Middle Georgia and the Approach of Modernity

Fred R. van Hartesveldt taught history for forty years, mostly at Fort Valley State University, before retiring in 2014. During his career he published six books and more than a dozen scholarly articles. He lives in Fort Valley, Georgia.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionFred R. van HartesveldtThe Woolfolk Murders, 1887: Adjusting One Race Myth (Chrissy Lutz)Otis ­O’Neal, the Ham and Egg Show and Georgia’s African American Farmers: The First Two Decades (1915–1935) (Dawn J. ­Herd-Clark and Kyle Harris) Pestilence in the Mid State: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919 in Middle Georgia (Fred R. van Hartesveldt)“Georgia on My Mind”: Jean Toomer’s Portrait of Middle Georgia Women in Cane (Washella Turner Simmons)Packing Peppers at Pomona: The Pimiento Pepper Industry in Middle Georgia, 1911–1955 (Helen L. Brackett)One Hundred Dozen Eggs: Margaret Toomer and the Ham and Egg Show (Dawn J. ­Herd-Clark and Kymara D. Sneed)Becoming a Middle Georgia Writer: Rethinking the Influence of Carson McCullers and Erskine Caldwell on Flannery ­O’Connor (Marshall Bruce Gentry)Flying High in Griffin: Charlotte Frye Takes to the Skies (Helen L. Brackett)Pine Mountain Valley: A New Deal Experiment in Community Building (Kathryn W. Kemp)With Us, Not for Us: A History of Library Services to African Americans in Macon, Georgia, 1881–1970 (Shaundra Walker)About the ContributorsIndex