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Matt Gardner House: certificate

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Title	Matt Gardner House: certificate
Creator(s)	Tennessee home food supply program
Date	1942
Coverage	1940-1949
Property name	Matt Gardner House
Property type	House
National Register Reference	95000942 listed July 28, 1995
Community Name	Elkton, Giles County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	35.052305,-86.888615
Description	Photocopy of a certificate of recognition for Matt Gardner from the Tennessee Home Food Supply Program
Historical Notes	The Matt Gardner House is significant for African-American ethnic heritage, commerce, and architecture. Matt Gardner was born a slave, supposedly on July 18, 1848, on a Chester, North Carolina plantation owned by a white family known as Gardner. In 1870, he married and began to build a life based on his preaching, farming, and sound business sense.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-TGM	Certificates
Language	eng
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Medium	Paper
Extent	1 pg, 11 x 8.5 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	mattgardner023

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