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Robert S. Gilliam family papers
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Durham, Lucy |
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1870-1935, bulk 1881-1909 |
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The collection consists of papers of Robert S. Gilliam and the Gilliam family of Maxeys, Oglethorpe County, Georgia from 1870-1935.
The bulk of the collection (1881-1909) consists of correspondence, financial statements, receipts, and legal documents pertaining
to Gilliam's mercantile business. Family correspondence (1882-1898) consists of letters to and from Gilliam's daughter, Sallie
Myrt while living in Maxeys or while she was attending LaGrange Female College. Other correspondents include Lucy Durham writing
from Agnes Scott College (Decatur, Ga.) or Athens (Ga.) and Maude Williams. The collection also contains photographs, programs,
and invitations relating to the LaGrange Female College.
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ms1372 |
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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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John Fontaine papers
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Fontaine, John, 1790-1866 |
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1820-1931 |
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The collection consists of business correspondence, receipts, and invoices pertaining to Stewart & Fontaine, commission merchants
in Columbus, Georgia. There are a few letters from 1836 relating to Fontaine's service as the mayor of Columbus and the problems
they are having with the Native People.
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ms2014 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Jasper Dorsey collection
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Dorsey, Jasper N. |
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1956-1982 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, business papers and printed material concerning the University of Georgia, Southern
Bell, Georgia Press Institute, Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Blue Key, National Press Club, and misc. state and
local organizations. Included in the collection is a scrapbook, personal correspondence, and clippings.
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ms2125 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Claude Williams papers
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Williams, Claude, Jr., 1922-2018 |
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1917-2010 |
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This collection contains Claude Williams, Jr.'s papers related to his businesses in Athens, Georgia, his military training
and service during World War II, and his uncle Herbert Williams' military service during World War I. The business records
mainly pertain to Georgia Outdoor Advertising's purchase of other advertising companies as well as the board of directors'
meeting minutes. Material related to Herbert Williams' service as a volunteer ambulance driver in the American Field Service
during World War I include a photograph album, copies of the "American Field Service Bulletin", maps of France, and his medals.
Much of the papers pertaining to Claude Williams' serivice during World War II are training materials and his notes from the
United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georiga. Also included are some Williams family photographs
and a book on the family's history focused on Claude and his wife Charlotte.
Note that box 1 folders 1-2 contain material written in French.
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ms4246 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Edwin King Lumpkin papers
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Lumpkin & Burnett (Athens, Ga.) |
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1881-1921 |
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The collection consists of papers of Edwin King Lumpkin from 1881-1921. The majority of the collection pertains to Lumpkin's
Athens (Ga.) law firm, Lumpkin & Burnett and includes mainly correspondence relating to law cases of Lumpkin and his partner
Wiley B. Burnett. The collection contains personal correspondence to family and friends, including his brother Joseph H. Lumpkin,
and his wife and children. The personal correspondence pertains to his law practice, social life in Athens (Ga.), Lumpkin's
interest in national and state politics, and in particular the campaigns of kinsman Hoke Smith. The J.T. Dudley papers (1906-1912)
contain correspondence dealing with buying and selling land throughout the South. The papers of Edwin K. Lumpkin, Jr. (1910-1915)
consist mainly of correspondence relating to his legal practice. The papers of Lumpkin's law partner, Wiley B. Burnett contain
mainly bills and receipts, with a few letters relating to the law firm.
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ms80 |
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Society of American Foresters, Georgia Division archives
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Society of American Foresters. Georgia Division |
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Dates: |
1949-2014 |
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The collection consists of minutes, records, officers, correspondence, financial reports, and video interviews relating to
the Society of American Foresters, Georgia Division. Also included is a DVD containing Georgia Forestry magazine pdf files.
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ms3348 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Ray papers
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Ray, John, -1868 |
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1829-1868 |
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The collection consists of John Ray's day book, docket book, and plantation book. The day book records debts collected from
1831-1844, and contains some notes concerning land; and the docket book contains notes of proceedings and filings in court
cases in Coweta County, Georgia Superior Court from 1843-1865. The plantation book records names of enslaved people, and account
of their clothes, rations, and blankets; notes on legal decisions; and recipes for various illnesses, including heart disease,
measles, rheumatism, pneumonia, scarlet fever, and asthma. The collection also includes handwritten papers on heart disease;
promissory notes, deeds and indentures for land in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, a bill of sales for two "Negroes" (named
"Roland, 2 years old, and Randal, about 7 years old"); tax records; and records of White Oak Plantation (Coweta County, Ga.)
and an unidentified plantation. The plantation records record how much cotton was sold (cotton made at White Oak Plantation).
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ms119 |
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Hargrett Library |
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David Wilson Meadow family papers
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Tifton, Albert, -1957 |
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1891-1970 |
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The collection consists of papers of the David Meadows family of Clarke and Madison Counties, Georgia from 1891-1970. Includes
correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and photographs. The bulk of the materials pertain to William King Meadow's
legal activities with the firms Shackleford and Meadow (Athens, Ga.), Shackleford and Shackleford (Athens, Ga.) and King and
Spalding (Atlanta, Ga.) and correspondence pertaining to Meadow's involvement with the American Legion and the organization
of units in Georgia. The collection also contains correspondence from William King Meadow during his World War I service in
France, correspondence from Berry T. Moseley of Danielsville (Ga.) mainly to Meadow regarding legal activities; materials
relating to Albert Tifton's activities as an agent with the Internal Revenue Service; and cash books, receipts, and check
stubs for the firm of Shackleford and Meadow. Other correspondents include Howell Cobb, Hilda Meadow Tifton, and Susie Meadow.
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ms1558 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Tate family papers
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Tate family |
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Dates: |
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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Hargrett Library |
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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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Hargrett Library |
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Jewell's Mill (White County, Ga.) records
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Jewell's Mill (Textile factory : Jewell, Ga.) |
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1860-1901 |
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The collection consists of Jewell's Mill records, 1860-1901, including ledgers, cash books, account ledgers, and a factory
cloth book. Also included are the Jewell Burial Union records (1927-1977), Jewell Baptist Church history, the Rock Mill Methodist
Church records (1840-1946), a Jewell National Register nomination, a ledger from Rock Mill Factory (1860-1861) and some loose
mill records. "In the sweet by and by" by Mary Coghlan White is a family history of the Jewells.
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ms3312 |
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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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Hargrett Library |
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Henry Pattillo Farrow family papers
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Farrow, Henry P. (Henry Pattillo), 1834-1907 |
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1855-1937 |
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The collection consists of papers of Henry Pattillo Farrow and Farrow family members from 1855-1937. The papers include correspondence,
letter books, newspapers, clippings, printed material, bills, receipts, account books, and photographs. The bulk of the collection
relates to Henry Pattillo Farrow and documents his involvement in Republican politics in Georgia during and after Reconstruction;
his positions as Georgia Attorney-General, U.S. District Attorney, collector of customs for the Port of Brunswick (Ga.), and
as postmaster of Gainesville (Ga.). Materials pertaining to Farrow's administration of the Porter Springs resort Queen of
the Mountains include hotel ledgers (1877-1896), account books (1886-1892), registers (1893, 1899), a cash book (1886-1889),
a memorandum book (1886-1904), and employees lists (1889-1891). From 1907-1937, the collection consists of business and family
correspondence of John A. Whitner (Farrow's son-in-law) and Henry F. Whitner mainly pertaining to the administration of the
Queen of the Mountains resort.
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ms94 |
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Hargrett Library |
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George Horace Lorimer family papers
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Lorimer, George Horace, 1869-1937 |
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1858-1952 |
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The collection consists of biographical and genealogical material, family correspondence of the Lorimer and Ennis families,
business correspondence, business and estate papers, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, blueprints, and photographs.
In 2010 a small addendum of 2 boxes was added to the collection consisting of mainly George Burford Lorimer correspondence
and subject files.
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ms2944 |
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Ann E. Lewis papers
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Lewis, Ann E., 1903-1997 |
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1924-1990 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, articles, scrapbooks, and newspapers all relating
to her extensive career. The papers document her career as editor of the Georgia Magazine (1957-1971) and Georgia Life (1974-1980)
and her involvement in the Atlanta Branch of National League of American Pen Women, Atlanta Writer's Club, and other civic
and historical organizations.
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ms2879 |
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U. Harrold Davenport papers
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Davenport, Uriah Harrold, 1878-1963 |
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1860s-1960s |
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The collection consists of the financial records of Uriah Harrold Davenport, his wife Sallie Fleming and his sister, Mary
C. Davenport. A large portion of the collection deals with the estate of his wife, who had considerable land holdings in Athens,
particularly in African American neighborhoods.
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ms1375 |
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Gone with the Wind literary estate papers
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Hargrett Library |
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1910-1988 |
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The collection consists of the literary estate papers from two filing cabinets of the offices of the Gone with the Wind Literary
Rights, arranged and labeled as they were. One cabinet contained papers dealing with the foreign translations of the book,
a Japanese musical production of Gone with the wind, plagiarism accusations from Susan Lawrence Davis, David Selznick musical
rights, local museums and Margaret Mitchell namesakes, and fan mail. The 2nd cabinet dealt mainly with a Stephens Mitchell
lawsuit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over sequel rights and includes court documents and correspondence. There are also papers
relating to his lawsuit against Showcase Atlanta for a stage production titled "Scarlett Fever." Also included are printed
material, phonograph records, videotapes, and cassette tapes. Of special interest are letters from Gone With the Wind movie
actors, post-World War II letters from translators of Gone With the Wind in France and Czechoslovakia, a journal of Wilbur
Kurtz written while he was advisor for the filming of the movie, and gossipy letters to Margaret Mitchell from his wife Annie
Laurie Kurtz as she watched the filming.
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ms3366 |
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William Tate family papers
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Tate family |
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Dates: |
1830-1992 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, printed material, manuscripts, financial records, account books, and scrapbooks.
Correspondence between Tate family members relates to news of family and friends. Correspondents include Carter Tate, Edna
Tate, Philip May Tate, Susan Tate, and William Tate. Earlier materials pertain to Athens businessman Asaph King Childs, including
account books, cash books, bills and receipts, correspondence, and timebooks documenting Childs' involvement with or management
of the Cliff House (Tallulah Falls, Ga.), Childs & Moss (Athens, Ga.), and Childs, Nickerson & Company (Athens, Ga.). The
collection also contains Civil War correspondence between Shatt C. Mitchell of the 13th Georgia Infantry Regiment and his
wife Chloe including letters describing the battle of Antietam (Md.). Additional materials include scrapbooks containing
clippings relating to Corra Harris.
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