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Phillip T. and Maria Alicia Crespo Parkerson Collection, 1807-2008, bulk 1965-2004

13 box(es) (14 linear feet, 380 megabytes, 23 audiovisual items)
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The Phillip T. and Maria Alicia Crespo Parkerson Collection includes materials related to the diplomatic careers of Philip T. and Maria Alicia and the philanthropic and arts work of Maria Alicia. The collection includes correspondence, press materials, family papers, and artifacts from the Parkerson family and their life in Latin America in the 1970s until the 2004.
Creator:
Parkerson, Maria Alicia Crespo
Identifier:
RBRL260PTP
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Winterville Marigold Festival Records, 1971-2016

7 box(es) (4.25 linear feet, 1.1 gigabytes, and 3 audiovisual items)
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The Winterville Marigold Festival is an annual event held in Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia that started in 1971 to celebrate the community and raise funds for city improvement projects. The records consist of planning documents, promotional materials, scrapbooks, photographs, T-Shirts, posters, and digital files.
Creator:
Winterville Marigold Festival.
Identifier:
RBRL378
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series V: Artifacts, circa 1900-1971

110 box(es)
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup E, Series V: Artifacts include Russell's Senate office furnishings, the chair he used on the Senate Floor, his campaign ephemera, cartoons and artwork, and his official and personal gifts. Of significant interest is his childhood baseball card collection; there are approximately 1100 tobacco cards dating from the period 1911-1913, and most are in very good condition. Throughout his public service career, Russell received many plaques, citations, proclamations, honorary degrees, resolutions, and presentation certificates. Some of the more prestigious were honorary degrees from Oglethorpe University and John Marshall University, the James Forrestal Award, the Mississippi Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Great American Award, and others from military, agricultural, business, and civic groups.
Creator:
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Identifier:
RBRL001RBR_E_V
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Albertype Co. photographs, circa 1920-1940

3.8 Linear Feet (9 document boxes, 1 half box)
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The collection consists of 1206 negatives and copy prints of various towns in Georgia taken by the Albertype Co. from ca. 1920-1940 for the production of postcards and souvenir albums. There are numerous photographs of Atlanta, Macon, Milledgeville, Mount Berry and Berry College, Savannah, Sea Island, Thomasville, Valdosta, and Warm Springs, Georgia.
Creator:
Albertype Co
Identifier:
ms1299
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Robert Nix historic photograph collection, 1840s-1950s

48 box(es) (50 linear feet)
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This collection was developed by Dr. Robert Nix, former head of art education at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, as a private collection documenting the evolution of photography. Formats primarily include tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, medallions, cabinet cards, cartes de visites, glass negatives, portrait post cards, lantern slides, stereoviews, and albumen prints.

Creator:
Nix, Robert W.
Identifier:
ms3985
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Butler family papers, 1820-1950, bulk 1896-1931

4.8 Linear Feet (6 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized box, 1 carton)
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The collection consists of papers of the Butler family of Madison, Morgan County, Georgia from ca. 1820-1950. Contains correspondence to various members of the Butler family including Col. D.E. Butler, Peter Walton Butler, and Bessie Butler. Correspondents of Bessie Butler include Benjamin W. Hunt of Eatonton, Joseph Jacobs of Atlanta, and J. Quinn West of Thomaston, Georgia, all which discuss family matters and Georgia politics. The collection also contains medical notes from college (1820s); an autograph album of Ginnie T. Walton (1849-1850); glass plate negatives of Thurlston, the Butler home in Madison (1880s); and a diary of Baptist minister Jesse Mercer describing a journey (March-June 1820) to Philadelphia to attend a Baptist convention.

Creator:
Barrow family
Identifier:
ms1639
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Beverly Benson Long Papers, 1940-2009, bulk 1965-2005

44 box(es) (43 linear feet, 1 oversize folder, 26 audiovisual items, and 1.5 megabytes)
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Beverly Benson Long (1920-2015) served in state, national and international organizations as a mental health professional and advocate. Her papers document her extensive work and career in the mental health field and include correspondence, internal reports, papers, newsletters, memos, conference proceedings, and commission and board meeting materials.
Creator:
Long, Beverly Benson
Identifier:
RBRL397
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Brooks-Estes-Taylor papers, 1827-1954

22.3 Linear Feet 44 document boxes, 3 oversized folders
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Brooks-Estes papers center around Walker Brooks, of Penfield, Ga., and his wife, Harriet (Estes) Brooks, including personal correspondence from family and friends, and business correspondence regarding Brooks's plantation in Barnwell County, South Carolina. Papers of John Taylor chiefly relate to his law practice in Summerville, Georgia, and includes Chattooga County, Ga., court documents and records, and printed material, chiefly relating to education and law.

Creator:
Brooks family
Identifier:
ms2533
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIV: Military Installations, 1945-1970

9 box(es) (4.25 linear feet)
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The Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series XIV: Military Installations contains correspondence and printed materials on military bases primarily in Georgia. This series is subdivided into general correspondence, arranged chronologically, and individual installations, arranged alphabetically and chronologically. The general correspondence concerns the location of military bases and contains some material related to government installations that were not military. Individual installations consist of correspondence and printed materials associated with military bases located in Georgia. Any additional non-textual materials originally filed with papers were removed for preservation purposes and improved access. These materials include photographs, audiovisual items, scrapbooks, vertical files, memorabilia, and books.
Creator:
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Identifier:
RBRL001RBR_C_XIV
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Frederick William Benteen papers, 1833-1951, bulk 1871-1896

1.5 Linear Feet (3 document boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder A)
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The collection consists of papers of Frederick William Benteen from 1833-1951. The collection contains a variety of material mainly relating to Benteen's service in the 7th U.S. Cavalry and, in particular, his involvement in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Includes correspondence (1871-1888) from Benteen in the Montana territory, Kansas, and Nebraska, to his wife, Catherine L. Benteen; a map drawn by Benteen of the Little Big Horn battlefield; some official military documents including the draft and revised draft (July 4, 1876) of Major Marcus A. Reno regarding George A. Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn; and numerous photographs of members of the 7th Cavalry, military groups and locations, including Ft. Dodge, Kansas (1868-1869), Native American leaders, and several of the Benteen family.

Creator:
Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898.
Identifier:
ms770
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1. Benteen letters to Mrs. Benteen

This series lists chronologically the letters from General Benteen to Mrs. Benteen, written during the years 1871 to 1888, and include only those that appear in the original form; photostatic copies of certain correspondence will be found in series II. The designation of "Signature" as used herein may refer to the full name, a part, or initials.

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