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1 Title:   Georgia State Society Records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Georgia State Society  
  Dates:   1916-2008  
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The Georgia State Society is a social nonprofit organization that aimed to promote friendly relations among Georgians through service and prominent annual events such as the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Georgia Products Dinner.The Georgia State Society Records contain administrative files, correspondence, event ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts documenting the activities of the Georgia State Society from its establishment in 1885 to the present day.
 
  Identifier:   RBRL/551  
  Repository:   Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies  
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2 Title:   Selene Armstrong Harmon papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Harmon, Selene Armstrong, 1883-1932  
  Dates:   [circa 1898-1926]  
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The collection consists of papers of Selene Armstrong Harmon from circa 1898-1926 Including correspondence (1909-1914); manuscripts of writings; loose clippings of her works in various newspapers; a scrapbook containing newsclippings of her series "Women Worth While" on wives of politicians and diplomats in Washington, D.C. during the Taft and Wilson administrations; and clippings relating to the "St. Nicholas Girl", a program sponsored by the Washington Times in 1910 featuring Miss Armstrong who collected and distributed toys for poor children.
 
  Identifier:   ms768  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3 Title:   Meigs and Rodgers families papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Meigs family  
  Dates:   1825-1866, 2001  
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The collection consists of correspondence of the Meigs family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Rodgers family of Washington, D. C., dating 1825-1866. Correspondents include Charles C. Meigs, Mary Montgomery Meigs, Franklin B. Meigs, Montgomery C. Meigs, Louisa R. Meigs, Minerva Denison Rodgers, and Ann Minerva Rodgers. Correspondence mostly discusses family matters and social life. The collection also includes Alix Ross's thesis, May 2001, titled Life in the lines: uncovering a portrait of home and family life in the letters (1842-1853) of Louisa Rodgers Meigs.
 
  Identifier:   ms1777  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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4 Title:   Selene Armstrong Harman Papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Harmon, Selene Armstrong, 1883-1932  
  Dates:   1928-1956  
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The collection consists of several copies of Southern Woman's Magazine containing book reviews by Selene Ayer Armstrong; miscellaneous clippings from the Washington D.C. Star, the Women Worth While column; copies of telegrams regarding her engagement and marriage; a brief biography of Dudley Harmon, the man she married; a partial journal of the years in Connecticut; and several pieces of correspondence.
 
  Identifier:   ms2324  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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5 Title:   Paris family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Paris family  
  Dates:   1938-1961  
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The collection consists of papers of the Paris and Register families of Dallas and Savannah, Georgia, which include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to the Paris family, photographs and printed materials relating to Hubert Paris' travels in post World War II Europe, World War II ephemera, and materials documenting Hubert Paris' veterans' farm training.
 
  Identifier:   ms2766  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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6 Title:   Joseph Rucker and Clarinda Pendleton Lamar papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton, 1856-1943  
  Dates:   1792-1936  
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note This collection consists of the papers of Joseph Rucker and Clarinda Pendleton Lamar from 1792-1936 and includes correspondence, scrapbooks, certificates, engagement books, invitations, speeches, and telegrams pertaining to Joseph Lamar's service on the Georgia and U.S. Supreme Courts; Clarinda Lamar's involvement with the Colonial Dames of America; and the Lamars' personal and public life in Augusta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Correspondents of Justice Lamar, many of whom also continued to correspond with Mrs. Lamar after his death, included Augusta friends W. H. Barrett, J. C. C. Black, E. H. Callaway, Ed. B. Hook and Andrew J. Cobb of Athens. Other notables included Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James A. Garfield, William Jennings Bryan, and Octave Thanet (pseudonym of author Alice French). Mrs. Lamar also corresponded with Helen Taft, Mary Custis Lee, Edith Bolling Wilson, Martha Berry, Daisy Low (Juliette Gordon), and Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 
  Identifier:   ms22  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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