Lona McRee Elrod collection, 1900-1999
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Elrod, Lona McRee
- Date:
- 1900-1999
- Extent:
- 2.2 Linear Feet 5 document boxes, 1 half box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Lona McRee Elrod collection, ms2793, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of family sheets, photographs, newspaper clippings and related materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lone McRee Elrod Elrod (1903-1991) published the Pittman Family Record in 1976, she continued to work on the family lines and collect materials. The McRee materials have not been published. These two families lived in the northeast Georgia area and many stayed to marry and raise their families. The collection points to the fact that other family members moved on to other parts of the country but stayed in touch with their Georgia roots.
- Processing information:
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Newspaper articles have been reproduced using archival paper and photographs placed in protective sleeves.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Genealogy.
- Names:
- McRae family -- Photographs
Pittman family -- Photographs
Elrod, Lona McRee -- Family - Places:
- Georgia -- Genealogy.
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Lona McRee Elrod collection, ms2793, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.