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Eugene Edmund Murphey papers
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Murphey, Eugene Edmund, 1875-1952 |
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1894-1952 |
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The collection consists of papers of Eugene Edmund Murphey from 1894-1952. Contains mainly correspondence (1933-1939) relating
to his hobby as an ornithologist; speeches and writings relating to a variety of subjects including public health issues;
and lectures on medicine. Also includes memorials, materials (1936-1940) on the Augusta Museum, photographs, and printed material.
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ms991 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks
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Ward, Malthus A. (Malthus Augustus), 1794-1863 |
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1814-1860 |
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The collection consists of fourteen notebooks of Malthus Augustus Ward from 1814-1860. The notebooks contain lectures on medicine,
physiology, chemistry, and botany; notes on surgery, drugs and dentition, manners and mores, horticulture, and botany; plans
of gardens; and descriptions of plants, shrubs, trees, and flowers.
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ms51 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Henry Hicks ledgers
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Hicks, Henry, 1834 or 1835- |
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1843, 1852-1873 |
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The collection consists of three ledgers kept by Henry Hicks from 1852-1873. Hick's first ledger contains lecture notes from
courses taken at the Medical College of Georgia, from lectures given by Drs. Louis A. Dugas, Paul F. Eve, and Robert S. Newton.
The remainder of the ledger, and the remaining two ledgers, contains patient accounts, listing name of patient, services provided,
charges and medicine dispensed. Ledgers also list the mileage Hicks charged as he traveled to visit his patients. Loose papers
include a Freedmen list, an IOU, and a list of accounts. These accounts appear to be from an estate sale on December 28, 1843
and list household goods, livestock and names of people who were enslaved.
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ms3219 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Lindsey Durham family papers
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Durham family |
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Dates: |
1796-1919 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Lindsey Durham family from 1800-1919. The papers contain mainly correspondence of
the Durham and Richardson families of Clarke County, Georgia. Records relating to the Durham family include correspondence
to Dr. Lindsey Durham from several of his sons, including William Walker Durham, Henry Clay Durham, and Lindsey Durham, Jr.
while attending medical school in Philadelphia; accounts of Dr. Samuel D. Durham (1859-1867); and medical school notes, lecture
tickets, and some medical remedies and recipes. Materials relating to the Richardson family of Watkinsville, Georgia include
letters from Edgar Richardson in Troup Artillery from Virginia and D.R. Richardson (unit unknown) from Virginia and North
Carolina during the Civil War; letters (1847-1882) from James J. Richardson, to his mother, Letitia J. Richardson from Mexico
and Texas; and letters from Edgar Richardson in Texas after the Civil War.
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ms757 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Thomas Smith family papers
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Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809 |
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Dates: |
1767-1912 |
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This collection includes legal documents related to Letitia Vandexen (sic) Smith, Thomas Smith and Frances Sophia Smith. The
Thomas Smith letterbook mainly consists of correspondence between members of the Thomas Smith family from 1767-1841. The earliest
letters (1767 and 1784) are from Smith to his mother Elizabeth Lawrence in Aberdeenshire, England. A group of 21 letters between
Smith and his cousin Dr. Peter Smith of Aberdeenshire discuss the American lifestyle, medical schools and practices, and the
judicial system. Another group of letters to Judge Jasper Yeates and Governor Thomas Mifflin refer to legal decisions and
court procedures. Other correspondents include Dr. Philip Physick and Smith's brother Charles of London, England. Also included
in the letterbook are two proclamations awarding judgeships to Smith, legal documents pertaining to the settlement of Smith's
estate (1816), and documents relating to land sales or mortgaged property (1826 and 1841). Series 2 contains typescripts of
letters between Thomas Smith and soon-to-be U.S. President George Washington in 1785-1786, in which Smith was acting as Washington's
attorney for some land suits in Philadelphia. The typescripts were made by Burton Alva Konkle in 1902. Finally, Series 3.
contains letters between Thomas Smith scholar Burton Alva Konkle and Wymberly Jones De Renne regarding the Thomas Smith collection.
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ms1055 |
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Hargrett Library |
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