Eunice Williams Reed papers, 1883-1951
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Reed, Eunice Williams, 1876-
- Date:
- 1883-1951
- Extent:
- 5.3 Linear Feet (6 document boxes; 2 oversized boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Eunice Williams Reed papers, ms140, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of papers of Eunice Williams Reed from 1883-1951. The papers pertain primarily to Reid's work with the Laura Rutherford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and with the Georgia Division of the UDC. Includes correspondence, speeches relating to the UDC and the history of the Civil War, printed material, newspaper clippings, programs and scrapbooks. The collection also contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and letters (1918-1919) from Albon W. Reed while serving in France during World War I and two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to World War II.
- Biographical / historical:
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Eunice Williams Reed was born in 1876 and died in the mid-twentieth century. She was well knokwn for being active in the Laura Rutherford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and the Georgia Division of the UDC.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Dorothy Reed Belcher in 1959.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by record type.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Scrapbooks.
Speeches.
Soldiers -- Georgia.
Patriotic societies -- Georgia.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France.
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs. - Names:
- United Daughters of the Confederacy. Laura Rutherford Chapter No. 88 (Athens, Ga.)
United Daughters of the Confederacy. Georgia Division
Reed, Albon W. - Places:
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Eunice Williams Reed papers, ms140, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.