Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series XIII: Audiovisual Materials

Descriptive Summary
Title: Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, Series XIII: Audiovisual Materials
Creator: Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937
Inclusive Dates: 1915-1931
Language(s): English
Extent: 6 item(s)
Collection Number: RBRL137LGH_XIII
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Abstract: Lamartine G. Hardman Collection, Series XIII. Audiovisual Materials includes four Edison discs and two Victor 78rpm shellac phonodiscs, containing commercially released music.

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Collection Description

Biographical Note

Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman was born April 14, 1856 in Harmony Grove, GA (now Commerce, GA). His father was both a physician and a minister, and Hardman followed in his father's footsteps by attending medical school at the Georgia Medical College in Augusta. He received further medical training at Bellevue Hospital in New York and also conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania Polyclinic Hospital, and the Guy Hospital in London. In 1899, Hardman and his brother William established the Hardman Sanatorium in Harmony Grove.

Hardman achieved nationwide fame for his pursuit of the latest advances in medical science, especially his experiments in the new field of anesthesiology. Hardman was also a proponent of phrenology, the practice of measuring cranial features to predict mental traits. Phrenology was used throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to provide pseudoscientific defenses of white supremacy.

Aside from medicine, Hardman also had an interest in agriculture and manufacturing. He established the Harmony Grove Cotton Mill in 1893 and began investing in farmland, eventually becoming one of the largest farmers in Georgia by 1900. He used scientific processes to develop new agricultural practices, which he shared with other farmers around Commerce. Hardman was elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1902 as a representative from Jackson County. He served in the House of Representatives until 1907, when he was elected to the State Senate. In 1909 he returned to the Georgia House for a final term. During his time in the General Assembly, Hardman introduced bills to support agricultural education in public schools and establish the State Board of Health. Drawing on his upbringing as the son of a Baptist minister, Hardman was also an author of Georgia's 1907 prohibition law.

Hardman launched two unsuccessful campaigns for governor—in 1914 and 1916—before finally being elected in 1926. In 1928 he defeated E. D. Rivers for re-election. As governor, Hardman attempted to apply "scientific" processes to the administration of the state, which included establishing the Allen Commission on Simplification and Coordination to reorganize the state's government. Hardman proposed initiating a nutritional study of north Georgia to address reported shortcomings in the average diet. However, he also applied what he believed were scientific processes to capital punishment, using phrenology and a belief that fingerprints could be used to predict mental ability and criminality to determine which condemned prisoners would be spared from the electric chair.

Hardman left the governor's office in 1933. He returned to Commerce, where he lived with his wife Emma Wiley Griffin until his death on February 18, 1937.

Scope and Content

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection, Series XIII. Audiovisual Materials includes four Edison discs and two Victor 78rpm shellac phonodiscs, containing commercially released music.

Organization and Arrangement

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection, Series XIII. Audiovisual Materials is arranged by format.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Though the collection is open for research, reference copies of the audiovisual recordings are available upon request. Research requests will be filled as soon as possible and will be dependent upon the condition of the recordings.

Preferred Citation

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Copyright Information

It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to reproduce material for publication. Persons wishing to reproduce materials in the Russell Library collections should consult the Director. Reproduction or quotation of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2011.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

XIII. Audiovisual Materials

6 item(s)

Lamartine G. Hardman Collection, Series XIII. Audiovisual Materials includes four Edison discs and two Victor 78rpm shellac phonodiscs, containing commercially released music.

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PD 0008

R 94-1

31st. Street Blues, written by Wen Hall and Harry Geise, performed by Al Bernard and Frank M. Kamplain, Edison Record 51271-L b/w Cindy (It Am Wedding Time), performed by Al Bernard and Ernest Hare, Edison Record 51271-R, circa 1924

Sound. Edison Diamond Disc.

Resource may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.

PD 0008

R 94-2

We'll Build A Little home In The U.S.A. - Ziegfield Follies 1915, (Chas. Elbert), Tenor and chorus with Orchestra, Irving Kaufman, Edison 80256-L b/w Hello, Frisco! - Ziegfield Follies 1915 (Louis A. Hirsch), Tenor and contralto with orchestra, Harvey Hindermyer and Helen Clark, Edison 80256-R, 1915

Sound. Edison Diamond Disc.

Resource may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee sche

PD 0008

R 94-3

Climbing Up de Golden Stairs, (F. Heiser), Tenor and Chorus with Orchestra, Walter Van Brunt, Edison disc 3682-c-6-66 b/w Lullaby, (E.W. Hanscom), Contralto and male voices with orchestra, Helen Clark and the Shannon Quartet, Edison disc, 5824-a-10-148, circa 1915

Sound. Edison Diamond Disc.

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PD 0008

R 94-4

An Orange Grove in California, Fox Trot from "Music Box Revue 1923-24," (Irving Berlin), Broadway Dance Orchestra, Edison Record 51302-L b/w I'm Goin' South, Fox Trot, (Abner Silver & Harry Woods), The Jazz-O-Harmonists, Edison Record 51302-R, circa 1924

Sound. Edison Diamond Disc.

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PD 0008

R 94-5

When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same), (Charlie Tobias, Peter De Rose), Bud and Joe Billings duet with Orchestra, Victor 22588-A b/w I'm Alone Because I Love You, (Joe Young), Bud and Joe Billings duet with Orchestra, Victor 22588-B, 1931

Sound.

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PD 0008

R 94-6

Mistakes - Waltz (Errores), (Edgar Leslie-Horatio Nicholls), Blue Steele and His Orchestra, Vocal refrain by George Marks, Victor 22142-A b/w Rock Me To Sleep In Your Arms - Waltz (Rock-a-bye Lady in Lull-a-bye Land), (Arullame en Tus Brazos), (Polly-Anna-Cal De Voll), Blue Steele and His Orchestra, Vocal refrain by Clyde Davis, Victor 22142-B, 1929

Sound.

Resource may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee sche