Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hearon, Jodie
- Abstract:
- Thirty-nine photographs depicting rural life in Mississippi circa 1953-1964.
- Extent:
- 39 photographs
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Jodie Hearon Photograph Collection, SC 26, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Jodie Hearon lived and worked in farming and agriculture in Mississippi during a period of industrializationa and mechanization. Hearon and his wife, Ella, managed farming, dairy, and livestock operations. The Hearons chose to attempt a capital intensive strategy of purchasing industrial and mechanized farming equipment, while also employing local families as sharecroppers and wage-workers, to work much of the land that was previously owned by plantation-owner Palmer H. Brooks in the area of Drew, Mississippi. Photographs from the collection indicate that some or all of the family relocated to St. Louis, Missouri by the late 1960s. An interview with Jodie and Ella Hearon was conducted in Memphis, Tennessee on July 3, 1989 [see related material].
- Scope and Content:
This collection consists of photographs depicting rural life in Mississippi circa 1953-1964. Most of the photographs were taken at Brooks Farm or Greenwood Farm in Drew, Mississippi. Descriptions were provided by Jodie Hearon.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Jodie Hearon in 1992.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC Staff. Completed in 2019.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in one series:
- Series 1: Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
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For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Jodie Hearon Photograph Collection, SC 26, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu