Guide to the Herschel and Louise Roney Papers

Record Group 029

Date processed:  07/30/2003

Processed By: T. Bernath

Repository Information

Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture

Troy State University Dothan

P.O. Box 8368

Dothan, AL  36304

Phone:  334-983-6556 x-327

E-mail:  Archivist Dr. Martin T. Olliff  <molliff@troy.edu>

Administrative Information

Accession Number  03-0730

Date Span         1968-1981

Collection Size   0.25 cu ft

Biographical Sketch   Herschel and Louise Roney are long time residents of Dothan, Alabama.

Historical Sketch    The National Peanut Festival has been an annual event, with the exception of the years of World War 2, since 1939.  It occurs in early November and features National Peanut Queen and other beauty pagents, parades, agricultural and community displays, and a carnival with musical entertainers.

Scope / Content     Contains official programs of the National Peanut Festival, 1968-1977 and 1980-1981.  Also contains 2 peanut recipe books.

Access:  Open

Inventory 

029 -03-0730 -001 001   National Peanut Festival Programs, 1968-1971 [25th-28th Year]
029 -03-0730 -001 -002   National Peanut Festival Programs, 1972-1974 [29th-31st Year]
029 -03-0730 -001 -003   National Peanut Festival Programs, 1975-1977 [32nd-34th Year]
029 -03-0730 -001 -004   National Peanut Festival Programs, 1980-1981 [37th & 38th Year]
029 -03-0730 -001 -005  

Peanut Recipe Books [2]

[Alabama Peanut Producers Association], Fun Food Cooking With Peanuts (Headland and Dothan, AL:  Chancey-Hearring, n.d.)

Joan S. Hartzog, Nutrition In A Nutshell (Headland and Dothan, AL:  Chancey-Hearing Publishers, Inc., nd.)