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The collection consists of letters, speeches, newspaper articles, maps, photos, and indenture, and a cemetery survey that
chronicle Athens history. University history is recorded in newspaper articles and some letters and Georgia history in speeches,
newspaper articles, and brochures. Athens Historical Society (AHS) history is recorded in minutes, newsletters, correspondence,
and speeches. AHS internal papers include directories, membership rolls, Constitution and by-laws, rosters, news releases,
and a paper entitled The First Twenty Years: A Brief History of the Athens Historical Society. The collection also has the
papers, scripts, and newspaper clippings concerning the AHS produced video The Presence of the Past: Historic Houses of Athens,
Georgia. See also the typescripts of the full soundtrack of the video Reminiscences of Old Athens. Later additions to the
collection include financial papers, Athens Historical Society Papers Volume II, and material regarding the "Vanishing Athens"
project, Crampton's Gap project, Clarke County Cemeteries project, and Ellis Merton Coulter birthday commemoration.
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