Robb family autograph collection, 1894-1943

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Robb family
Date:
1894-1943
Extent:
1 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robb family autograph collection, ms 1730. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of photographs and autographs collected by Ellis D. Robb and Adelaide Robb, and correspondence to the Robbs relating to their acquisition. Autographed photographs are of General Leonard Wood, John McCormack, Leslie Ward, James S. Sherman, and James Saxon Childers. Autographs included are by Hugh Walpole, James Bede, Franklin MacVeagh, Charles W. Fairbanks, James R. Garfield, Anna Balestier, Henry C. Wallace, John C. Coolidge, Carter Glass, Walter Brown, Newton D. Baker, Marian Bower, Lytton Strachey, and Emma S. Bellamy. Also included are several typewritten correspondence from secretaries to presidents of the United States, and some autographs that are illegible and undated.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Robb family autograph collection, ms 1730. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.