The David Isaacs, "Yesterday's Harvest" Digital Scrapbook Collection


Digital copy of "Yesterday's Harvest: Rural Life in Appalachia" is a scrapbook by David Isaacs. The scrapbook primarily concerns farming and rural life in the Appalachian region. The purpose of the scrapbook is "to show how community, family, and tradition have stayed constant in a time when holding on is much more difficult then letting go." The collection contains newspapers and black and white and color photographs related to farming. Subjects include: harvesting crops, farm animals, recreational activities, and tobacco and corn crops. Also included are short narratives on the past, present, and future of farming, the Isaacs family farming endeavors, rural recreation and tobacco.