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The collection consists of papers of Thomas Hubbard McHatton and the McHatton and Lustrat families including account books,
clippings, correspondence, diaries, financial records, legal documents, plantation accounts, postcards, printed material,
and scrapbooks. The collection documents Thomas H. McHatton's activities in World War I, World War II, and the American Legion;
activities of Joseph and Eleanor Lustrat including her involvement with the Red Cross in World War I; Marie L. McHatton's
activities with the Garden Club of Georgia (Athens) including correspondence and printed material on gardens or garden clubs
in Georgia and the United States; and James Alexander McHatton family papers pertaining to the family's flight to Cuba after
the Civil War, their life on a plantation in Cuba, and their return to the United States.
The collection also includes photographs (1870-1900) of the Chinn, Lustrat, and McHatton families; printed material pertaining
to Norwich (Conn.); publications (1903-1932, with gaps) of Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.); publications (1889-1908) of
Dr. Henry C. McHatton; financial records (1919-1939) of Thomas H. McHatton; manuscripts of Eliza C. McHatton Ripley's book
From Flag to Flag; and postcard albums.
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