Photographs of exterior and interior of James Vann's house in Buford, Georgia, made during a 1951 study of the house by Joseph R. and Sheila Caldwell. Also included is a floorplan of the house.
The Vann House was built (circa 1804-1806) in what is now Murray County, Georgia, by James Vann, a half-Cherokee leader and plantation owner. Around 1951, Joseph R. and Sheila Caldwell carried out a study of the house for the Georgia Historical Commission.
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Photo lot 81K, Joseph R. Caldwell photographs of the Vann House in Georgia, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Photographs probably donated by Joseph R. and Sheila Caldwell through F. H. H. Roberts in 1951.
A related report and set of the photographs is held in the National Anthropological Archives in the records of the River Basin Surveys, Washington Office, Correspondence with Cooperating or Concerned Agencies and Individuals, Georgia.
Additional Caldwell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 87-3.