Lipscomb family papers, 1866-1911

Summary

Creator:

Lipscomb, Mary Ann Rutherford, 1848-1918, Lipscomb, Frank A. (Francis Adgate), 1845-1874, Lipscomb, Andrew A. (Andrew Adgate), 1816-1890, and Barrow, David C., Jr. (David Crenshaw), 1852-1929

Date:

1866-1911

Extent:

0.4 Linear Feet 1 document box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Lipscomb family papers, ms1117. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of miscellaneous materials chiefly concerning Andrew A. Lipscomb, Chancellor of the University of Georgia, and his son, Francis Adgate Lipscomb, class of 1866 and later Professor of Belles Lettres. There are eight typescripts of poems by A. A. Lipscomb on various topics. Class notes and literary society speeches of F. A. Lipscomb during his terms at the University are present as well as his complete lecture book for British literature (1872-1873). In addition there is a small group of correspondence between father and son. There is also a small amount of correspondence between Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb and David C. Barrow concerning the establishment of the Crawford W. Long infirmary on the University campus. Also present is a genealogy of the "Descendants of John Hall and Mary Parker of Maryland," compiled by H. M. Chapman of Washington, D. C., in 1898.

Biographical / historical:

Andrew A. Lipscomb (1816-1890) was Chancellor of the University of Georgia from 1860 to 1874. Lipscomb was also a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church and the founder of the Metropolitan Institute for Young Ladies in Montgomery, Alabama. After leaving the University in 1874, he taught at Vanderbilt and later returned to Athens where he wrote and lectured for the rest of his life. His son, Francis A. Lipscomb, graduated from the University in 1866 and later became Professor of Belles Lettres.

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

British literature -- Study and teaching -- Georgia -- Athens -- History -- 19th century.
Poetry.
Speeches.
Genealogy.
American poetry.
Correspondence
Lectures.
Notes.

Names:

University of Georgia -- Presidents--Correspondence
University of Georgia. Crawford W. Long Infirmary
Hall family
Parker family
Barrow, David C., Jr. (David Crenshaw), 1852-1929 -- Correspondence
Chapman, H. M. -- Descendents of John Hall and Mary Parker of Maryland
Lipscomb, Frank A. (Francis Adgate), 1845-1874 -- Correspondence
Lipscomb, Mary Ann Rutherford, 1848-1918 -- Correspondence
Lipscomb, Andrew A. (Andrew Adgate), 1816-1890 -- Correspondence

Places:

Maryland -- Genealogy.

Preferred citation:

Lipscomb family papers, ms1117. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.