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Dictionary of Georgia Biography collection
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Coleman, Kenneth |
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1980-1983 |
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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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ms2307 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Phinizy Spalding papers
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Spalding, Phinizy |
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1910-1994 |
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The collection consists of papers of Phinizy Spalding from 1910-1994. The papers include personal and professional correspondence,
lecture materials, student papers, seminar materials, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and ephemera.
The materials document Spalding's interests in historic preservation, particularly in Clarke County (Ga.); his tenure as professor
of history at the University of Georgia (1966-1991) including information on the Phinizy Lectures; his editorship (1974-1982)
of the Georgia Historical Quarterly; as well as information pertaining to publication of his books and articles.
The collection also contains information on the Cobbham Historic District, Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, Lucy Cobb Institute,
and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Correspondents include Joyce Blackburn, Tom Watson Brown, Kenneth Coleman,
E. Merton Coulter, Walter Stanton Forbes, Mills B. Lane IV, Valeria and Piero Leida, David T. Morgan, Walker Percy, James
K. Reap, and Betty Wood.
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ms1783 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Mills B. Lane, Jr. family papers
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Lane family |
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1916-1989 |
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The collection consists of papers of Mills B. Lane, Jr. Mills B. Lane, Sr. and the Mills family from 1916-1989. Materials
(1916-1943) relating to Mills B. Lane, Sr. include incoming correspondence and carbon copies of Mills' outgoing letters, clippings,
photographs, and legal documents. The materials document Mills' banking activities including his presidency of the Citizens
and Southern National Bank (Savannah, Ga.) and tenure as chairman of the Board, as well as Mills' involvement with Georgia
real estate sales, fertilizer and chemical companies, and his assistance to Georgia farmers through bank loans. Correspondents
include Lane's brother Edward W. Lane and A.P. Brantley.
The bulk of the collection (1931-1979) contains the correspondence of Mills Bee Lane, Jr. Includes letters (1931-1934) between
Lane, Jr. and his parents, Lane, Sr. and Mary Comer Lane, while a student at Yale University; letters (1935-1945) between
Lane, Jr. and Lane, Sr. discussing banking activities, finance, and farming; correspondence (1950-1974) between Lane, Jr.
and his brother Edward C. Lane concerning finances and the management of Edward's farm in Valdosta (Ga.); and letters (1958-1973)
between Lane, Jr. and Mills Lane concerning Mills' schooling at Middlesex School (Concord, Mass.) and Harvard University,
Mills' activities with Beehive Press (Savannah, Ga.), and Mills' finances. The collection also contains correspondence pertaining
to the resignation of Richard Kattel, the financial crisis of Citizens and Southern Bank (1978), and the establishment of
the Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation (Savannah, Ga.).
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ms2737 |
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Hargrett Library |
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