LeConte Furman Carter family papers, 1795-1999

Summary

Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1795-1999
Extent:
7 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 5 half boxes, 1 oversized box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

LeConte Furman Carter family papers, ms3027, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writings, photographs, daguerreotypes, and printed material. The early correspondence concerns the LeConte, Furman and Carter families. More recent correspondence is of Carolyn Shaw McMillan, a great granddaughter of Emma Florence LeConte Furman. Much of this correspondence deals with efforts to preserve LeConte-Woodmanston and to reconstruct the botanical garden. In 1973 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and of the original 3,354 acres, 63.8 acres were deeded to the Garden Club of Georgia in 1977. Most of the writings are by Emma Florence LeConte Furman, who kept diaries for many years, and also wrote of her travels and her family.

Biographical / historical:

The LeConte family included brothers John LeConte (1818-1891) and Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), their father Louis LeConte (1782-1838) and grandfather John Eatton LeConte (1739-1822). John and Joseph were scientists and educators at the University of Georgia, Souther Carolina College (later University of South Carolina) and the University of California at Berkeley. Louis LeConte was a planter and naturalist who lived at the plantation. Woodmanston near Savannah, Georgia and developed a botanical garden there. John Eatton LeConte acquired Woodmanston in the 1760s.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

LeConte Furman Carter family papers, ms3027, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.