Safford Harris collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Safford Harris collection
Creator: Harris, Safford
Inclusive Dates: 1859-1938
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.4 Linear Feet (3 document boxes, 1 oversized box)
Collection Number: ms87
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Miss Safford Harris was the Special Collections Librarian at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters dated 1859-1938, deeds, finances, business and personal, such as cancelled checks, check stubs, bank books, tax receipts, legal documents, such as indentures, notes, cases, manuscripts, i.e. poems and recipes, pamphlets, printed materials, books, newspaper clippings, post cards, Christmas cards, Easter cards, valentines, programs, broadsides, sunday school cards, trade cards, mementos, and other miscellaneous items. The material deals with the Wray family of Wrayswood, Greene County and Athens, and the family of C. W. Harris and Miss Sarah H. Harris of Winterville, Wrayswood, Madison and Athens.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Safford Harris collection, ms87, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Safford Harris in 1961-1963

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, ms3529.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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1

Letters, 1859

 

1

2

Letters, 1865

 

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3

Letters, 1868

 

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4

Letters, 1889

 

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Letters, 1890

 

1

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Letters, 1891

 

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Letters, 1894

 

1

8

Letters, 1899

 

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Letters, 1903

 

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Letters, Oct. 1909

 

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Letters, Nov. 1909

 

1

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Letters, 1911

 

1

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Letters, 1912

 

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Letters, 1919

 

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Letters, 1921-1929

 

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Letters, 1930

 

1

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Letters, 1932

 

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Letters, 1933

 

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Letters, 1937-1938

 

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Financial materials

 

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Deeds

 

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Manuscripts

 

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Manuscripts

 

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Miscellaneous

 

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Writings

 

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Poems

 

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Sunday school cards

 

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Charlie H. Harris' certificates from War Department and Selective Service