| 2621 |
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May Erwin Talmadge papers
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Talmadge, May Erwin, 1885-1973 |
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Dates: |
1864-1973 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, receipts, photographs, and print material. The bulk of the material
centers on Mrs. Talmadge's work with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and Board of Education, but the collection
also includes personal correspondence and material relating to the Talmadge and Erwin families. The collections includes correspondence
pertaining to the controversy which arose from DAR racial policies in the wake of the Marian Anderson incident, and material
relating to issues facing the Georgia Board of Education during the 1950s including banning of textbooks and integration.
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Identifier: |
ms2299 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 2622 |
Title: |
United Confederate Veterans collection
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United Confederate Veterans |
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Dates: |
1891-1906 |
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The collection consists of records relating to the United Confederate Veterans from 1891-1906 and contains mostly correspondence
among the officers of the organization concerning procedures, policies, reunions, and officers. Includes letters of John B.
Gordon, Stephen D. Lee (General commanding), William F. Mickle (Adjutant General and Chief of Staff), Thomas H. Edgar (Adjutant
to Mickle), M.R. Turner, Olive Steele, George W. Gordon, H.W. Graber, A.W. Hutton, and Phillip H. Fall.
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Identifier: |
ms23 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 2623 |
Title: |
Perry J. Shearouse World War II papers
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Shearouse, Perry J. |
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Dates: |
1944-1946 |
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The collection consists of two diaries kept while serving with the 363rd Engineer Regiment of the U.S. Army during World War
II. Shearouse describes details of India and Iran, as well as his daily duties, his return to the United States after the
war ended, then life in Savannah, Georgia. Also included is a photograph and two letters to his sister, Lillian Anderson.
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Identifier: |
ms2300 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2624 |
Title: |
William H. McDowell papers
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McDowell, William H., active 1861-1865 |
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Dates: |
1861-1864 |
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The collection consists of travel passes, receipts, and a certificate of election to the Savannah Volunteer Guards of William
H. McDowell dated 1861-1864. Also included are orders signed by Captain Richard M. Cuyler authorizing McDowell to procure
railroad cars, purchase coal, iron, leather, copper, tin, and carriages with siege guns for Richmond, Virginia.
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Identifier: |
ms2301 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2626 |
Title: |
William B. Hartsfield collection
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Creator: |
Hartsfield, William Berry |
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Dates: |
1893-1981 |
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The collection consists of photographic material, books and magazines, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, literary productions,
legal documents, and awards related to and authored by William B. Hartsfield. Some of the items included are a series of Airport
papers, Hartsfield genealogy, Gone With the Wind movie premiere videotape and film, campaign stickers, birth records, campaign
posters, and a collection of William B. Hartsfield's annual messages.
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Identifier: |
ms2303 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2627 |
Title: |
Paul Rapelye papers
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Creator: |
Rapelye, Paul |
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Dates: |
1813-1822 |
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The collection consists of financial papers and correspondence of Paul Rapelye, a general merchant of Savannah, Georgia. Included
are sales receipts, bills of lading, and invoices documenting purchases of textiles, several shipped from Liverpool, England,
to Savannah, Georgia, aboard the ship Oglethorpe. Correspondence is mainly regarding trade, and two letters are from his cousin.
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Identifier: |
ms2304 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2628 |
Title: |
Donald G. Mitchell papers
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Creator: |
Mitchell, Donald G., Jr. |
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Dates: |
1916-1919 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and loose journal pages detailing Mitchell's decision to join the
medical corps, camp life in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and his voyage to Europe. Correspondence from Mitchell describes France,
Belgium, and Germany and their destruction, ambulance runs to the front, and the Armistice. Photographs portray war destruction
in Belgium.
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Identifier: |
ms2305 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2629 |
Title: |
Athens Historical Society papers
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Creator: |
Athens Historical Society |
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Dates: |
1960-2023 |
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The collection consists of letters, speeches, newspaper articles, maps, photos, and indenture, and a cemetery survey that
chronicle Athens history. University history is recorded in newspaper articles and some letters and Georgia history in speeches,
newspaper articles, and brochures. Athens Historical Society (AHS) history is recorded in minutes, newsletters, correspondence,
and speeches. AHS internal papers include directories, membership rolls, Constitution and by-laws, rosters, news releases,
and a paper entitled The First Twenty Years: A Brief History of the Athens Historical Society. The collection also has the
papers, scripts, and newspaper clippings concerning the AHS produced video The Presence of the Past: Historic Houses of Athens,
Georgia. See also the typescripts of the full soundtrack of the video Reminiscences of Old Athens. Later additions to the
collection include financial papers, Athens Historical Society Papers Volume II, and material regarding the "Vanishing Athens"
project, Crampton's Gap project, Clarke County Cemeteries project, and Ellis Merton Coulter birthday commemoration.
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Identifier: |
ms2306 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2630 |
Title: |
Dictionary of Georgia Biography collection
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Creator: |
Coleman, Kenneth |
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Dates: |
1980-1983 |
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Contents: |
This collection includes papers relating to the planning, editing, publication, etc. of the Dictionary of Georgia Biography,
published as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the state of Georgia. It includes Dr. Coleman's papers,
correspondence and a manuscript of the dictionary.
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Identifier: |
ms2307 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2631 |
Title: |
James William Cantrell typescript
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Creator: |
Cantrell, James William |
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Dates: |
1966, 1983 |
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The collection consists of two items: a typescript titled Race: Three Great Things Coupled, Another Yankee's View, by James
William Cantrell; and a letter dated February 14, 1983, to Dr. Albert Jones, from Paul Zimmer of the University of Georgia
Press, regarding Zimmer's thoughts concerning the typescript.
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Identifier: |
ms2308 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2632 |
Title: |
Wilkes County (Ga.) index to deeds
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1750-1850 |
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The collection consists of an index to deeds in Wilkes County, Georgia, from the late 1700s to early 1800s. The index lists
name of grantee, name of grantor, instrument, date, page, and number of acres.
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Identifier: |
ms2309 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2633 |
Title: |
Table of Constituent Companies of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company (photostats)
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Creator: |
Woods, Sam |
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Dates: |
circa 1900-1940 |
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The collection consists of photostats of Table of Constituent Companies of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, compiled
by Same Woods. The table, undated, is an alphabetical listing of railroad and railway companies that made up the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company, and includes Joseph E. Brown's Western Railroad.
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Identifier: |
ms231 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2634 |
Title: |
J. Milo Hatch papers
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Creator: |
Hatch, James Milo, 1894-1984 |
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Dates: |
1900-1985 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of assorted items relating to James Milo Hatch's experience as a student at the University of Georgia.
Included are photographs, a menu from a clam banquet, newspaper clippings, examination booklets and notebooks.
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Identifier: |
ms2310 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2635 |
Title: |
Felix Hargrett papers
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Creator: |
Hargrett, Felix |
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Dates: |
1790-1982 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of correspondence and historical materials collected by Hargrett. The correspondence includes letters
concerning Hargrett's gifts to the University of Georgia and other institutions, correspondence pertaining to Hargrett's establishment
of an endowment fund at UGA, correspondence with book and manuscript dealers, personal letters between Hargrett family members,
and correspondence regarding the Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms2311 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2636 |
Title: |
University of Georgia photo album, class of 1898
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Creator: |
University of Georgia |
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Dates: |
1898 |
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The collection consists of an album that contains a group picture and 32 individual pictures of the University of Georgia
senior class of 1898. An identical album has been disassembled and placed in the University picture file.
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Identifier: |
ms2312 |
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Repository: |
University of Georgia Archives |
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| 2638 |
Title: |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1938, 1945 |
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The collection consists of papers concerning President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: a handwritten note signed "Mass. Democrat,"
regarding a comment Amos Pinchot made concerning Roosevelt, and criticizing the University of Georgia for giving Roosevelt
an honorary degree; an envelope addressed "Chancellor, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia," postmarked September 15, 1938,
Pittsfield, Mass.; photocopy of an article titled "Labor and the new deal—a letter by Amos Pinchot"; funeral program for Roosevelt,
held at St. Paul's Cathedral, April 17, 1945; announcement of funeral service of Roosevelt to be held at the White House.
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Identifier: |
ms2314 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2639 |
Title: |
Alexander Hamilton Stephens photograph
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Creator: |
Pelot & Cole (Augusta, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1840-1880 |
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The collection consists of two items: a photograph of Alexander Hamilton Stephens and his body servant, and an explanatory
note.
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Identifier: |
ms2315 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 2640 |
Title: |
Herman E. Talmadge letter to the University of Georgia
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Creator: |
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1950 March 31 |
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The collection consists of one letter typewritten on Executive Department, Atlanta letterhead regarding an act passed by the
General Assembly governing the sale, inspection, importation and distribution of all fluid milk for human consumption.
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Identifier: |
ms2316 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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