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Gayther Plummer climatology collection

Gayther Plummer climatology collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gayther Plummer climatology collection
Creator: Plummer, Gayther L.
Inclusive Dates: 1866-1995
Language(s): English
Extent: 22 Linear Feet 55 document boxes, 3 rolls
Collection Number: ms2908
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Gayther Plummer was a botanist at the University of Georgia as well as the Georgia state climatologist.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of records of climatological observations in Georgia. There are also maps, radar forms, information on pollution and climate change, and video cassette weather tapes.

Organization and Arrangement

This collection is unarranged but is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Gayther Plummer climatology collection, ms2908, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: May 1, 2012.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Audiovisual materials.
Cherokee Nation -- Maps.
Climatic changes -- Georgia.
Georgia -- Climate.
Georgia -- Maps.
Maps (documents)
Natural disasters -- Georgia.
Pollution -- Georgia.
Radar.
Records (documents)
South Carolina -- Maps.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11-6Albany, 1891 November-1949 December
 
17-8Albany - River Report, 1989 April-1949 December
 
boxfolder
21-4Albany - River Report, 1915 January-1979 December
 
25-7Albany - Airport, 1949 September-1968 December
 
28-9Athens, 1873 March-1919 December
 
boxfolder
31-8Athens, 1893 January-1971
 
39Athens - College of Agriculture, 1935 September-1939 December
 
boxfolder
41-4Athens - College of Agriculture, 1940 January-1971 May
 
45-7Atlanta - Kirkwood, 1934 July-1951 July
 
48Atlanta - WB Airport , 1949 July-1950 December
This is the present-day location of Hartsfield Jackson Airport.
 
49Atlanta - WB City, 1948 July-1950 December
This is the location of presnt-day Grady Hospital.
 
410-12Atlanta - Bolton - River Report, 1956 February-1979 December
 
boxfolder
51Augusta - WB Airport, 1942 December-1950 December
 
52Augusta - 8SSE (Butler Creek) - River Report, 1965 October-1979 December
 
53-9Augusta - WB City - River Report, 1891 July-1960 November
 
boxfolder
61-3Bainbridge, 1949 June-1977 January
 
64-9Bainbridge - River Report, 1892 June-1950 December
 
boxfolder
71-8Brunswick, 1895 January-1979 December
 
79-11Brunswick - Airport, 1940 November
 
boxfolder
81-5Clayton, 1894 October-1945 December
 
86-12Covington, 1893 July-1979 December
 
boxfolder
91-6Columbus, 1891 October-1950 December
 
97-11Columbus - River Report, 1893 January-1979 October
 
912Columbus APT, 1946 January-1949 December
 
boxfolder
101-8Dahlonega, 1974 April-1979 December
 
boxfolder
111-3Dallas, 1947 June-1974 December
 
114Diamond, 1900 January-1913 August
 
115-10Experiment, 1900 June-1979 December
 
boxfolder
121-8Eastman, 1891 November-1979 December
 
129-10Fort Gaines, 1891 November-1919 December
 
boxfolder
131-6Fort Gaines, 1920 January-1979 December
 
137-8Gainesville annotated copies, 1891 October-1929 December
 
boxfolder
141-8Gainesville, 1891 December
 
149Gibson, 1975 January
 
1410-12Glennville, 1904 November-1939 December
 
boxfolder
151-4Glennville, 1940 January-1949 December
 
155-11Griffin, 1892 May-1979 February
 
boxfolder
161Hamilton, 1959 May-1963 April
 
162-4Hartwell, 1950 January-1979 December
 
165-9Hawkinsville, 1892 March-1944 December
 
1610-11Macon, 1891 October-1909 December
 
boxfolder
171-7Macon, 1910 January-1979 December
 
178Macon - Airport, 1940 October-1949 December
 
179-10Milledgeville - River Report, 1902 Febuary-1919 December
 
boxfolder
181-3Milledgeville - River Report, 1929 January-1949 May
 
184-11Milledgeville, 1891 October-1979 December
 
boxfolder
191-8Millen, 1891 November-1979 December
 
199-11Quitman, 1891 November-1929 December
 
boxfolder
201-5Quitman , 1930 January-1979 December
 
206-9Rome - River Report, 1892 January-1929 December
 
boxfolder
211-2Rome - River Report, 1930 January-1949 December
 
213Rome 6 SW, 1948 August-1949 December
 
214Rome - Airport, 1945 September-1967 December
 
215-7Rome, 1950 January-1979 December
 
boxfolder
221-3Savannah - Beach, 1950 January-1977 March
 
224-5Savannah - Airport, 1950, 1965 June-1979 December
 
226-8Savannah - USDA Plant Garden, 1950 January-1977 March
 
229Sylvania, 1950 January-1950 December
 
2210Talbotton - River Report, 1917 September-1949 December
 
boxfolder
231-9Talbotton, 1893 Febuary-1979 December
 
2310-11Tifton, 1911 February-1939 December
 
boxfolder
241-3Tifton, 1940 January-1979 December
 
244-7Toccoa - River Report, 1910 January-1949 April
 
248Toccoa - Ranger Station, 1927 February-1928 May
 
249-14Toccoa, 1891 October-1949 December
 
boxfolder
251-7Warrenton, 1914 April-1979 December
 
258-9Washington, 1981 November-1919 December
 
251-6Washington, 1920 January-1979 December
 
257Watkinsville SCS 3, 1948 August-1949 December
 
258Waverly, 1901 June-1905 December
 
boxfolder
269-11Waycross, 1892 April-1929 December
 
boxfolder
271-2Waycross, 1930 January-1949 December
 
273-9West Point - River Report, 1899 March-1949 December
 
boxfolder
281-8West Point, 1891 October - 1979 December
 
Bartram's "Lost Gordonia" Franklinia Alatamana
 
boxfolder
289Surveyor's Notes: Macon Reserve, 1866
 
carton
1Microfilm: Radar Scope, Athens; Tornado Hooks, et al (approx 66 reels), 1973-1990
 
oversized_boxitem
291Monthly Temperature Extremes for the cities of Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Rome, Savannah, and Thomasville, 1880-1990
 
292-3Monthly Rainfall Patterns for the states of GA, NC, SC, AL, TN, KY, IN, IA, PA, ND, and VA, 1880-1995
 
roll
1Degree-Days: Cooling and Heating, Georgia, 1870-1995
 
roll
2Geobotanic Maps: Georgia & McIntosh Co., GA
 
roll
3Temperature Charts for Georgia Cities, 1885-1995
 
oversized_boxitem
301-2Radar Forms, 1988-1989
 
oversized_box
31Radar Forms, 1990
 
oversized_folder
1BMaps: Georgia, South Carolina, & Cherokee Nation (photocopies)
 
carton
2Microfilm: Radar Scope Athens (approx 59 reels) and Athens Area Radar Maps, 1991-1996
 
carton
3Beta tapes (approx 26) and Video Cassettes (approx 21): A.M. Weather Tapes (Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Blizzard of 1993), 1985-1995
 
box
32National Weather Service: Athens- Hourly Observations, 1992
 
box
33National Weather Service: Athens- Hourly Observations, 1993
 
box
34National Weather Service: Athens- Hourly Observations, 1994 January 1 - March 9
 
box
35National Weather Service: Athens- Hourly Observations, 1994 March 10- December 31
 
boxfolder
361Center for Air Environment Studies: Handbook of Effects Assessment Vegetation Damage by Norman L. Lacasse and William J. Moroz, 1969
 
362Pollutant and Plant Research, 1963-1971
 
363"Air Pollution: Phytotoxicity of Acid Gases and Its Significance in Air Pollution Control" by R. Guderian, 1977
 
364"Recognition of Air Pollution Injury to Vegetation: A Pictoral Atlas", 1970
 
365Air Pollution Injury to Vegetation, 1970
 
366"A Closer Look at the Pesticide Question for Those Who Want the Facts" by Dow Chemical Company, 1976
 
367"Assessment of Air Pollution Damage to Vegetation in New England July 1971 - July 1972", 1972 August
 
368Drought of 1986 research materials, 1986-1987
 
boxfolder
371Drought of 1988 research materials, 1988
 
372"Small Grain Performance Tests", 1983-1986
 
373"Field Crops Performance Tests: Soybeans, Peanuts, Cotton, Tobacco, Sorghum, Summer Annual Forages, and Sunflowers", 1985
 
374"Corn Performance Tests", 1981, 1985, 1986
 
375"Climate Alert" newsletter, 1988-1989
 
376"Unidata Newsletter", 1989 Spring-Summer
 
377"Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Progress Report" newsletter, 1988 December - 1989 September
 
378"Drought Network News" newsletter, 1989 January- September
 
379Drought Reports, 1989
 
3710Agricultural Weather Information System Evaluation (AgWISE) questionnaire - heavily critiqued by G. L. Plummer, 1985
 
3711"A Model Drought Plan for State Government" by Dr. Donald Wilhite of the University of Nebraska, 1989 January 25
 
3712Satellites, 1984 December - 1985 August
 
3713"Oklahoma Climatological Survey", 1982 October, 1984 March
 
3714"Climate and Health", 1976 October
 
3715House Beautiful Climate Project, 1950
 
3716Precipitation articles, 1981-1987
 
3716Anticyclone articles, 1988
 
3717El Niño articles, 1987-1993
 
boxfolder
381-2Miscellaneous Climate and Weather articles
 
383-5Global Climate Change: Issues research materials, 1985-1992
 
386Global Climate Change: Issues clippings, 1972-1994
 
387Global Climate Change: Issues correspondence and personal, 1980-1999
 
388Global Climate Change: Issues pamphlets and offers, 1990-1999
 
389Carbon Dioxide Temperature Trends in the Southeast, 1980-1989
 
boxfolder
391Carbon Dioxide research materials, 1981-1990
 
392-3Carbon Dioxide Effects Research and Assessment Program reports, 1980 February, August, October
 
394Ozone reasearch materials, 1970-1999
 
395Acid Rain research materials, 1970-1999
 
396US International Biology Program materials, 1960-1969
 
397Phenology - Peaches, 1930-1970
 
boxfolder
401Phenology materials associated with IBP (Intational Biology Program) and AIBS (American Institute of Biological Science, 1972 June-August
 
402-3Phenology scholarly articles, 1952-1972
 
404Phenology notes, 1970
 
405"Tornadoes in Georgia" by Plummer, et al. drafts and notes, 1990
 
406Tornadoes general research materials, 1957-1990
 
407Tornadoes - Georgia research materials, 1950-1990
 
boxfolder
411Tornadoes - Athens , 1973
 
412Tornadoes - , 1991 April 26-29
 
413Tornadoes -, 1992 November 22
 
413Notebook with clippings, articles and research- Francis Harper on Bartram and Lyon about Franklinia Alatamaha
 
414Research on Franklinia Altamaha
 
415Reprints: Gayther Plummer article, Franklinia Alatamaha Bartram Ex Marshall: the Lost Gordonia (Theaceae)
 
411Franklinia Altamaha seeds from Morton Arboretum , 1976 November 11
 
carton
4Infrared Film: Little River Watershed aerial land images, 1966-1968
Two canisters and one smaller box of infrared safety film stills (no sprockets).