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American Turpentine Farmers Association Records

American Turpentine Farmers Association Records

Descriptive Summary

Title: American Turpentine Farmers Association Records
Creator: American Turpentine Farmers Association
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1999
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 item(s)
Collection Number: RBRL026ATFA
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Abstract: Judge Harley Langdale of Valdosta, Georgia, along with 900 other men from the Southern turpentine industry established the American Turpentine Farmers Association (ATFA) in March of 1936. ATFA was formed to represent the interests of gum naval stores factors, producers, and dealers in the United States "turpentine belt" (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas). Activities of ATFA document the interconnection of land use and environmental stewardship to the broader issues and policies of modern Georgia's rural development. The American Turpentine Farmers Association Minute Books provide the administrative record of the organization. The minute books are available online at http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/atfa/.

Collection Description

Historical Note

Judge Harley Langdale of Valdosta, Georgia, along with 900 other men from the Southern turpentine industry established the American Turpentine Farmers Association (ATFA) in March of 1936. ATFA was formed to represent the interests of gum naval stores factors, producers, and dealers in the United States "turpentine belt" (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas). Activities of ATFA document the interconnection of land use and environmental stewardship to the broader issues and policies of modern Georgia's rural development. The American Turpentine Farmers Association Minute Books provide the administrative record of the organization.

The minute books are available online at http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/atfa/.

Scope and Content

Four volumes of meeting minutes produced by the American Turpentine Farmers Association Board of Directors from 1936 to 1999.

Organization and Arrangement

The volumes are arranged chronologically.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

American Turpentine Farmers Association Minute Books, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

User Restrictions

Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.

Copyright Information

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Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative.
Minutes (administrative records)
Naval stores industry -- Georgia.
Naval stores industry.
Turpentine industry and trade -- Georgia.

Related Collections in this Repository

Hugh Peterson, Sr. Papers

Iris F. Blitch Papers

Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection

John Leonard Pilcher Papers

Related Collections in Other Repositories

American Turpentine Farmers Association Papers, Georgia Agrirama, State Museum of Agriculture, Tifton, Georgia.

Harley Langdale Papers, The Langdale Company, Valdosta, Georgia.

Georgia Forestry Commission, record group 64, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia.

USDA History Collection, Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland.

J. Aubrey Smith Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia

Georgia Forestry Association Papers, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.

Southern Forest Institute Collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.

Naval Stores Collection, MS 2202, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Minute Books

Four volumes of meeting minutes produced by the American Turpentine Farmers Association Board of Directors from 1936 to 1999. The minute books are available online at http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/atfa/.
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11Volume 1, 1936-1938
13Volume 2 (folder 2 of 2), 1939 April 19-1951 October 15
14Volume 3 (folder 1 of 2), 1952-1968
15Volume 3 (folder 2 of 2), 1952-1968
16Volume 4 (folder 1 of 2), 1969-1999
17Volume 4 (folder 2 of 2), 1969-1999