Ernest L. Bigler Chattahoochee River photographs, 1925-1929

Summary

Creator:

Bigler, Ernest L., 1891-1983

Date:

1925-1929

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Ernest L. Bigler Chattahoochee River photographs, ms3973, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a hand-made photo book made by Ernest L. Bigler in 1925 featuring photographs of the Chattahoochee River near its source in White County, Georgia, combined with the words to Sidney Lanier's 1877 poem "Song of the Chattahoochee." It also includes a letter from Lanier's son Henry W. Lanier to Bigler from 1925 regarding the photo book Bigler hoped to publish. There is also a letter from Anges Brosnan to the president of the Lanier Association of Macon, Georgia from 1929 asking for photographs of the Chattahoochee River to be used for a friend's class. Eleven loose photographs are included.

Biographical / historical:

Ernest L. Bigler (1891-1983) was a photgrapher from Macon, Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

American poetry -- Georgia.
Rivers -- Georgia.

Names:

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881

Places:

Chattahoochee River.
Chattahoochee River -- Description and travel.

Preferred citation:

Ernest L. Bigler Chattahoochee River photographs, ms3973, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.