Herty Foundation records

Authors

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Files

Scope and Content

The collection dates from 1938 to 2001 and consists of meeting minutes, administrative records, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Herty Foundation, its laboratory, and pilot plant. Photographs include views of the early pilot plant, laboratory, and shipyard around 1938 and the opening of the new pilot plant in 1957. Newspaper clippings report on the Herty Foundation and its work between 1953 and 1980.

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Start Date

1938

End Date

2001

Keywords

archives, business, Charles Holmes Herty, Georgia, Herty Advanced Materials Development Center, Herty Foundation, Herty Foundation Laboratory and Pilot Plant, history, local history, paper industry, photographs, Savannah (Ga.), Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory

Disciplines

Business | History

Extent

1 box (0.42 linear feet), 1 oversized folder

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from Georgia Southern Museum, 2025.

Recommended Citation

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, "Herty Foundation records" (2025). Finding Aids. 256.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/256