| 3621 |
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Georgia Farmers' Alliance papers
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Farmers' State Alliance of Georgia |
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Dates: |
1890-1900 |
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The collection consists of receipts and a bulletin of Georgia Farmers' Alliance. Handwritten receipts are from Wilson Shealy,
Treasurer of Cedar Alliance, signed by secretaries J. W. Braddy and S. M. Shealy. A typewritten "Working Bulletin" explains
the organization of county alliances, including bylaws, fees, elections, officers, and the secret nature of the Alliance.
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ms3225 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3622 |
Title: |
Etching of General James Oglethorpe
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Ireland, Samuel, -1800 |
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Dates: |
1785 |
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The collection consists of a portrait etching done by Samuel Ireland titled "General James Oglethorpe."
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ms3226 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3623 |
Title: |
Daniel Saunders estate accounts
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1835-1837 |
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The collection consists of a handwritten document headed "Records of the Court," listing the accounts of the estate of Daniel
Saunders, possibly of Thomas County, Georgia. Administrator of the estate is Harriet Saunders. Included are the names of slaves
hired 1835-1836 in accounts with John C. Browning and Shadrach Atkinson, and are dated March 1837.
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ms3227 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3624 |
Title: |
"Slaves" screenplay by Herbert J. Biberman and John O. Killens
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Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 |
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Dates: |
1968 |
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The collection consists of the typewritten screenplay titled "Slaves," by Herbert J. Biberman and John O. Killens. The drama
begins on a Kentucky ranch where the owner is forced to sell his slaves to a cruel plantation owner in Mississippi.
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Identifier: |
ms3229 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3625 |
Title: |
Horace Montgomery papers
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Montgomery, Horace, 1906-2001 |
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Dates: |
1950-1964 |
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This collection contains manuscript materials for five of Horace Montgomery's works. They document his scholarly contributions
as author of Howell Cobb's Confederate Career, Johnny Cobb: Confederate Aristocrat, and Cracker Parties; co-author of Civilzation
Through the Centuries; and editor of Georgians in Profile: Historical Essays in Honor of Ellis Merton Coulter, published by
the University of Georgia Press in 1959. The authors of the latter festschrift were former students of Dr. Coulter.
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ms323 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3626 |
Title: |
Alexander H. Stephens carte-de-visite and envelope
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 |
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Dates: |
1822-1840 |
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The collection consists of a carte-de-visite and envelope of Alexander H. Stephens mounted in a 9 x 12 inch frame. The envelope
is addressed to John L. Stephens, Milledgeville, Georgia, and signed with the return address of Alexander Stephens, Crawfordville,
Georgia.
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ms3230 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3627 |
Title: |
Statistical Research, Inc. papers
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Creator: |
Statistical Research, Inc. |
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Dates: |
1971-1999 |
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The collection consists of reports and pamphlets published by Statistical Research, Inc. from 1971-1999. Subject matters examined
include television audiences, along with placement of televisions in children's bedrooms, TV usage in local markets, TV ownership,
VCR usage, and television ratings.
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Identifier: |
ms3231 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3628 |
Title: |
Survey of [Georgia] county and municipal fiscal affairs
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United States. Works Progress Administration |
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Dates: |
1931-1937 |
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The collection consists of sets of type-written (carbon copy) reports that were collected or produced by the Survey of County
and Municipal Affairs, a project undertaken in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration of Georgia. The reports include audit
reports, financial reports and narrative reports for counties and cities in Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms3232 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3629 |
Title: |
Athens Rotary Club scrapbooks
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Creator: |
Rotary Club (Athens, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1927-1951 |
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The collection consists of photocopies of articles concerning activities of the Athens Rotary club, and Squeaks from the Rotary
Wheel, a column by Sam Woods, from 1927-1951. Original material retained includes a list of signatures, and some correspondence
to and from rotary club members.
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Identifier: |
ms3233 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3630 |
Title: |
Johnston family papers
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Johnston family |
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Dates: |
1860-1960 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, including correspondence between George Walton Williams in account with J. Lamb
Johnston, Carolina Savings Bank, Williams family materials, account books, materials on the Nacoochee Valley Women's Club,
Nacoochee Institute, news items, tax bills, Johnston family photographs with most people identified, photographs of gold mines
in the area which include mining equipment, stages of mining and hydraulic mining, photographs of Nacoochee Valley and Holly
Island. Also included in the collection is a box of oversized items which includes Margaret J. Paris' dependency application,
small scrapbook with watercolors by M. Johnston, ice bag from Gainesville Ice and Fuel, issues of the Presbyterian College
newspaper, and other assorted items.
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ms3234 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3631 |
Title: |
Portraits (negatives) of prominent Georgians
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1948-1989 |
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The collection consists of black and white negatives depicting paintings restored by Walter Frobos at Athens Lumber Company,
Inc., circa 1948-1980. Paintings portray prominent Georgians.
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Identifier: |
ms3235 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3632 |
Title: |
Gardner family papers
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1849-1941 |
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The collection consists of deeds, maps, and letters related to Gardner family ownership of a Lee County farm.
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Identifier: |
ms3237 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3633 |
Title: |
Frank Hamrick photograph archive
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Hamrick, Frank, 1977- |
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Dates: |
2004 |
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The collection consists of 450 photographs (contact sheets and negatives) taken in 2004 of mainly downtown Athens, Georgia.
Included are a few images of various places on the University of Georgia campus.
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ms3238 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3634 |
Title: |
Elizabeth Ford papers regarding "The Alexander Letters"
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1877-2004 |
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This collection consists of correspondence, printed material, photographs, and ephemera related to the original 1910 publication
of The Alexander Letters, a selection of family letters edited by Marion Boggs and published by George Baldwin. The Alexander
Letters was a book detailing one high-profile family of 19th century Georgia. This collection contains genealogical research
regarding the Alexander family descendants by Elizabeth Ford, Carolyn B. Timmann, and David Peters Irwin leading up to the
2002 reprinting.
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ms3239 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3635 |
Title: |
James Scott family papers
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Scott, Ernest Leland |
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Dates: |
1821-1969 |
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The collection consists of papers (mostly photocopies) concerning the James Scott family from 1821-1969. Papers include photocopies
of genealogical records, chapters from books; two publications concerning Searles Valley; two published maps (Jayhawker Trail
map and Points of interest map of Death Valley); and several photocopies of papers concerning the life and career of Ernest
Leland Scott, Jr. The collection also includes a poster portraying American Potash and Chemical Corp., Trona, California.
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ms324 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3636 |
Title: |
DuPree family farm ledgers
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Dupree family |
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Dates: |
1827-1928 |
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The collection consists of four ledgers the Dupree family kept of sharecroppers who worked their farmland in Griffin, Georgia,
from 1827-1928. Records list names, time worked, lost time, money owed, and items sold. Ledgers also document McIntosh Education
Union (also referred to as McIntosh Union no. 279, and McIntosh Farmers Education Union of America, no. 279) history. Information
recorded includes elected officers, membership lists, dues collected, and expenses sent to treasurer.
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Identifier: |
ms3240 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3637 |
Title: |
Michelle Cliff papers
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Cliff, Michelle |
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Dates: |
1977-1994 |
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The collection consists of a file kept by Michelle Cliff on Lillian Smith, from 1977-1983. The file consists of correspondence
from Cliff, Paula Snelling, George Brockway, and Esther Smith; and papers concerning The Winner Names the Age. The collection
also includes a copy of the keynote conference speech "Listening to sounds larger than our own heartbeat: a conference on
Lillian Smith," presented by Michelle Cliff at Georgetown University, October 7-9, 1994.
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Identifier: |
ms3242 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3638 |
Title: |
Mongolian Manuscript
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1800-1899 |
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Contents: |
Not much is known about this manuscript. It appears to be a printed manuscript, as opposed to handwritten. It appears to be
from the 19th century, evident by its condition and characters. It has not been translated; the actual text and subject is
unknown. The manuscript consists of 100-120 leaves held between two wooden boards.
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Identifier: |
ms3243 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3639 |
Title: |
Thomas McKee West collection
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West, Thomas McKee |
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Dates: |
1983-2003 |
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The collection consists of copies of documents, textual and audio, accumulated during Thomas M. West's successful challenge
- in the case of Timothy Dawson vs. The State of Georgia - to the state of Georgia's law prescribing death by electrocution
in the electric chair in death penalty cases. This includes fifteen digital copies of 22 Georgia electrocutions of prisoners
between 1983 and 1996. These recordings are copies of West's tapes which were themselves dubs of original tapes recorded by
members of the state's Department of Corrections for their own records, and later subpoenaed and entered into state court
records as part of challenges to the electric chair statute. In addition, the collection includes copies of materials (transcripts,
documents, affidavits, autopsy records, etc.) West and his co-counsel Robert Citronberg had accumulated to date of donation
(August 2004) in support of legal challenges to the Georgia statute prescribing lethal injection as the new means of state
execution.
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ms3244 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 3640 |
Title: |
William and Catherine Nicholson Few papers
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Creator: |
Few, William, 1748-1828 |
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Dates: |
1782-1844 |
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The collection consists of letters that were exchanged between William Few, his wife Catherine and their children. Catherine
Few also wrote letters to her sister Maria Few Montgomery, her grandchildren and her friend, Harriett Woodward Murray. There
are several letters written by Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770-1817), cousin of Catherine Few, to Frances Few. Writings and
a biographical sketch of William Few are included. These are family letters describing such topics as children, health, social
activities, local and foreign travel and weather, there is also commentary on political and military matters. Some of the
letters of Joseph Nicholson mention his part in the War of 1812 bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland.
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ms3245 |
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