Dictionary of Georgia Biography collection, 1980-1983

Summary

Creator:

Coleman, Kenneth

Date:

1980-1983

Extent:

6 Linear Feet 12 document boxes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Dictionary of Georgia Biography collection, ms2307, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes papers relating to the planning, editing, publication, etc. of the Dictionary of Georgia Biography, published as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the state of Georgia. It includes Dr. Coleman's papers, correspondence and a manuscript of the dictionary.

Biographical / historical:

Kenneth Coleman was a professor of history at the University of Georgia and an authority on colonial and revolutionary Georgia. He wrote Georgia History in Outline (1955). For more information see the article Kenneth Coleman in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Custodial history:

Gift of Dr. Coleman, 1985.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Anniversaries -- Georgia.
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Athens.
Universities and colleges -- Georgia.
Historians -- Georgia.
College teachers -- Georgia.
Editors -- Georgia.
University press publications -- Georgia.
Editing.
University presses -- Georgia.
Publishers and publishing -- Georgia.
Biography -- Dictionaries.
Biographies.

Names:

University of Georgia. Press
University of Georgia -- Students' notes
University of Georgia -- Faculty--Personal and professional papers
Lane, Mills
Gurr, Charles Stephen

Places:

Georgia -- Anniversaries, etc.
Georgia -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Georgia -- Biography.

Preferred citation:

Dictionary of Georgia Biography collection, ms2307, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.