Scope and Content Note: The Ethridge home movies depict life on Southern farm land which was originally settled in 1799 and is now known as the Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm. The films specifically document the mid-20th century (since 1939), showing Georgia farm life, and the family and Southern travels of Ira Lanis Ethridge.
Biographical Note: Ira Lanis Ethridge (1899-1970) was a farmer, who was born and lived all his life in Jefferson, Georgia, twelve miles north of Athens, Georgia.
Provenance: Deposited at the Walter J. Brown Media Archives by Susan Chaisson, 2005.
Cite Collection As: Ethridge home movie collection, 1939-1966, (bulk 1939-1959). Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries.
