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LeConte Furman Carter family papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: LeConte Furman Carter family papers | |
| Creator: Unknown | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1795-1999 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 7 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 5 half boxes, 1 oversized box | |
| Collection Number: ms3027 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
The LeConte family included brothers John LeConte (1818-1891) and Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), their father Louis LeConte (1782-1838) and grandfather John Eatton LeConte (1739-1822). John and Joseph were scientists and educators at the University of Georgia, Souther Carolina College (later University of South Carolina) and the University of California at Berkeley. Louis LeConte was a planter and naturalist who lived at the plantation. Woodmanston near Savannah, Georgia and developed a botanical garden there. John Eatton LeConte acquired Woodmanston in the 1760s.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writings, photographs, daguerreotypes, and printed material. The early correspondence concerns the LeConte, Furman and Carter families. More recent correspondence is of Carolyn Shaw McMillan, a great granddaughter of Emma Florence LeConte Furman. Much of this correspondence deals with efforts to preserve LeConte-Woodmanston and to reconstruct the botanical garden. In 1973 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and of the original 3,354 acres, 63.8 acres were deeded to the Garden Club of Georgia in 1977. Most of the writings are by Emma Florence LeConte Furman, who kept diaries for many years, and also wrote of her travels and her family.
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Preferred Citation
LeConte Furman Carter family papers, ms3027, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2009 May 7.
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Related Collections in this Repository
Related materials available in the following collections of this repository: Stevens and LeConte family papers, ms2239; Richard LeConte Anderson genealogical papers, ms1986.