Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection, 1970-1979

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1970-1979

Extent:

0.75 Linear Feet 1 document box, 1 half box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection, ms2273, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of photographs of Confederate monuments located throughout Georgia. There is also a copy of the book, Confederate Monuments in Georgia, located in Box 1 of the collection.

Biographical / historical:

The historian Gaines M. Foster has identified ninety-four Confederate monuments that were erected in the South by 1885 (a further 406 were added by 1912). Some of the oldest of these monuments are in Georgia, such as the pillar in downtown Athens, which was erected in 1872. For more information see the article Confederate Monuments in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Soldiers' monuments -- Southern States.
Monuments -- Georgia -- History.
Monuments -- Georgia -- Photographs.
Monuments.

Preferred citation:

Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection, ms2273, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.