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Stanford Brown collection

Stanford Brown collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Stanford Brown collection
Creator: Brown, Stanford
Inclusive Dates: 1863-1961
Language(s): English
Extent: 16 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms4434
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

Collection includes a booklet for The Grand Theatre Program from 1925-1926, a photograph of an election crowd in Atlanta, Georgia in 1880, a photograph of Eugene O'Neill by Carl Van Vechten, 1920's photographs, Farmer's Banking Co. records, Marilyn Campbell's photographs of African American families in Georgia during the 1940's, and a photograph from Fort Valley State College Campus. Also included are broadsides for a program on Palestine and Egypt from 1879, a white supremacy flyer, a Civil War Island Minstrels concert, a roster of officers from the Thirty-third U.S. Infantry, an advertisement for a concert by the Brass Band of the 33rd Mass in Atlanta, Georgia, Civil War Union General Orders, a supplement of the Marietta Journal, a wanted poster for African American men Cornelius and Leon Cooper from 1933, and an ink drawing of the Battery Seymour on Ossabaw Island.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Stanford Brown Collection, ms4434, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

African American families
Election Day
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Minstrel shows
Orders (military records)
Photograph albums
Rosters.
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Theater programs
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Wanted posters.
White supremacy movements -- Georgia.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11The Grand Theatre program, 1925-1926
 
12Photograph of crowd on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia, 1880
 
13Carl Van Vechten photograph of Eugene O'Neill, 1936
 
14Photographs, circa 1920
 
15Farmers Banking Company records, 1913-1917
 
16Marilyn Campbell photographs of African American families, circa 1940
 
17Fort Valley State College Campus photograph
 
18Wanted poster for Cornelius and Leon Cooper, 1933
 
19Ralston Hall! Palestine and Egypt, 1879
 
110White Man Awake flyer, 1960
 
111Civil War Island Minstrels concert, 1863
 
112Roster of officers of the Thirty-third U.S. Infantry, 1868
 
113Grand vocal and instrumental concert flyer, 1864
 
114Civil War Union General orders, 1863-1864
 
115Letter regarding officer commissions - Col. George Nolan to Maj. John Flowers, 1864 May 18
 
116Letter - George R. Clayton to Governor James Jackson, 1800 August 22
 
117Letters (4) - from Confederate soldier Benjamin Gaughf, 1861-1862
 
118Charles Homsher - Account of his time at Andersonville Prison
 
119Program fragment - Honor Roll - South Georgia College, 1911-1912
 
120Catalog - Spelman Seminary for Women and Girls, 1906-1907
 
121Lecture announcement - Fort Valley State College, 1953 June 17
 
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1Supplement of the Marietta Journal, 1868
 
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2Ink drawing of Battery Seymour, 1863
 
2Fort Valley State College brochure, 1940
 
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1Scrapbook - Atlanta area high school newspaper clippings, 1933-1939