Phinizy Spalding papers, 1910-1994, bulk 1931-1982

Summary

Creator:
Spalding, Phinizy
Date:
1910-1994, bulk 1931-1982
Extent:
21.7 Linear Feet (47 document boxes, 6 half boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder B)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Phinizy Spalding papers. MS 1783. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Phinizy Spalding from 1910-1994. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, lecture materials, student papers, seminar materials, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and ephemera.

The materials document Spalding's interests in historic preservation, particularly in Clarke County (Ga.); his tenure as professor of history at the University of Georgia (1966-1991) including information on the Phinizy Lectures; his editorship (1974-1982) of the Georgia Historical Quarterly; as well as information pertaining to publication of his books and articles.

The collection also contains information on the Cobbham Historic District, Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, Lucy Cobb Institute, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Correspondents include Joyce Blackburn, Tom Watson Brown, Kenneth Coleman, E. Merton Coulter, Walter Stanton Forbes, Mills B. Lane IV, Valeria and Piero Leida, David T. Morgan, Walker Percy, James K. Reap, and Betty Wood.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Billups Phinizy Spalding was born in 1930 and died in 1994. He was a history professor at the College of Charleston and University of Georgia from 1966 and 1994. He was also an author and editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly. He was very active in historic preservation. For much of his life, Spalding resided in Athens, Georgia.

Arrangement:

Arranged into nine series and over twenty subseries by record type and subject: Series 1. Personal Materials; Series 2. Correspondence; Series 3. Financial Matters; Series 4. Career at UGA; Series 5. Historic Preservation Work; Series 6. Other Scholarly Activities; Series 7. Writings; Series 8. Printed Matter; Series 9. Posters, Certificates, Photographs, and Ephemera

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Phinizy Spalding papers. MS 1783. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.