Collection of miscellaneous Georgia documents, 1818-1977
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Abrams, Harvey Dan
- Date:
- 1818-1977
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Collection of miscellaneous Georgia documents, ms2051, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of autographs, indentures, correspondence, invitations, newspaper clippings, receipts, legal documents, leases, and some photographs. The collection also includes several court documents issued in the counties of Lawrence, Mobile, and Marion, Alabama; correspondence from political figures; and papers collected from other cities in the United States, located in Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Some notable correspondents and mentioned names include Lionel Barrymore, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas R. Marshall, William Harman Black, William Harman Black, Sam Nunn, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Dr. Joyce Brothers. Some items refer to enslaved persons
- Biographical / historical:
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Harvey Dan Abrams was an Atlanta bookseller and appraiser who collected these items. He is the nephew of Medora Field Perkerson.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- Georgia.
Indentures -- Georgia.
Politicians -- Correspondence.
Authors -- Correspondence.
Poets, American -- Correspondence.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Correspondence
Clippings (information artifacts) - Places:
- Georgia -- History -- 20th century.
Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Collection of miscellaneous Georgia documents, ms2051, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.