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Skyline Farms: community history

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Title	Skyline Farms: community history
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Contributor(s)	Humphreys, Elizabeth M.; Randall, Katie S.; Fieser, Hallie
Date	2012-01
Coverage	2010-2019
Property name	Skyline Farms
Property type	Farm
Community Name	Jackson County, AL
Description	History of Skyline Farms Resettlement Project developed for a multi-property nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
Historical Notes	Skyline Farms was a New Deal project of the Franklin Roosevelt administration that aided many farmers and their families in Alabama during the Great Depression. Located on Cumberland Mountain in northeastern Alabama, it was a resettlement project established to provide jobs and social welfare to unemployed farmers. Subsistence homesteads were a key component of the program along with training programs and development of local industry. The project served over two hundred families at its height in 1936 and ended in less than a decade later. Skyline Farms also became known for its nationally recognized Skyline Farms Band that was formed by Bascom Lunsford for the purpose of community enhancement and for the documentary work done there by artist Ben Shahn.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Agricultural colonies
Language	eng
Type	Text
Genre	History
Extent	53 p.
Processing notes	Electronic
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
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

Skyline Farms: community history

Skyline Farms MPN Final 1

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Skyline Farms: community history

Skyline Farms: community history