University of Georgia campus map, circa 1875
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Cowan, Henry P., 1850-1919
- Date:
- circa 1875
- Extent:
- 1 oversize_folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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University of Georgia campus map, UA17-004, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The map illustrates the grounds of the University of Georgia as they existed circa 1875, indiciating the locations of buildings, tracts of land, and foliage, although without any specific labeling.
- Biographical / historical:
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University of Georgia records reveal that the mapmaker Henry "H.P." Cowan of Hawkinsville, Georgia matriculated at the university in 1877. Little is known about Cowan, but he is connected with an infamous Georgia incident through his wife Lillie Woolfolk Cowan. She was the daughter of Captain Richard F. Woolfolk who was killed, along with his second wife Mattie E. Howard and six children, in the Woolfolk axe murders of 1887.
Indexed terms
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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University of Georgia campus map, UA17-004, University of Georgia Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.