Felton family papers, 1835-1930

Summary

Creator:
Felton family
Date:
1835-1930
Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet (570 items in 2 document boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Felton family papers, ms82, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of letters to and from Dr. and Mrs. Felton, accounts, programs, invitations, pictures, articles, speeches, sermons, etc. The collection also contains letters with autographs of U.S. Presidents Coolidge, Harding and McKinley, Georgians Thomas W. Hardwick, Joseph E. Brown, Robert Toombs, Tom Watson, James Longstreet, Benjamin Harvey Hill, John B. Gordon, and many others who were interested in politics in Georgia.

Biographical / historical:

Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) was a writer and tireless campaigner for Progressive Era reforms, especially women's rights. She was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. William Harrell Felton (1823-1909) was a doctor, a Methodist minister, and a member of the Georgia legislature from 1884 to1890.

For more information, see the article Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and her congressional biography.

William Harrell Felton (1823-1909), Methodist minister, Georgia and U.S. representative, and husband of Rebecca Latimer Felton

For more information, see his congressional biography.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Lillian Felton in 1952
Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Felton family papers, ms82, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.