beth
12	23	Campbell, Russell K.
12	24	Cannon, Joe
12	25	Carpenter, T.L.
12	26	Clayton, C.N.
12	27	Colditz, Paul
12	28	Coleman, Richard L.
12	29	Collins, Major C.
12	30	Condra, Gary D.
12	31	Corley, W.L.
12	32	Crater, Doug
12	33	Crocker, Thomas F.
12	34	Crocker, Timothy
12	35	Cullipher, Jack M.
12	36	Daniell, J.W.
12	37	Dickson, Angus Jr.
12	38	Dillard, B.M.
12	39	Doremus, Celia
12	40	Drake, Charles R.
12	41	Eckstein, Erwin B.
12	42	Eikenberry, R.D.
12	43	Einert, A.E.
12	44	Ellis, H.C.
12	45	Escher, Gielijh
12	46	Ferree, Maurice E.
12	47	Flora, L.F.
12	48	Forde, Harold
12	49	Galloway, Frasier T.
12	50	J.L. Farmakis, Inc.