Dozier Land Company records, 1905-1920

Summary

Creator:
National Land Company (Augusta, Ga.), Dozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.), and American Land Company (Athens, Ga.)
Date:
1905-1920
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (5 document boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.) records, ms26, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of records of the Dozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.) and its predecessors, the American Land Company (Athens, Ga.) and the National Land Company (Augusta, Ga.), from 1905-1920 and contains mostly correspondence relating to residential real estate development in Augusta and Athens, Georgia including Oconee Place. Correspondents include Thomas H. Dozier, James Howard Dozier, W.B. Dozier, Olin A. Dozier, Athens Mutual Insurance Company. Correspondence discusses segregated homes for African Americans. Discussion of breeding Hereford cattle and concerns of fever ticks. Of interest is correspondence relating to the hiring of balloon ascensionists as a publicity gimmick.

Biographical / historical:

The Dozier Land Company was an Athens, Georgia, company that focused on land and real estate development in Athens and Augusta. It was formed from the merger of the American Land Company (Athens, GA) and the National Land Company (Augusta, GA). The Dozier Land company closed its doors around 1955 after being bought out by the Tanner Company.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Dozier Lumber Co. in 1955.
Arrangement:

Arranged mainly in chronological order.

Access and use restrictions

Terms of access:

The majority of this collection is In Copyright – Non-commercial Use Permitted: Collection is available for non-commercial purposes where there is no intent to generate a profit. Items are copyrighted and require permission from the rightsholders for any other purpose. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/. For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

Preferred citation:

Dozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.) records, ms26, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.