Charles W. Hubner papers, 1835-1929

Summary

Creator:

Hubner, Charles W. (Charles William), 1835-1929

Date:

1835-1929

Extent:

2.4 Linear Feet (3 document boxes, 1 oversized box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Charles W. Hubner papers, MS 1985. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and other information pertaining to Charles W. Hubner. Hubner's correspondents in this collection include Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alexander Stephens.

Biographical / historical:

Charles William Hubner was born in Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 16, 1835. He died in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 3, 1929. Hubner served in the confederate Army as a major. He married Ida Ann Southworth on Nov. 15, 1865 in Memphis, Tenn. They moved to Selma, Alabama where he worked for the newspapers. Later he worked for the railroad and western union. He took the telegraph job in Atlanta in 1870. He resigned to take a position on the editorial staff of the Atlanta Constitution. He became assistant librarian at the Carnegie Library in Atlanta. He wrote numerous works of poetry and music and published 11 books.

Arrangement:

Arranged primarily in alphabetical order.

Related

Related material:

Related materials available in the following collections of this repository: Charles W. Hubner, "Over the stars"; Charles W. Hubner papers, 1874-1899; Charles W. Hubner letter, 1919.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Politicians -- Georgia -- Correspondence.
Governors -- Georgia -- History.
Newspaper editors -- Georgia.
Legislators -- United States.
Authors, American.
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Correspondence.
Composers -- United States.
Lawyers -- Georgia.
Governors -- Correspondence.
Vice-Presidents -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence.
Librarians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Correspondence.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Politicians -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Poets, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
Legislators -- Correspondence.
Correspondence
Lawyers.

Names:

University of Georgia -- Alumni and alumnae--Correspondence
Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers--Correspondence
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Correspondence
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 -- Correspondence
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Correspondence
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Correspondence
Hubner, Charles W. (Charles William), 1835-1929 -- Correspondence

Places:

Confederate States of America -- Officials and employees.

Preferred citation:

Charles W. Hubner papers, MS 1985. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.