Howard - Comer genealogical collection, 1890-1980

Summary

Creator:

Howard, Lucy and Comer, Pauline H.

Date:

1890-1980

Extent:

7.8 Linear Feet 13 document boxes, 3 half boxes, 3 slide boxes, 1 oversized box, 2 oversized folders

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Howard-Comer genealogical collection, ms2647, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of material on the Howard and Randolph family lines of Virginia and Georgia and contains photographs, correspondence and several copies of other genealogies and several bound volumes. A post card collection has items sent to Lucy Howard and purchased items, business and legal papers, a copy of a sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry, photographs of Lucy Howard, and family bibles. Two oversized folders contain a Callaway Family diagram and a large, framed photograph.

Biographical / historical:

The collection was compiled by Lucy Howard and her sister Pauline H. Comer of Athens, Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Genealogy.
Postcards.
Bible records.
Correspondence

Names:

Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion. Cavalry Battalion -- Pictorial works
Howard family
Randolph family
Comer family

Places:

Georgia -- Genealogy.
Virginia -- Genealogy.

Preferred citation:

Howard-Comer genealogical collection, ms2647, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.