Hugh Bennett Soil Conservation Day

Description

This film contains footage of a welcome home celebration for Hugh Hammond Bennett in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Bennett, the founder of the Soil Conservation Service and the agency's first Chief, received the key to the city from Mayor G. E. Andes on the steps of the Anson County Courthouse. The film includes footage of a Soil Conservation Day barbecue, a farm fish pond, and a picnic at Lance Spring's farm in Ansonville, North Carolina.

Collection

Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Series

Moving Images Relating to Natural Resources