James M. Adams family history scrapbook, 1911-1931
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Adams, James Monroe, 1849-1931
- Date:
- 1911-1931
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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James M. Adams family history scrapbook, ms4267, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains a scrapbook of the Adams family history written by James M. Adams of Monroe, Georgia in 1911. The scrapbook includes a lengthy and detailed autobiographical manuscript describing his life, transcriptions of family letters, newspaper clippings, a genealogical chart, and detailed biographies of numerous individual family members that include births, deaths, marriages, and anecdotes.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Monroe Adams (1849-1931) was the pastor of the Monroe Primitive Baptist Church in Monroe, Georgia from 1909 to his death in 1931.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Farm life -- Georgia.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Genealogy.
Memoirs.
Autobiography - Names:
- Adams family
- Places:
- Monroe (Ga.)
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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James M. Adams family history scrapbook, ms4267, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.