Hoffman, Gilbert H., Dr. (Gilbert Hay), 1932-

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Research materials used in the revision of Dr. Gilbert H. Hoffman's book, Dummy Lines Through the Longleaf.

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Research materials generated by Dr. Gilbert H. Hoffman for his book, Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods, Vol. 1 (1998). Also included are a collection of interviews for chapters 4 - 7 of Vol. 2.

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Research materials for Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods, Vol. 2, chapters 4 - 7. Also included is a collection of interviews regarding the book.

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Research materials for Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods, Vol. 1.

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Research materials for Dr. Gilbert H. Hoffman's book, Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods, Vol. 2. This accession consists primarily of photocopies of original documents and notes taken by Dr. Hoffman.

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Dr. Gilbert H. Hoffman’s research files for volume 2 of his book, Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods. Materials consist primarily of photocopied documents, but also includes several original items.

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One compact disk containing lumber-related newspaper articles from the early 1900s forward. Files on the disk are in Word Perfect.

Abstract The Gilbert H. Hoffman Papers and Research Collection contains the research notes and photographs which Hoffman compiled and collected for the book, Dummy Lines Through the Longleaf, a history of sawmill operations and logging railroads in Southwest Mississippi during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition, it contains hundreds of photographs, both positive and negative images, of other railroads and logging operations principally in...