Sautee Store (White County, Ga.) records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Sautee Store (White County, Ga.) records
Creator: Sautee Store (White County, Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1872-1948
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 Linear Feet 7 document boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms3212
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of store ledgers, a gold mining operation ledger (Child's Ditch), a variety of post office record books for Sautee, one for Lynch Post Office, and a few for Asbestos Post Office. Postmasters mentioned for Asbestos are Enoch B. Craven and Simpson B. Logan, J. A. Hood for Lynch and for Sautee, Alfred Perkins Williams and Robert A. Williams. There are also product catalogs, store-related items, correspondence and pamphlets.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The Old Sautee Store, in operation since circa 1872, and located at the intersection of Highways 17 and 255 in White County, Georgia, served the community as a source of general merchandise and from circa 1894 to the mid-1900s as a post office.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Sautee Store (White County, Ga.) records, ms3212, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 March 22.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Postmaster Records
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1	1	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Asbestos, Ga, 1903-1912
1	2	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Asbestos, Ga, 1906-1908
1	3	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Lynch, Ga, 1903-1904
1	4	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., April 1896-March 1899
1	5	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1899-1902
1	6	Postmaster 4th class-for Sautee, Ga., 1902 April-December
1	7	Postmaster receipt register-for Sautee, Ga., 1903-1913
1	8	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1905-1907
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2	1	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1908-1910
2	2	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1911-1912
2	3	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1913-1916
2	4	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1916-1917
2	5	Postmaster Money Order Register-for Sautee, Ga., 1927-1931
2	6	Postmaster Account and Record Book-for Sautee, Ga., 1938 March-1939 June
2	7	Postmaster special delivery; Window register, 1941-1948
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3	1	Postmaster's cash book for money orders, 1908-1913
3	2	Postmaster's register for money orders, 1908-1919
3	3	Postmaster's register for money orders, 1919-1925
3	4	Postmaster's register for material in transit, 1905-1943

 

2. Ledgers, Catalogs, and Printed Material
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4	1	Store register account book, 1872-1875
			not clear what store this book is for-does not appear to be Sautee
4	2	Day book, 1896-1918
4	3	Child's Ditch ledger book, 1905-1914
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5	1	Quadriga cloth with some samples, 1938
5	2	Sears catalog # 111
5	3	The Iron Age catalog, 1892-1893
5	4	Baltimore Bargain House catalog
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6	1	Catalogs- Lynch plows; Peeler Hardware electrical appliances & supplies; Towers & Sullivan, Rome, Ga.
6	2	Sautee store-articles about
6	3	Sautee store-financial info; R. Allen Williams checking account, 1913-1937
6	4	Product ads- Star brand thread; Gaar-Scott engines; Bon Ami; calendar; Wampole's Creo-Terpin; Golden Eagle Buggies, 1892
6	5	Correspondence- WPA, Social Security, National Unemployment Census form, Ga. Dept of Agriculture, 1913-1945
6	6	Correspondence- Post Office
6	7	Harper's New Monthly
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7	1	U.S. Postal Guide, 1898
7	2	Pamphlets- Southern Railway; 47th anniversary, Chattahoochee Baptist Assn, Our School Pictures Book; Africa in the Post-War World, 1871, 1948
7	3	Georgia Justice Handbook, 1915

 

3. Oversize Material
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8		Ads-steamboat, Arbeco Brand coffees, teas & spices
8		Legend of Sautee & Nacoochee
8		Remember Pearl Harbor-poster
8		Myras Journal , 1894 August
8		Record of Registered Matter for Asbestos PO, 1903-1912
8		Photo album on stand-not identified