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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 |
Processed by: Laura Hart, February 2018
Encoded by: Laura Hart, February 2018
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser
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Image Box 1 |
Solar greenhouse construction, circa 1979-1980Black-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 1979PDF 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. |
Processing information: Where possible, original file folder titles were retained and indicated with quotation marks.
Folder 1 |
"Solar Greenhouse Employment Project: Proposed Operation," undated
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Folder 2 |
Proposals, 1979Includes proposals to Task Force on World Hunger Presbyterian Church, U.S. and the Mary Reynolds Babcock foundation. |
Folder 3-4 |
"Project reports and publicity," 1978-1980Monthly updates for supporters that pertain chiefly to SGEP's work in Alabama. |
Folder 5-6 |
Correspondence, 1978-1979 and undatedChiefly correspondence addressed to Randy Hodges. |
Folder 7 |
Southern Regional Council, 1979Consultant statements of work. |
Folder 8 |
Appointment calendar, 1979
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Folder 9 |
"Sun-Up" (newsletter), 1979-1980
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Folder 10 |
"Solar Greenhouse Employment Project" (newsletter), 1983
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Folder 11-12 |
Clippings, 1973-1980
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Folder 13 |
"Solar Advertising," 1980Includes "A Local Market Survey for Solar Greenhouses" drafts of wanted ads, and newspaper clippings. |
Folder 14 |
"Expense reports and financial matters," 1979-1980
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Folder 15 |
"Salary items," 1979Randy Hodges' consultant statements of work and memorandum concerning The Youth Project. |
Folder 16 |
Solar Greenhouse Employment Project registration form," undated
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Folder 17 |
Greenhouse Employment Project job descriptions, undated
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Folder 18 |
"What Is A Solar Greenhouse," undatedAlso includes "What could cut your heating cost…" |
Folder 19 |
"Greenhouse Manual," undated
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Folder 20 |
"Solar Greenhouse Construction: Comment and Critique," undated
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Folder 21 |
Construction, 1970sIncludes "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, undatedIncludes a list of tools needed. |
Folder 24 |
"Solar Greenhouse Monitoring," undated
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Folder 25 |
"General Data,"Data sheets. |
Folder 26 |
"Solar Dryer Window Box Unit," undated
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Folder 27 |
"Planting Layout for the Solar Greenhouse," undated
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Folder 28 |
"Other Solar Applications," 1970sChiefly 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
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Folder 30 |
Alabama monthly update, 1980
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Folder 31 |
"Bob and Annetta's GH,"Greenhouse operated in Harriman, Tenn. Chiefly handwritten notes and construction drawings. |
Folder 32 |
"Rainsville" (Alabama), 1979Includes press release title "Solar Greenhouse Construction Workshop." |
Folder 33 |
"JW's Greenhouse," undatedGreenhouse operated in Petros, Tenn. |
Folder 34 |
"Tuscaloosa" (Alabama), 1979Includes 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
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Folder 36 |
Institute for Southern Studies, 1979
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Folder 37 |
"Graham Center," 1970sPertains 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," undatedIncludes blueprint. |
Folder 39 |
Solomon Hollow Greenhouse, 1980Design 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," 1976University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Services. |
Folder 43 |
"Tennessee Stuff," 1979-1980Includes brochures, clippings, mailing lists, and a schedule for a 1980 workshop on "Energy in Agriculture" in Pikesville, Tenn. |
Folder 44 |
Tennessee Solar Energy Association, 1979-1980Chiefly newsletters. |
Folder 45 |
"Solar Building Tour 1980 Solar Update Tennessee"
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Folder 46 |
"Tennessee Solar Energy Association Solar Update," 1980
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Folder 47 |
Tennessee Solar Energy Association workshop, 1980
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Folder 48 |
"Energy in Agriculture Primer," 1980Tennessee Solar Energy Association. |
Folder 49 |
"Climatic Data Base," 1980Chattanooga, Tenn. |
Folder 50 |
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1980Pertains to Passive Solar Retrofit Project, Modular Solar Housing Program, and contracts with Randy Hodges. |
Folder 51 |
"TVA Presentation," undatedDetailed outline. |
Folder 52 |
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1981Includes a program summary for the Solar Applications Branch and "Four Goals of First Constituency Meetings." |
Folder 53 |
"TVA Meeting" (notebook), 1979Handwritten notes by Randy Hodges. |
Folder 54 |
"TVA Modular Solar Housing Program," 1980
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Folder 55 |
"Summary Tennessee Valley Authority's Proposed Residential Conservation Service Plan, 1980
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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
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Folder 58 |
"Gasohol A Fourth District Workshop," 1980Conducted by Congressman Albert Gore, Jr. |
Folder 59 |
SOCM Sentinel newsletter, 1979Save Our Cumberland Mountains. |
Folder 60 |
Southern Changes: A Chronicle of the Ongoing Struggle for Equality, 1979Southern 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
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Folder 63 |
Southern Solar Energy Center newsletter, 1979
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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"
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Folder 66 |
"Final Report Appalachian Project Rural Student Health Coalition VI," 1974
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Folder 67 |
"Rural Student Health Coalition East Tennessee Project Grant Proposal," undated
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Folder 68 |
"Rural Electric Cooperatives: Growing in the Wrong Direction," 1978
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Folder 69 |
"Passive Solar Design Handbook," 1980
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Folder 70 |
"Putting the Sun To Work In Industry," 1979Solar Energy Research Institute. |
Folder 71 |
"Passive Design Ideas for the Energy Conscious Consumer," undated
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Folder 72 |
The Energy Consumer, 1979-1980"A National Solar Strategy & Solar Resource Guide" and "Alcohol Fuels." |
Folder 73 |
Solar Status, undatedNational Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center. |
Folder 74 |
Foundations 1970sIncludes The Youth Project, New World Foundation, and John Hay Whitney Foundation. |
Folder 75-76 |
Brochures, 1970sIncludes "Alcohol Fuels Report most complete guide to ethanol production." |
Folder 77 |
"Glazing info," 1979-1980Pertains to construction supplies such as "UVEX plastic sheet." |
Folder 78 |
"On Site Commercial Solar Greenhouse," undated
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Folder 79 |
"Why Should You Consider a Dixie Royal Solar Home," 1980
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Folder 80 |
"Living with Natural Energy Design for a Limited Planet," 1976
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Folder 81 |
"Fuel from Farms, A Guide to Small Scale Ethanol Production," 1980
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Folder 82 |
"Greenhouse Gardening," 1977
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