NC Tomato Club History and Transcribathon
Channel: NC State University Libraries
Date: 2021-08-13

In the 1910s, Jane McKimmon’s tomato club movement taught young girls in North Carolina how to grow, can, and sell their own tomatoes, as part of a broader effort to teach rural families more efficient farming methods through an emerging agricultural extension service. The tomato club girls created booklets documenting their experiences, which are preserved in the State Archives of North Carolina and have been digitized and shared online by the NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. 

Learn more about the history of the tomato clubs, extension, and 4-H programs in North Carolina during our lunch panel discussion, and stick around for live transcription practice and support! 

Panel discussion featuring:
Elizabeth Engelhardt, Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts & Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill , author of Canning Tomatoes, Growing “Better and More Perfect Women”: The Girls’ Tomato Club Movement
Netta Cox, Agricultural Liaison, Librarian and Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University
Todd Kosmerick, University Archivist, NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
Michael Yoder, Assoc. Director & State Program Leader, NC 4-H Youth Development

Originally broadcast live from the NC State University Libraries Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/ncsulibraries