| 1781 |
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United Confederate Veterans/United Daughters of the Confederacy artifacts
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United Confederate Veterans |
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1898-1988 |
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The collection consists of 1. a poem on cork and leaflet "Confederate Cross of Honor" ; 2. metal dress hate badge of United
Confederate Veterans, Macon, Ga. ; 3. three reunion buttons (two with ribbons) for 1898 and 1909 conclaves and five associated
ribbons ; 4. United Daughters of the Confederacy small oval framed painting of Confederate flags, 1900 ; 5. souvenir poster
of the 44th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans ; 6. gavel made of native cedar given to the U.D.C. president
general by the State of Arkansas ; 7. gavel made of wood from the home of Alexander H. Stephens and presented to the U.D.C
by Robert R. Gunn with typed sheet stating these facts.
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ms1062 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1782 |
Title: |
Works Progress Administration, Georgia records survey
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Georgia Historical Records Survey |
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Dates: |
1935-1940 |
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The collection consists of typescripts and notes made by researchers for the Works Progress Administration recording various
Georgia historical data. Included are the following types of material: 1) transcripts of WPA survey of Federal Archives in
Georgia, including Federal District Courts at Savannah and Augusta, various post offices, Custom's House, government warehouses,
etc. ; 2) workers education reports, instructional guides, survey handbooks, clippings, and correspondence relating to the
WPA activities in Georgia ; 3) life histories and reminiscences of World War I era and the Depression ; 4) Georgia educational
institutions-- records and data sheets ; 5) Georgia bibliography survey. The Federal Archives transcripts include shipping
records, patents, postal data, and detail repositories with condition and dispensation of material. Administrative papers
and guidelines of WPA give background on the Georgia survey and show format and style of the study. Data sheets, historical
background notes, and lists of alumni cover numerous Georgia educational institutions, many no longer extant. The Georgia
bibliography survey contains hundreds of index cards with information about works on Georgia history and literature.
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ms1063 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1783 |
Title: |
Rufus K. Reaves family papers
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Reaves family |
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Dates: |
1838-1941 |
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The collection consists of papers of Rufus K. Reaves and the Reaves family of Athens, Georgia from 1838 to 1941. Includes
correspondence, maps, reports, legal documents, accounts, receipts, and tax information pertaining to business and mining
activities of Reaves and the Loud Hydraulic Hose Gold Mining Company (White County, Ga.), purchased by Reaves in the 1880s.
The collection also contains materials pertaining to business and legal activities of Rufus K. Reaves, Jr., as well as indentures
and deeds. Also included are the related papers of George W. Center and the Edward Lilly estate.
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ms1068 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1784 |
Title: |
Thomas Hubbard McHatton papers
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McHatton, Thomas Hubbard, 1883-1956 |
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Dates: |
1899-1933 |
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The collection consists of papers of Thomas Hubbard McHatton from 1899-1933. Includes correspondence, printed material, photographs,
drawings, and ephemera. Contains mainly material relating to McHatton's interest in the cultivation of pecan trees and his
association with the National Pecan Grower's Association. Records relating to the Association include correspondence (1927)
of John Byron Wight and a 47-page history of the organization. Also includes printed material relating to Spring Hill College
located in Mobile, Alabama.
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ms1070 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1785 |
Title: |
Athens Bobbin Mill account books
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Athens Bobbin Mill (Athens, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1867-1877, 1887-1891 |
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The collection consists of two account books for the Athens Bobbin Mill and its predecessor the Athens Bobbin Works from November
1867 to December 1877 and April 1887 to December 1891. Volume one contains entries for customer or firm and includes the name,
date, items purchased or ordered, and price. Additional entries pertain to wages paid employees and list name, number of days
worked, and, in some cases, the amount paid. The first ledger also includes entries for letters received, answered, or sent
and include the person's or firm's name, date, and address.
Volume two includes entries recording employees, number of days worked, and taxes, charges for hauling services including
name, amount, and size; and orders from customers or firms containing the name, date, items purchased or ordered, and price.
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Identifier: |
ms108 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1786 |
Title: |
Robert M. Charlton legal briefs
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Charlton, Robert M. (Robert Milledge), 1807-1854 |
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Dates: |
1824-1831 |
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The collection consists of a volume of legal briefs and precedents written entirely in the hand of Robert M. Charlton from
1824-1831. The volume includes information on deed of marriage settlements, subpoenas, injunctions, calculating interest,
action for slander, mortgage foreclosures, etc. Also contains an index compiled by Charlton and several poems and other non-legal
annotations.
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ms1099 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1787 |
Title: |
1st Georgia Militia Regiment morning reports
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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Militia Regiment, 1st |
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Dates: |
1863 |
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One volume of morning reports of the 1st Georgia Militia Regiment of the Confederate States of America Army, commanded by
Colonel Edward M. Galt, from February 25 - December 8, 1863. The inside cover lists the officers in the unit. Beginning entries
place company in Savannah, Georgia then later in Etowah, Camp Foster and give the troops strength. Written on the front of
the volume is the inscription "This book was captured at the Battle of Jonesboro, Ga. Augt. 31st, 1864. We made the Rebels
Dust."
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Identifier: |
ms110 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1788 |
Title: |
Georgia and other southern stereoscopic views
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Anderson, D. H. (David H.), 1827- |
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Dates: |
1870s |
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The collection consists of a grouping of twelve photographs mounted on stereoscope cards. There are seven Savannah, Georgia
views; Saint Augustine, Florida images; one Virginia; and one unlabelled. The Savannah views were photgraphed by J. N. Wilson.
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Identifier: |
ms1100 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1789 |
Title: |
Pleasant Stovall letter to B. A. Stovall
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Stovall, Pleasant, 1793-1863 |
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Dates: |
1862 August 21 |
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The collection consists of one letter from Pleasant Stovall in Athens, Georgia addressed to his son Lt. B. A. Stovall in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. In the letter Pleasant replies to an earlier letter from the Lieutentant regarding investments including Georgia
Railroad and Union Bank stock, and discusses the future value of Confederate money and disposition of Confederate property.
He also writes about a family visit and the health of various family members, and makes general comments about the War.
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ms1103 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1790 |
Title: |
Athens : American guide series typescript
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Georgia Writers' Project |
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Dates: |
1938 |
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A typescript of Athens: American Guide Series, compiled by the Athens and Augusta units of the Federal Writers' Project (WPA)
and incorporates much of the research preformed by the WPA writers in county archives and personal interviews. The typescript
has numerous manuscript notations and attempts an historical, social, and economic overview of the Athens community from its
beginnings until the date of the research (1935-1938).
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ms1106 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1791 |
Title: |
James M. Crawford papers
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Crawford, James Mack, 1925- |
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Dates: |
1974-1975 |
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The collection consists of materials related to Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages (Athens : University of Georgia Press,
1975), including a proof copy, typescripts, notes, and other material relating to researches on various topics, development
of the printed book, various drafts of the essays included, some relevant correspondence, and production notes. Studies in
Southeastern Indian languages is the outgrowth of a series of symposia on the subject in the early 1970s. James M. Crawford
of the University of Georgia headed the efforts to produce this volume of essays and the task was completed under his editorship.
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ms1107 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1792 |
Title: |
Nineteenth Century Physician's reference collection
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De Renne family |
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Dates: |
1844-1894 |
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The collection consists of prescription reference book for early pharmaceuticals, loose prescription notes, and a physician's
visiting list. The reference book is inscribed with the name "DeRenne".
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ms1114 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1793 |
Title: |
Georgia memorabilia
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Hargrett Library |
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Dates: |
1800s-1900s |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous memorabilia and relics related to the State of Georgia and Georgia relics. Included
are a tattered Confederate flag given to University President Harmon Caldwell in 1947 (allegedly of 1863 Georgia origin, but
found not to be authentic); wire-rim glasses from Ballard's opticians of Atlanta; silver plate butter knife made by Geo. Sharp,
Jr. of Atlanta; Dahlonega (Georgia) mementos including two commemorative tokens and a miniature pan with a small piece of
gold ore; a curl; a lock of hair supposed to be Button Gwinnett's; a watch fob stamped 1G3; a medical instrument; a box of
miniature Georgia state flags; pine needles formed into a bow from the Barrow collection; a brick from Old Wesleyan; Stone
Mountain Confederate Memorial granite; a 1925 Stone Mountain memorial coin; and a Fulton County Centennial medal 1854-1864.
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ms1116 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1794 |
Title: |
P. Northen day book
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Northen, P. |
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Dates: |
1859-1863 |
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The collection consists of one small notebook containing the annotations of P. Northen listing accounts payable and amounts
received, lists of supplies for Confederate army companies in the vicinity of Savannah and Augusta, travel expenses, and land
transactions. Although by design sketchy and miscellaneous, the day book displays interesting aspects of ordinary business
activities during the Civil War period.
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ms1119 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1795 |
Title: |
Athens Banner account book
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Athens Banner (Athens, Ga. : Newspaper) |
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Dates: |
1872-1874, 1877-1880 |
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The collection consists of one account book for the Athens Banner from 1872-1874 and 1877-1880. Entries give the date, subscriber's
name, post office, dates account paid, and in some cases, date service stopped.
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ms112 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1796 |
Title: |
Stephen Vincent Benet letters
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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 |
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Dates: |
1934-1941 |
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The collection consists of five letters written by Benet to Florence Locke and Eleanor Adlard dealing with proposed dramatic
readings from "John Brown's Body" and commentaries by Benet about them. Miss Locke had asked that Benet prepare a short synopis
of the Civil War for English audiences. The synopsis, a five-page typescript with minor correction, is included with the letter
dated September 24, 1934. The letters in the collection are: 1.) September 7, 1934, letter to Florence Locke; 2.) September
24, 1934, letter and synopsis to Florence Locke; 3.) January 12, 1935, letter to Eleanor Adlard; 4.) May 1, 1935, letter to
Eleanor Adlard; 5.) July 18, 1941, letter to Florence Locke.
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ms1121 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1797 |
Title: |
Dorothy Canfield Fisher letters
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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
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Dates: |
1939-1950 |
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The collection consists of three typed letters written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher from Arlington, Vermont. In them, she relates
her interest and friendship for Samuel Tupper, a Georgia novelist. With one letter to Tupper's mother and two to Tupper himself,
Fisher recounts his visits to her Vermont home, his knowledge and grasp of the art of fiction, the similarities of Southerners
and Vermonters, her readings for the Book-of-the-Month Club, and other literary matters.
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ms1122 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1798 |
Title: |
Winship Nunnally letter to Mrs. Slaton
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Nunnally, Winship |
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Dates: |
early 20th century |
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The collection consists of one letter: undated, "My dear Mrs. Slaton," regarding an invitation to a buffet supper and Miss
McCandless.
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ms1123 |
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| 1799 |
Title: |
Joseph Wheaton papers
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Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828 |
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Dates: |
1805-1808 |
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The collection consists of papers of Joseph Wheaton pertaining to the development of the U.S. postal route from Washington
D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana from 1805-1808. Correspondence and legal dispositions regard misuse of federal funds against
Wheaton and the U.S. Post Office under Postmaster Gideon Granger. Materials also document the development of the road, the
frontier postal system, problems with mail delivery, and descriptions of the territory from "Coweta Town to the Tombigby"
river, the "high Shoals of Appalachy River on the frontier of Georgia" to Fort Stoddert and the Athens, Georgia vicinity.
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ms1124 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1800 |
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John Groth collection of Gone with the Wind illustrations
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Groth, John, 1908-1988 |
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Dates: |
1963-1973 |
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The collection consists of Gone with the Wind illustrations from the 1960s and 1970s. John Groth was commissioned by the Heritage
Press to illustrate a new edition of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind; prints of these drawings are included in this
collection.
There is a large mounted ink sketch of protagonist Scarlett from Gone With the Wind and other in a wagon pulled by an ox.
In addition, there is an original sketch of horse and rider dated "Athens 2/20/73" dedicated "To Special Collections Dept.
University of Georgia Libraries." Three prints of Eskimos, two exhibition brochures, and two photographs of Groth on his visit
to the University of Georgia are also present. Collectively, there are 32 sketches depicting horses, street scenes, and parties.
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ms1125 |
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