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Thomas Larkin Turner papers
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Turner, Thomas Larkin, 1812- |
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1836-1841 |
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The collection consists of correspondences, receipts, and one account book relating to Turner's work as a draftsman and surveyor
for the Brunswick and Florida Railroad in southeastern Georgia and Florida. Correspondence discusses problems with the local
geography, the need to leave heavy equipment behind due to bogs and marshy areas, and Turner's attempts to receive full payment
for his services. The account book contains lists of supplies, employee accounts, and items purchased.
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Thomas family papers
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Thomas family |
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1889-1923 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, account books, cookbooks, and clippings
related to the Thomas family.
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ms3324 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Persons Brothers account books
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Persons Brothers (Talbotton, Ga.) |
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1886-1933 |
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The collection consists of account books of the Persons Brothers general store in Talbotton, Georgia from 1886-1933 (with
some gaps). Includes account ledgers and cash books which document the sale of dry goods, clothing, hardware, and wagons.
The collection also includes two account books of the Talbotton Railroad Company, owned and operated by the Persons family,
which ran from Talbotton to Paschal. The account books document income and expenses of the railroad from 1881-1887 and 1909-1912.
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Rhind / Stokes family papers
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Rhind family |
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1788-1919 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Rhind / Stokes from 1788-1919. The papers include personal and business correspondence
and financial records of James Rhind (1848-1854), Colden Rhind (1884-1911), James Rhind Stokes and Sarah Gardner Stokes (1884-1949),
and J.R. Stokes (1906-1917). Bound volumes contain business accounts (1788-1811) from several merchants in Augusta (Ga.);
a cotton invoice book (1843-1848) and letter books (1843-1852) for James Rhind ? and several ledgers relating to Colden Rhind's
brokerage businesses (ca. 1886-1909). Of particular interest are records of H.T. Massingale, a Quartermaster for the Confederate
Army from 1861-1864. These records include requisitions and pay vouchers from Tennessee (1861-1862) and Atlanta (1862-1864)
and Augusta (1864) Georgia. Also includes burial lists of Confederate soldiers and Federal prisoners from various hospitals
mainly in the Atlanta area dated December 31, 1863.
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ms1305 |
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John S. and Aldon F. Thompson papers
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Thompson, John S. |
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1890-1968 |
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The collection chiefly consists of mercantile records from 1890-1968. The Thompson papers cover early automotive, agricultural,
clothing, and dry goods businesses. There are financial records, some business correspondence, brochures, and advertising
ephemera mainly of the Conyers, Georgia area. A few letters of a personal nature are addressed to Miss Katherine Smith of
Conyers. There are also some ledger notes for the Chattanooga Medicine Company.
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ms1354 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hodgson's, Inc. business records
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Hodgson's, Inc. (Athens, Ga.) |
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1914-1935 |
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The collection consists of business records of Hodgson's, Inc. (Athens, Ga.) and for the Hodgson Cotton Company (Athens, Ga.),
S.C. Faust Company (Crawford, Ga.), and the Oglethorpe Oil and Fertilizer Company (Athens, Ga.) (which were merged into Hodgson's,
Inc.) from 1914-1935. The business records include cash books, delivery books, and account books for the sales of coal, cotton,
and seed. The entries contain the individual or company name, dates of purchase, item, and price.
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ms1634 |
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Bass / Linton / Lipscomb / Wyche family papers
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Bass family |
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1820-1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Bass, Linton, Lipscomb, and Wyche families. The papers include correspondence, photographs,
autograph books, lecture notes, remedy book, sermons, plantation account books, a scrapbook, and a diary. Also included are
lecture notes, sermons, and a scrapbook of Rev. Andrew A. Lipscomb of Athens, Georgia; a diary of Frank A. Lipscomb from his
European trip; plantation account books of Moses Wadell Linton for Lintondale Plantation in Thomas County, Georgia; correspondence
from Rev. Charles L. Bass to his mother while he served in London, England and Paris, France during World War I; and a remedy
book of Thomas C. Wyche containing recipes for inks, soap, dyes, tonics, and food.
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ms2225 |
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Murrell family papers
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Murrell family |
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1830-1959 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Murrell family of Oxford (Newton County, Ga.) and Winterville (Clarke County, Ga.)
and includes correspondence, business papers, receipts, and account books. The correspondence consists of seven Civil War
era letters (1863-1865) to and from George Washington Harlan Murrell, but the majority consists of letters to Ermine and Elizabeth
Murrell in Winterville (Ga.) from family and friends. The business papers contain receipts and indentures pertaining mostly
to George Washington Harlan Murrell and George T. Murrell. The collection also contains reminiscences of George T. Murrell
regarding his imprisonment at Point Lookout Prison (Md.) during the Civil War, receipts, individual photographs of the Emory
University graduating class of 1900, and numerous account books relating to various businesses owned by the Murrell family
in Walton and Newton Counties.
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ms2355 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Farmer's Hardware Co. records
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Farmer's Hardware Co. (Madison, Ga.) |
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1876-1962 |
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This collection includes correspondence, receipts, orders, printed material, ledgers, and miscelleaneous papers.
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ms2460 |
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Hargrett Library |
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James D. Frederick family papers
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Frederick family |
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Dates: |
1844-1899, 1942 |
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The collection consists of papers of James Daniel Frederick and the Frederick family from 1844-1899, 1942. The bulk of the
collection consists of diaries and account books of James D. Frederick. The diaries (1844-1856 and 1873-1899) contain entries
describing Frederick's student life at the University of Georgia, a few minutes and the constitution of the Washingtonian
Temperance Society of Franklin College, and entries pertaining to crop conditions, weather, and farming practices for Frederick's
farm in Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia. Entries for the period 1873-1889 are sparse and usually are recorded once a
year. The account books (1873, 1875-1878, 1880-1882, and 1888-1892) include occasional notes but mainly record items purchased
for operating the farm.
The collection also contains a diary (January - April 1882) of Eugene Frederick pertaining to the operation of his farm; a
typescript of THE KEENE FAMILY containing photographs, genealogical charts, and clippings; and the original mockup for THE
RUMPH-FREDERICK FAMILIES including correspondence, photographs, clippings, and genealogical charts. The genealogical material
was collected by Louise Frederick Hays.
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ms79 |
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Peninah W. Thomas family papers
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Clinch, Batavia Thomas |
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1821-1959 |
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The collection consists of papers of Peninah W. Thomas and the Thomas family of Athens (Ga.) from 1821-1959. The papers include
correspondence, bills and receipts, account books, legal documents, and sermons (1890s) written by Robert Toombs DuBose.
The bills and receipts (1821-1910) contain several receipts for wages paid by Peninah W. Thomas to freedmen. The account
books (1834-1845) contain bank accounts of Stevens Thomas and lists of accounts and purchases.
The correspondence includes letters (1838-1870) between Peninah W. Thomas and her daughters Ella (Hull), Batavia (Clinch),
and Mary (Saffold). The letters mainly contain news of family or friends and social events, but of particular interest are
letters from Batavia living in Connecticut during the Civil War. The letters discuss the fall of Ft. Sumter and northerners'
inability to understand southern attitudes. Also included are letters from Thomas Reynolds and John Shannon discussing plantation
management, the cotton market, and other details of Thomas' business interests. From 1870-1941 letters are between Jennie
Stovall (DuBose) and Robert Toombs DuBose, mostly personal but also containing some information on Georgia land sales, his
ministry, and service in the Georgia House of Representatives.
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ms1738 |
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Tate family papers
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Tate family |
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1849-1975 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Tate family of Gordon and Pickens counties, Georgia from ca. 1849-1975. The papers
consist primarily of correspondence, both business and personal. The business correspondence relates to the Tates' involvement
in the Georgia Marble Company (Tate, Georgia) and the Kennesaw Marble Company (Marietta, Ga.). The personal correspondence
is mainly between Edna Ferguson Tate and her children Sarah and William Tate. Sarah's letters are from Agnes Scott College
(Decatur, Ga.) where she was a student and from Orlando (Fla.) where she took a teaching job. William's letters are first
as a student and later as an instructor and Dean of Men at the University of Georgia and contain a substantial amount of material
relating to activities at the University and events in Athens, Georgia. Other correspondents include Philip May Tate, Stephen
C. Tate, Florence M. Tate, and Samuel Tate. The collection also contains photographs of the Tate family and the Georgia Marble
Company; account books ca. 1882-1904 pertaining to Sam'l & S.L. Tate & Co. (a general store) and the Georgia Marble Company;
and materials relating to the history of Pickens County (Ga.).
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ms2016 |
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D.M. Roberts collection
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Roberts, D. M. |
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1877-1914 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to Early County, Ga. The documents, largely generated by D.M. Roberts span the
time period 1877-1916 and include account books, a certificate, business letters, personal letters, envelopes and blank forms,
indentures, printed items, receipts, tax statements, a contract, legal abstracts, a tax collector commission, a tax return,
and miscellany.
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ms2588 |
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Hargrett Library |
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James Eppinger family papers
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Eppinger, Edward, 1835- |
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1807-1899 |
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The collection consists of papers of James Eppinger and the Eppinger family and includes letterbooks, a journal, and a property
book containing entries listing property bought and sold in Georgia; birth, death and sales of slaves; cash accounts for sales
and purchases. The materials document Eppinger's business activities, cotton trade, Georgia land sales, plantation management
and farming, his service in the Georgia House of Representatives, his law practice, Georgia politics, and Reconstruction.
The papers also include a form book, a cash book, a legal ledger, and two books containing recipes for ink, soap, as well
as remedies for various illnesses.
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ms2713 |
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McWhorter family papers
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Unknown |
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1859-1998 |
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The collection consists of letters, photographs, biographical information, writings, friendship album (Mary McWhorter), account
book (James Hamilton McWhorter, Jr.), and information on family reunions and the family cemetery in Oglethorpe County. Most
of the letters were written by the McWhorter brothers to their parents and sisters during the Civil War. Their company moved
through many Virginia locations, such as Chancellorsville, Orange Court House, Spotsylvania Court House, Madison Run Station,
and Petersburg, where Robert McWhorter was killed in battle on June 20, 1864. There are also several pre-war letters from
James McWhorter while he was a student at the University of Georgia. A set of typescripts is included for many of the letters
dated 1859-1865. The later correspondence deals mainly with genealogy research done by McWhorter Milner, son of Mary McWhorter
Milner. In addition to photographs of the family and the family cemetery, there are three of Grady Memorial Hospital staff
in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. W. Hal Moncrief, a friend of McWhorter Milner, was a doctor at the hospital and is in one of the
photographs.
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ms3012 |
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John Parnell Bondurant papers
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Bondurant, John P. (John Parnell), 1907- |
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1882-2002 |
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The collection consists of personal papers including materials from World War II used in his book, History of the 54th Air
Service Group and the BIVA. Another book, History of the First Methodist Church, Athens, includes extensive biographical information
of trustees and members of the church and there is some information about long time friends, UGA Dean William Tate and writer
Wylly Folk St. John. Other materials include cash books and records from the R. L. Moss estate and minutes and cash book for
Georgia Flow and Foundry Co., Inc., 1910-1931, which E. J. and John Boundurant were part of during this period.
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ms3192 |
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Johnston family papers
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Johnston family |
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1860-1960 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, including correspondence between George Walton Williams in account with J. Lamb
Johnston, Carolina Savings Bank, Williams family materials, account books, materials on the Nacoochee Valley Women's Club,
Nacoochee Institute, news items, tax bills, Johnston family photographs with most people identified, photographs of gold mines
in the area which include mining equipment, stages of mining and hydraulic mining, photographs of Nacoochee Valley and Holly
Island. Also included in the collection is a box of oversized items which includes Margaret J. Paris' dependency application,
small scrapbook with watercolors by M. Johnston, ice bag from Gainesville Ice and Fuel, issues of the Presbyterian College
newspaper, and other assorted items.
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ms3234 |
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Howell Erwin family papers
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Erwin, Howell |
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1858-1959 |
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The collection consists of Erwin family Bible records, correspondence, family photographs, deeds, wills (including that of
Harriet D.P. Bryan), printed materials, account books, and materials about the W.T. Byron estate and the Eustace Floyd estate.
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ms3275 |
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Felker family collection
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Unknown |
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1884-1975 |
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The collection consists of hundreds of ledger books comprising the records of the Walton Cotton Mill Company, 1900-1975, including
sent and received letters, invoices, payroll records, paid checks, general ledgers, construction blueprints, cotton records,
sales journals, employee bond records, insurance records, and employee housing records. Also included are many more ledgers
documenting the business transactions of the Bank of George Walton Felker, 1884-1934, including balance ledgers, deposit ledgers,
collection registers, bank registers, check drafts, balance books, daybooks, loans and investments, and address books.
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ms3360 |
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Carlton-Newton-Mell family papers
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Newton family |
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1814-1932 |
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The collection consists of the papers of the Carlton, Newton, and Mell families of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia from 1814-1932.
Contains mainly correspondence of Henry Hull Carlton, Benjamin Mell, Edwin D. Newton, John Hamlin Newton, and other family
members. Of particular interest are eleven letters from James Ryder Randall to Edwin D. Newton and Civil War letters (1861-1864)
of Henry H. Carlton while serving in the Troup Artillery in Savannah, Georgia and Richmond, Virginia and letters (1861-1862)
from Benjamin Mell while serving in Cobb's Legion near Richmond. Also includes land grants, account books, writings, and
printed material. The collection contains some material relating to Thomas S. Mell, as treasurer of the Georgia State Teachers
College (1927-1932) and general orders of the United Confederate Veterans.
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ms59 |
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