Gus York papers

Gus York papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gus York papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1953
Bulk Dates: 1906-1916
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms3034
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Gus York (1888-1956) was the sixth of thirteen children born in Rabun County, Georgia to William Hillyer York (1858-1918) and Sarah Malinda Dickerson York (1858-1935). After graduating from the University of Georgia, he attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. In 1920 he married Louise Miller Carswell and they had four children. York had various jobs including mule-driver with 17th Infantry expeditionary forces in Camaguey, Cuba; teacher and coach at Ninth District Agricultural and Mechanical school in Clarkesville, Georgia; county agent with the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Georgia; and agronomist with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, school papers and writings, financial items, printed material, diplomas and photographs. The correspondence includes letters from York's siblings and friends. Much of the correspondence is written on humorous postcards of that time period. A 1913 letter from W. A. Cunningham (head coach at the University of Georgia) contains diagrams of football plays. The school papers include a University of Georgia football banquet program (1910) with signatures by coaches and players, and two compositions describing York's trip from Fort McPherson (Ga.) to Cuba in 1906. There are photographs of houses where Gus York lived, a wagon train in Cuba, county extension work, and a panorama view of the University of Georgia class of 1912-1913.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Gus York papers, ms3034. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Biographical information
 
12Family correspondence, 1906-1908
 
13Family correspondence, 1909-1914
 
14Correspondence, 1907-1911
 
15Correspondence, 1912-1916
 
117Correspondence, 1953
 
16Correspondence, empty envelopes
 
17School papers - report cards, notes, program, 1909-1914
 
18School papers, 1908
 
19Financial papers, 1906-1915
 
110Printed material
 
118Printed material - football
 
119Printed material - soil conservation
 
111Printed material - postcards
 
112Estate papers
 
113Troop Artillery research by William Smedlund
 
114York family research
 
115The Life of Lavinia York Barron
 
116Memoirs
 
120Photograph - Gus York and others
 
boxfolder
21Photographs - people, houses
 
22Photographs - Agricultural Extension Service
 
23Photograph - Cuba, wagon train, 1907
 
24Photograph - football team at Ninth District A-M School Clarkesville, Georgia
 
25Photographs - University of Georgia
 
26Rat cap worn by Orlean York as a freshman at the University of Georgia
 
oversized_folder
1CPhotograph - panorama view of class of 1912-1913, University of Georgia
 
1CDemosthenian Society certificate - Gus York, University of Georgia, 1913
 
1CDiploma - Orlean Walton York, University of Georgia, 1944
 
1CDiploma - Gus York, University of Georgia, 1916
 
1CDiploma - Louise Miller Carswell, Richmond County High School, 1910

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