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Samuel Pinckney Thurmond papers
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Thurmond, Samuel Pinckney, 1820-1887 |
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1817-1913, bulk 1845-1861 |
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The collection consists of papers of Samuel Pinckney Thurmond from ca. 1817-1913. The bulk of the collection (1845-1861) is
comprised of correspondence pertaining to Thurmond's private law practice and court administration as Solicitor General. Personal
correspondents include M.M. Sheats of Watkinsville (Ga.) and his brother John D. Thurmond of Coweta County (Ga.), both which
discuss family news. Of particular interest are letters from his ward, John R. North, who served in the 16th Georgia Infantry
Regiment in Virginia, which discuss the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill.
The collection also includes genealogical material on the Long and Ware families, newspaper clippings and programs relating
to the career of Crawford Williamson Long, and photographs of the Thurmond and Long families.
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ms273 |
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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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Hargrett Library |
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LeConte Furman Carter family papers
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1795-1999 |
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The collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writings, photographs, daguerreotypes, and printed material. The early
correspondence concerns the LeConte, Furman and Carter families. More recent correspondence is of Carolyn Shaw McMillan, a
great granddaughter of Emma Florence LeConte Furman. Much of this correspondence deals with efforts to preserve LeConte-Woodmanston
and to reconstruct the botanical garden. In 1973 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and of the
original 3,354 acres, 63.8 acres were deeded to the Garden Club of Georgia in 1977. Most of the writings are by Emma Florence
LeConte Furman, who kept diaries for many years, and also wrote of her travels and her family.
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ms3027 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Radford family papers
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1783-2000 |
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The contents of this collection center on the Radford family. There are several Civil War letters from James Osgood Andrew
Radfood in this collection and other family members. Included is a memoir and notebook by Rosalie Radford Stillwell. Other
assorted items include receipts, indentures, wills, resolutions, stock certificates, photographs, portrait presentations,
and clippings. A videotape from 1933 about the Radford family is contained in an oversized box.
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ms3050 |
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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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Lollie Belle Wylie family papers
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Creator: |
Wylie, Lollie Belle |
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Dates: |
1800-1990 |
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This collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writing, legal documents, printed material, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Most of the correspondence is to Lollie Belle Wylie from other writers, including some famous authors such as Jack London
and F. Scott Fitzgerald. There are also extensive family history resources, as well as newspaper writing of Lollie Belle Wylie,
and historical writing by Augusta King.
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ms4263 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John and Marie Koenig papers
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Creator: |
Koenig, John, Jr., 1916-2018 |
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Dates: |
1865-2004 |
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This collection contains the papers of John and Marie Koenig related to their careers as journalists, genealogical research,
and traveling. The collection includes newspaper clippings of their articles, correspondence, notes, journals, notebooks,
postcards, and numerous photograph albums documenting Marie's work as a diplomatic correspondent, John's military service
in Europe during World War II, and his work as a reporter and travel writer. The genealogical research included relates to
the Hodgson family of Athens, Georgia.
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ms4351 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Edgeworth Bird family papers
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Creator: |
Smith, Victor Edgeworth |
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Dates: |
1806-1949, bulk 1861-1902 |
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The collection consists of papers of Edgeworth Bird and the Bird family from 1806, 1835-1949. The papers include correspondence,
clippings, photographs (ca. 1848-1900) of the Bird family, a commonplace book (1843-1848) of Sallie C. Baxter containing extracts
from her readings, an autograph book, an 1806 diary (author unknown) describing activities in Hancock and surrounding counties
in Georgia, and genealogies of the Baxter, Bird, and allied families. Early correspondence (1839-1851) is between members
of the Baxter family including letters between Thomas W. and Mary Baxter discussing his health, taxes, and land values; and
letters from Leroy M. Wiley to Thomas detailing Wiley's trip to England in 1839.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Bird and Smith family members including Edgeworth Bird, Sallie
Bird, Saida Bird (Smith), Wilson Edgeworth Bird, and Victor Edgeworth Smith. Of particular interest are letters (1856) from
Edgeworth to Sallie describing his visit to New York City, Fire Island (N.Y.), and U.S. politics and letters written between
family members during the Civil War. The Civil War letters from Edgeworth discuss the battles of Gettysburg (Pa.), Richmond
(Va.), 2nd Bull Run (Va.), Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, and Sherman's March through Georgia. The letters also detail
the management of Granite Farm (Hancock County, Ga.), slavery, and Saida's studies.
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ms1987 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Stanley family papers
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Stanley family |
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Dates: |
1845-1913 |
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This collection contains correspondence between Marcellus Stanley and his wife, Julia A.T. (Pope) Stanley during the Civil
War, letters from their son, Thomas Stanley, to his wife, Margaret (Morton) Stanley, letters from other family members, Julia
Pope Stanley's diary (1862) and prayer book, Marcellus Stanley's bankbooks, genealogies of Pope, Stanley, and Strong families,
the eulogy for Emma Louise Stanley Winbish, the Strong family Bible, poems, muster rolls, and other papers. Included are two
bound volumes of sheet music once kept by Julia Pope, two diplomas and two certificates.
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ms2541 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Bunnie Cox family scrapbooks
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Cox, Bunnie Vernon Porter (Belle Vernon Porter), 1911-1968 |
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Dates: |
1892-1968 |
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The collection consists of a family record album, and two family scrapbooks. The family record album contains genealogy of
the family names Porter, King, Strobhar and Habersham. The album held numerous loose papers consisting of clipping, photographs,
correspondence, printed material and genealogy information. Ancestors of Bunnie Cox include Roswell King (founder of Roswell,
Georgia) and Revolutionary War Major John Habersham. The two family scrapbooks are an engagement and wedding scrapbook of
Flora Middlebrooks Cox and a child's picture scrapbook made by LaNette Hillsman Middlebrooks.
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ms2987 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Craig Barrow family papers
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Barrow, Craig, 1876-1945 |
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Dates: |
1766-2010 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical information, writings, financial papers, printed material, scrapbooks,
photographs, deeds, and transcripts and copies of historical documents. Much of the Craig Barrow correspondence deals with
his involvement with the Savannah Boxing Commission, Savannah Golf Club, Central of Georgia Railway, and the University of
Georgia Alumni Society. The family correspondence contains letters regarding the Barrow property called the Home Place in
Oglethorpe County, Georgia. There is much emphasis on Savannah, the Wormsloe estate, and Georgia history in both printed material
and photographs. A large section of the financial papers concerns the real estate owned by the Barrows in Savannah and details
the sale, rental, and management of the properties.
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ms3090 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John M. Phillips family papers
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Phillips family |
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Dates: |
1857-1949 |
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The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, financial papers, diaries, deeds, genealogies, certificates, and other
materials related to John M. Phillips, the Phillips family, the Acree family, and the Isbell family.
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ms3178 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Pearson collection
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1900-1999 |
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The collection consists of photographs, photocopies of cemetery records, genealogical information, birth notices, and death
notices for the Pearson, White, Hall, Diller, and other related families. Records are from Yorkshire, England, Georgia, Mississippi,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New York, and Virginia.
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ms3347 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Lollie Belle Wylie family papers
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Creator: |
Wylie, Lollie Belle |
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Dates: |
1723-1986 |
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The collection consists of genealogy, correspondence, writings, financial papers, printed material, photographs, scrapbooks
and sheet music. Most of the correspondence is to Lollie Belle Wylie from other writers, including some famous authors such
as Samuel L. Clemens, Richard Harding Davis, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Joel Chandler Harris, Joaquin Miller, and Jack London.
There are numerous letters from Orth H. Stein and Henry Wellington Wack. Also included are many letters from Lollie Belle
to her daughter Hart. There are several letters of Howell Cobb and T.R.R. Cobb to or about Samuel P. Thurmond. The writings
are mainly by Lollie Belle Wylie and include a detailed memoir of her life in the city of Atlanta. The financial papers are
primarily promissory notes and receipts of the Ellis family. Some of the sheet music in the collection was composed by Lollie
Belle Wylie.
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ms3408 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Boyd family papers
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Creator: |
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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Jarnagin and Sams families papers
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Creator: |
Jarnagin, Milton Preston, II, 1881-1956 |
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Dates: |
1830-1995 |
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Collection includes correspondence, photographs, genealogical research, personal papers, and legal documents associated with
the Jarnagin and Sams families.
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Identifier: |
ms4423 |
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Hargrett Library |
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