Henry Lee Jewett Williams papers, 1907-1921

Summary

Creator:
Williams, Henry Lee Jewett, 1887-1918
Date:
1907-1921
Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet 8 boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 slide boxes, 1 oversized box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Henry Lee Jewett Williams papers, ms2628, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of writings, sermons, sermon notes, family photographs, photographic negatives and glass lantern slides of Europe and the Holy Lands, a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and programs pertaining to Williams, a book of accounts Williams kept while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and correspondence. The correspondence pertains to Williams' activities while at Oxford, his rectorship at St. Stephens Church (Milledgeville, Ga.), and his teaching career at the University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.). Correspondents include University of Georgia Chancellor D.C. Barrow, the Bishop of Atlanta Cleland Kinloch Nelson, and Williams' father, Howard J. Williams. The collection also contains correspondence to Eleanor (Nellie) Barrow Williams from friends and family, letters of condolence upon her father's death, and memorials to Henry Lee Jewett Williams.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Lee Jewett Williams (1887-1918) was an Episcopal priest, a professor at the University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.), and an Army Captain during World War I. Married Eleanor P. Barrow in 1914, in 1917 daughter Eleanor Barrow Jewett born. Williams was killed in action in France in 1918.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Henry Lee Jewett Williams papers, ms2628, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.