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Linton Burnside West Sr. collection
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West, Linton B. |
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1827-1883 |
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The collection consists of court records, deeds, indentures, receipts and a will of William West. The West family lived in
Randolph County, Georgia, where most of the papers were drawn up. Some originate in Stewart and other counties.
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ms2741 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Clayton family papers
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Clayton, Augustin S. (Augustin Smith), 1783-1839 |
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1812-1922 |
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The Clayton family papers consist of genealogical research, correspondence, and legal materials. Included are deeds and accounting
papers, Civil War soldiers' letters, funerary mementos, a letter describing an 1829 trip to Tallulah Falls, and letters from
Peru describing Consulate duties during the 1870s.
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ms3977 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Boomsliter collection
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Unknown |
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1812-1907 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous documents: will of Charles S. Walker of Spartanburg District, South Carolina, 1853
(handwritten copy); deed from Thomas Haynes, Tax Collector of Elbert County, of seizure of property of Nelson Wanslow, 1836;
copy of will and codicil of Mrs. Nancy B. Saye of Clarke County, Georgia; indenture between John Jones and John Wansley of
Elbert County, 1812; land grant to Frederick Smith of Baldwin for land in Early County, December 1, 1819; scrapbook made in
a ledger.
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ms422 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William T. Chester papers
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Chester, William T. |
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1867-1890 |
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The collection consists of various papers registered in Whitfield County including last will and testament of William T. Chester
dividing his property amongst his children, William, Mary Elizabeth, Jane and Louvinia. Their subsequent disposal of their
inherited property, various deeds and land transfers of Chester's are also included.
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ms868 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Wilson Lumpkin papers
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Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870 |
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Dates: |
1828-1869, 1908-1969 |
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The collection consists of papers of Wilson Lumpkin from 1828-1869. The papers consist mainly of personal correspondence (1828-1859)
from Lumpkin to his wife, Annis Hopkins Lumpkin, and children written from Washington, D.C. while he was serving as a U.S.
Representative and Senator and during his involvement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection also includes a "memorandum"
notebook (1838-1869) in which Lumpkin recorded a few diary entries, genealogical notes, recollections of his childhood and
political career, and lists of slave births. The collection included a broadside, Letter from Ex-Governor Lumpkin (BRO 1860
L4), which has been added to the broadside collection.
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ms659 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Georgia Experiment Station records
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University of Georgia. Georgia Experiment Station |
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Dates: |
1857-1999 |
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The Georgia Experiment Station Records consists of a large and diverse collection of materials generated by its administrators
and scientists. The majority of the collection dates from the 1890s through the early 1980s. Administrative correspondence
associated with: R. J. Redding, H. N. Starnes, T. H. McHatton, G. M. Rommel, H. P. Stuckey, R. P. Bledsoe, S. V. Stacy, J.
G. Woodroof and F. H. Smith is found in the collection. In addition there are photographs, experimental reports and data,
press bulletins, news clippings, plant samples, property inventories, supply requisitions, deeds and financial records. Records
generated by the Georgia Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers are also in the collection. These documents include
applications, scholarships, information pertaining to meetings, publicity and financial records.
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Identifier: |
UA07-022 |
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University of Georgia Archives |
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Title: |
Rountree family papers
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Rountree family |
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Dates: |
1860-1980 |
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The collection consists of letters, deeds, plats, insurance policies, canceled checks, receipts, and other papers concerning
the Rountree family that lived in the vicinity of Twin City, Georgia (formerly Graymont and Summit). Included are a few papers
regarding the service of Dent Rountree in World War I. Also there are a number of colorful cards, dating from the early 1900's,
that advertise businesses in the Georgia towns of Graymont, Augusta, Macon, and Atlanta and several towns outside of Georgia.
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ms2905 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Sanders family papers
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Sanders, Dickerson H., 1830?-1915 |
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Dates: |
1824-1915 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, printed material, and a diary. There are many love
letters written between D.H. Sanders and Ella Dickinson. The business papers include land grants and indentures, which pertain
to land in Georgia counties. The 1870 diary belonged to Ella Dickinson.
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Identifier: |
ms2916 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Thomas Mercer family research files
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Creator: |
Sherman, David |
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Dates: |
1820s-2000s |
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This collection contains correspondence, land records, wills, photographs, military orders, and research notes about the Mercer,
Tift, Wooten, and Sherman families. Included are a series of photographs from the Tift Farm in Albany, Georgia, stock certificates
from railroad and banking companies, miltary orders from the Confederate States, and correspondence from the late 1850s American
West, and throughout the South during the Civil War.
The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.
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Identifier: |
ms4059 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Cheney family papers
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Cheney family |
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Dates: |
1887-1956 |
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The collection concerns the family of Maude and Frances Cheney, and contains letters dating from 1887 to 1956; postcards;
newspaper clippings; handwritten copies of many Clarke County deeds; Christmas cards; envelopes; receipts; a complaint of
police brutality; schoolwork; and autograph book; pictures; a scrapbook; and several miscellaneous items. Much of the material
in this collection is primarily concerned with two civil Superior Court cases in which the Cheney sisters were involved.
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ms5 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Georgia county records
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Schindlers |
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Dates: |
1813-1873 |
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The collection consists of records from several counties in Georgia. Jefferson County: warrant of appraisements for estate
of William Parsons, dated September 11, 1813. Coweta County: Deed: Hitchcock to Hutcheson dated July 14, 1829. Murray County:
Deed: Pentz and White to Senter dated May 19, 1848. Jackson County: Arbitration regarding the estate of M. Witt. Superior
Court, August term 1858. Columbia County: Deed: Leitner to Jenkins, dated December 9, 1872. Whitfield County: Deed: Cox to
Swift, dated December 27, 1853.
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Identifier: |
ms862 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Lamar Cawthon, Jr. papers
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Cawthon, William Lamar, Jr. |
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Dates: |
1814-2015 |
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This collection includes the historic research papers concerning Clinton and Jones County, Georgia, and other land records,
legal papers, and printed material documenting the local history. Also included are extensive writing journals of both William
Cawthon and William Cawthon, Jr., family correspondence, church records from William Cawthon's career, and other items of
historic significance purchased through the estate of William Cawthon, Jr.
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Identifier: |
ms4119 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hand family and business records
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Hand, Judson Larrabee, 1851-1916 |
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Dates: |
1872-1985 |
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This collection contains the business and personal records of the Hand family of Pelham, Georgia and reflects the status of
South Georgia's agricultural economy from the end of Reconstruction to the early 1980s. Initial success in land speculation,
farming, and timber and turpentine production during the late 19th to early 20th centuries led Judson Larrabee (J. L.) Hand
to establish the Hand Trading Company, a company that would become southwest Georgia's largest mercantile business and spur
his expansion into banking, railroads, textiles, and fertilizer manufacture.
The collection is comprised of the deeds, financial records, and correspondence of the Hand family's many businesses; political
papers relating to Frederick Barrow Hand, Sr.'s terms in the Georgia General Assembly from 1933 to 1955 and his 1954 gubernatorial
primary campaign; photographs of J. L. Hand's businesses, employees, and home, as well as Fred Hand, Sr.'s political career;
and Fred Hand, Sr.'s genealogical records.
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ms4248 |
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Hargrett Library |
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D.M. Roberts collection
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Roberts, D. M. |
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Dates: |
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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Tommie LaCavera papers
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LaCavera, Tommie Phillips |
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Dates: |
1808-2016 |
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This collection contains meeting notes, membership ledgers, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, and business documents
from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Laura Rutherford Chapter and the Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century,
Elijah Clarke Chapter. A large portion of the collection documents Ms. LaCavera's time with these organizations. It also contains
notes, genealogy, and writing produced by Tommie LaCavera and her contemporary, Beth Abney. Documents and printed material
from other hereditary and service organizations that Ms. LaCavera was involved with are also included. Another component of
this collection is historical documents from the early Nineteeth Century, including deeds, correspondence, receipts, checks
and land documents from the Kunze and Johnson families of Georgia, as well as the Ballister family from Kentucky, among others.
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ms4184 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Boyd family papers
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Mattox, Mary E. Turner, 1828-1903 |
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Dates: |
1810-1986 |
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This collection contains Anne Boyd's genealogical notes on the Boyd family as well as letters, postcards, deeds, receipts,
and photographs of related families in Georgia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The bulk of this collection contains the papers of Minnie Branham Stonestreet, a writer for the Works Progress Administration's
Federal Writers' Project during the Great Depression. It includes her notes and drafts for a guidebook of Washington, Georgia;
oral histories; and some notes on her work as a genealogist. Also of note are the papers of Luke and Eliza Turner, parents
of Mary Mattox. Luke Turner served as a state representative of Wilkes County from 1838-1839.
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ms4296 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Fountain family papers
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Fountain family |
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Dates: |
1820-1955 |
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This collection contains the papers of the Fountain and McCants families of Georgia. A large portion of the collection is
comprised of the correspondence and financial records of Jonathan Jackson "Jack" McCants, Sr. (1845-1920) of Butler, Georgia.
Also included are land deeds, titles, surveys, recipts, insurance policies, tax information, and printed material from the
Fountain and McCants families, as well as a few letters from the McCrary family.
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ms4315 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William J. Northen family papers
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Northen, William J. (William Jonathan), 1835-1913 |
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Dates: |
1790-1959 |
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The collection consists of genealogy, land documents, correspondence, financial papers, writings, photographs, artifacts,
and printed material. The correspondence includes letters to William J. Northen regarding the establishment of the town of
Fitzgerald, Georgia; letters regarding an apparent scandal involving the Farmers' Alliance and Leonidas Livingston; William
J. Northen's letters home as he traveled around Georgia in 1907 promoting racial harmony; and two Civil War letters from brothers
William and John Henry Neel of the 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company K. The writings contain a journal by
William J. Northen in which he writes of his trip to Tallulah Falls, speeches at Mercer University, his 21st birthday, death
of his brother, and a letter to his sister regarding conditions at the end of the Civil War. Farm accounts are also included
in the journal.
Also of interest are slave documents and bills of sale; receipts from Mercer University and the Georgia Baptist Convention
when Peter Northen was treasurer; Ruth Northen's photo album containing University of Georgia photographs from 1911-1912 and
other travel photographs; and an 1801 indenture between the Catawba Indians and Thomas Neel for land in York County, South
Carolina. The following items were separated from the collection: walking cane without the handle and one square back wooden
chair with cane seat is housed in Organic storage.
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ms3327 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Heery-Moss family papers
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Franklin, Mary Jett, 1842-1928 |
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Dates: |
1850-2016 |
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This collection contains correspondence from several family members concerning personal matters, medical research, and business
in the Athens area. It features a rich collection of photographs, journals, and scrapbooks, as well as numerous property,
estate, business, and legal documents from the Moss family and the R.L. Moss Manufacturing Company. Some highlights include
photographs from early Tallulah Falls, extensive University of Georgia class of 1897 materials, a small selection of Civil
War letters, prohibition literature, Athens Womans Club records having to do with Tallulah Falls Industrial School, 1918 influenza
posters, and a rich assortment of blueprints, photographs, and brochures that illustrate various aspects of life in the early
20th Century.
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ms4077 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Camp and Keeler families papers
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Keeler family |
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Dates: |
1817-1967 |
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The collection consists of family correspondence, legal documents, ledgers, journals, scrapbooks, sheet music, broadsides,
newspapers, musical manuscripts, postcards, photographs and other related printed ephemera. The documents relate to the families
of George Hull Camp and George H. Keeler. Photographs include a record of Sarah Atwood Camp's travels via steamship; an album
of albumen photographs of Florida, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Antiqua, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, and Cuba; and daguerreotypes,
ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and tintypes of family members.
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ms3374 |
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Hargrett Library |
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