Randy Hodges Collection on the Solar Greenhouse Employment Project, 1970s-1980s

Collection Number: 05771

Collection Title: Randy Hodges Collection on the Solar Greenhouse Employment Project, 1970s-1980s

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Size	2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 650 items)
Abstract	Randy Hodges, a civil engineer educated at Vanderbilt University, served as a consultant on the Solar Greenhouse Employment Project (SGEP), a non-profit initiative which sought to address rising food and heating costs and unemployment in rural communities in the South during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The collection contains proposals to foundations; construction design drawings; building instructions; lists of supplies and tools; notes; planting recommendations; correspondence; photographs; newspaper clippings; organizational records including newsletters and project and expense reports; and printed items including brochures, publications about alternative fuels and greenhouse gardening, and copies of government documents, chiefly from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Collection materials reflect the SGEP's objective to promote self-sufficiency with renewable energy on small and minority-owned farms and its efforts to increase employment opportunities in rural communities, particularly through workshops on solar greenhouse construction in Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Creator	Hodges, Randy.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Randy Hodges Collection on the Solar Greenhouse Employment Project #5771, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Randy Hodges in January 2018 (Acc. 103312).

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Processed by: Laura Hart, February 2018

Encoded by: Laura Hart, February 2018

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser

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Expand/collapse Collection on the Solar Greenhouse Employment Project, 1970s-1980s.

Approximately 650 items.

Photographs

Approximately 250 items

Image Box 1

Solar greenhouse construction, circa 1979-1980

Black-and-white prints.

Color prints.

Color sides (mounted).

Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee locations.

Digital Folder DF-5771/1

"Solar Greenhouses" (digitized photograph album), circa 1979

PDF of the entire album.

Images of individual album pages.

Processing information: The original photograph album was digitized in February 2018 to capture the intent and context of the album as a whole. Following digitization, the album was dismantled in order to preserve the images.

Papers

Approximately 400 items

Processing information: Where possible, original file folder titles were retained and indicated with quotation marks.

Folder 1	"Solar Greenhouse Employment Project: Proposed Operation," undated
Folder 2	Proposals, 1979 Includes proposals to Task Force on World Hunger Presbyterian Church, U.S. and the Mary Reynolds Babcock foundation.
Folder 3-4	"Project reports and publicity," 1978-1980 Monthly updates for supporters that pertain chiefly to SGEP's work in Alabama.
Folder 5-6	Correspondence, 1978-1979 and undated Chiefly correspondence addressed to Randy Hodges.
Folder 7	Southern Regional Council, 1979 Consultant statements of work.
Folder 8	Appointment calendar, 1979
Folder 9	"Sun-Up" (newsletter), 1979-1980
Folder 10	"Solar Greenhouse Employment Project" (newsletter), 1983
Folder 11-12	Clippings, 1973-1980
Folder 13	"Solar Advertising," 1980 Includes "A Local Market Survey for Solar Greenhouses" drafts of wanted ads, and newspaper clippings.
Folder 14	"Expense reports and financial matters," 1979-1980
Folder 15	"Salary items," 1979 Randy Hodges' consultant statements of work and memorandum concerning The Youth Project.
Folder 16	Solar Greenhouse Employment Project registration form," undated
Folder 17	Greenhouse Employment Project job descriptions, undated
Folder 18	"What Is A Solar Greenhouse," undated Also includes "What could cut your heating cost…"
Folder 19	"Greenhouse Manual," undated
Folder 20	"Solar Greenhouse Construction: Comment and Critique," undated
Folder 21	Construction, 1970s Includes "Basic Steps in the Construction of an Attached Solar Greenhouse" and construction drawings for the Graham Farm and Training Center in Wadesboro, N.C.
Folder 22	"The Material List," undated "The Material List is set up so you the owner or organization can choose the option most suitable to the existing structure and your finances."
Folder 23	Notes, undated Includes a list of tools needed.
Folder 24	"Solar Greenhouse Monitoring," undated
Folder 25	"General Data," Data sheets.
Folder 26	"Solar Dryer Window Box Unit," undated
Folder 27	"Planting Layout for the Solar Greenhouse," undated
Folder 28	"Other Solar Applications," 1970s Chiefly printed materials concerning solar energy. Includes a booklet from the U.S. Department of Energy, "Engineering Concerns in Solar System Design and Operation."
Folder 29	"Solar Greenhouse Operation in the Southeast," undated
Folder 30	Alabama monthly update, 1980
Folder 31	"Bob and Annetta's GH," Greenhouse operated in Harriman, Tenn. Chiefly handwritten notes and construction drawings.
Folder 32	"Rainsville" (Alabama), 1979 Includes press release title "Solar Greenhouse Construction Workshop."
Folder 33	"JW's Greenhouse," undated Greenhouse operated in Petros, Tenn.
Folder 34	"Tuscaloosa" (Alabama), 1979 Includes a flyer for a workshop. "Learn how to cut your heating bill by 20 to 40 percent and grow fresh fruits, vegetables, or potted plants all next winter."
Folder 35	"Alabama Solar Energy Center," 1979 and undated
Folder 36	Institute for Southern Studies, 1979
Folder 37	"Graham Center," 1970s Pertains to the Graham Farm and Training Center in Wadesboro, N.C. Includes printed items about the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund.
Folder 38	"Huntersville Workshop," undated Includes blueprint.
Folder 39	Solomon Hollow Greenhouse, 1980 Design drawings.
Folder 40	"Morgan Co U. -Ag-1st Class," University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Contains completed job applications for SGEP.
Folder 41	"Morgan Co U. -Ag- 2nd Class," University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Contains completed job applications for SGEP.
Folder 42	"Pest Control on Commercial Greenhouse Floral Crops," 1976 University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Services.
Folder 43	"Tennessee Stuff," 1979-1980 Includes brochures, clippings, mailing lists, and a schedule for a 1980 workshop on "Energy in Agriculture" in Pikesville, Tenn.
Folder 44	Tennessee Solar Energy Association, 1979-1980 Chiefly newsletters.
Folder 45	"Solar Building Tour 1980 Solar Update Tennessee"
Folder 46	"Tennessee Solar Energy Association Solar Update," 1980
Folder 47	Tennessee Solar Energy Association workshop, 1980
Folder 48	"Energy in Agriculture Primer," 1980 Tennessee Solar Energy Association.
Folder 49	"Climatic Data Base," 1980 Chattanooga, Tenn.
Folder 50	Tennessee Valley Authority, 1980 Pertains to Passive Solar Retrofit Project, Modular Solar Housing Program, and contracts with Randy Hodges.
Folder 51	"TVA Presentation," undated Detailed outline.
Folder 52	Tennessee Valley Authority, 1981 Includes a program summary for the Solar Applications Branch and "Four Goals of First Constituency Meetings."
Folder 53	"TVA Meeting" (notebook), 1979 Handwritten notes by Randy Hodges.
Folder 54	"TVA Modular Solar Housing Program," 1980
Folder 55	"Summary Tennessee Valley Authority's Proposed Residential Conservation Service Plan, 1980
Folder 56	Tennessee Valley Authority and Solar Energy Research Institute, 1980 "Cost Effective Commercial Solar Applications."
Folder 57	"A Special Report From Congressman Albert Gore, Jr.," 1980
Folder 58	"Gasohol A Fourth District Workshop," 1980 Conducted by Congressman Albert Gore, Jr.
Folder 59	SOCM Sentinel newsletter, 1979 Save Our Cumberland Mountains.
Folder 60	Southern Changes: A Chronicle of the Ongoing Struggle for Equality, 1979 Southern Regional Council publication. "Black Farmers A Vanishing Breed," "Solar Greenhouses A Method of Survival for Small Farmers," etc.
Folder 61	"Project Focus," 1979 "Part of a primer on energy alternatives that would help lower the high costs of energy inputs on small farms."
Folder 62	Southern Unity Network/Renewable Energy Projects newsletter, undated
Folder 63	Southern Solar Energy Center newsletter, 1979
Folder 64	Articles, 1976, 1978, and undated "Thermally Self Sufficient Greenhouses," "Commercial Growers Greenhouse at the Hidden Springs Nursery Cookeville, Tennessee," "A Large Scale Northern Climate Solar Garden," "Solar Heat for Grain Drying in Tennessee," "Industrialization and Social Change in Appalachia 1880-1930: A Look at the Static Image," and "Solar Rays Used to Dry Corn."
Folder 65	"Final Report: Rural Student Health Coalition Community Outreach IV, June 1, 1972-May 31, 1973"
Folder 66	"Final Report Appalachian Project Rural Student Health Coalition VI," 1974
Folder 67	"Rural Student Health Coalition East Tennessee Project Grant Proposal," undated
Folder 68	"Rural Electric Cooperatives: Growing in the Wrong Direction," 1978
Folder 69	"Passive Solar Design Handbook," 1980
Folder 70	"Putting the Sun To Work In Industry," 1979 Solar Energy Research Institute.
Folder 71	"Passive Design Ideas for the Energy Conscious Consumer," undated
Folder 72	The Energy Consumer, 1979-1980 "A National Solar Strategy & Solar Resource Guide" and "Alcohol Fuels."
Folder 73	Solar Status, undated National Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center.
Folder 74	Foundations 1970s Includes The Youth Project, New World Foundation, and John Hay Whitney Foundation.
Folder 75-76	Brochures, 1970s Includes "Alcohol Fuels Report most complete guide to ethanol production."
Folder 77	"Glazing info," 1979-1980 Pertains to construction supplies such as "UVEX plastic sheet."
Folder 78	"On Site Commercial Solar Greenhouse," undated
Folder 79	"Why Should You Consider a Dixie Royal Solar Home," 1980
Folder 80	"Living with Natural Energy Design for a Limited Planet," 1976
Folder 81	"Fuel from Farms, A Guide to Small Scale Ethanol Production," 1980
Folder 82	"Greenhouse Gardening," 1977

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