With your help, we are gathering information in different categories that might serve as a resource for those doing research or just curious about the barn and agricultural history of the area or maybe looking for some help in working on a barn on their own property.
ACADEMIC WRITINGS:
- ALHFAM – Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums – Many links to resources
- Why Barns are Painted Red” from Smithsonian magazine
- UNCG Student article about Flue-Cured Tobacco Barns
- MHU project with a Virtual Tour of an early 20th Century farm
MADISON COUNTY OR ABA SPECIFIC:
- YouTube video of “Barns of Madison County
- Link to News Record Sentinel Archives
- Podcast from November 2019 about 2 Madison County farmers
- Jenn Nathan Orris tour with Taylor Barnhill broadcast on WNCW February 17, 2020 on The Tobacco Barns of Madison County
INFORMATION ABOUT TOBACCO & FARMING:
- Digital Heritage article about burley tobacco
- Tobacco as a Staple Crop from Southeastern Geographer, May 1997
- Tobacco Background from Tobacco Growers Research
- Article about A History of Burley Tobacco in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina
- Southern Appalachian Archives information about Tobacco
- Southern Appalachian Archives James G.K. McClure, Jr. Collection of Farmers Federation Materials
- ASAP Report on “The End of Tobacco
PRACTICAL USES: