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Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd typescript

Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd typescript

Descriptive Summary

Title: Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd typescript
Creator: Floyd, Dolores Boisfeuillet, 1887-1966
Inclusive Dates: 1962
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s) (1 typescript)
Collection Number: ms978
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd (1887-1966) married Neyle Colquitt and, after his death, Marmaduke Hamilton Floyd in 1930. She studied library science at Georgetown University and became a library assistant at the Savannah Public Library, retiring in 1943. She was interested in Georgia history and wrote several published and unpublished works on the subject.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a carbon typescript of Little Toona-how-i and His Big Gold Watch, a Story of Colonial Days in Georgia written by Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd in 1962. Intended for young children, the story deals with relationships between settlers and Native Americans in Colonial Georgia.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd typescript, ms978, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2015.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Georgia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America -- Juvenile literature.
Typescripts.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Typescript, 1962