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3861 Title:   John A. Stevenson letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stevenson, John A.  
  Dates:   1875-1890  
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The collection consists of a letter, dated March 17, 1875, written by John A. Stevenson in Savannah, Georgia to a relative in Pennsylvania. He recounts the events of his life since leaving Philadelphia in 1840, including his move to Charleston, South Carolina, where he married, to Savannah, where he became a slave trader. Accompanying the letter is a note from H. H. DeLeon from Charleston, SC, June 10, 1890, concerning property he purchased at auction.
  
  Identifier:   ms3810  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3862 Title:   John Ingle letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Ingle, John  
  Dates:   1864 August 18  
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The collection consists of one letter, dated August 18, 1864, from Union soldier John Ingle to a friend in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ingle is writing fom a camp near Marietta, Georgia, and he writes of his well-being, a recent raid in Macon, and other news of fighting. A typed transcription of the letter is also included.
  
  Identifier:   ms3811  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3863 Title:   Charity Reed estate inventory and appraisement  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Reed, Charity  
  Dates:   1863 August 26  
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The collection consists of an inventory and appraisement of a deceased person named Charity Reed. The document lists 40 items and their value, including a slave listed at $500. It was prepared and signed by attorney James W. Greene of Thomaston, Georgia on August 26, 1863.
  
  Identifier:   ms3812  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3864 Title:   Jeruel Academy girls' dormitory drawing  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jeruel Academy (Athens, Ga.)  
  Dates:   before 1924  
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The collection consists of one drawing on paperboard depicting the front facade of the proposed girls' dormitory at Jeruel Academy.
  
  Identifier:   ms3813  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3865 Title:   Southern photographs collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hargrett Library  
  Dates:   1870-1875  
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The collection consists of seven photographs focusing on the Southern United States, mostly depicting rural African-American life in the 1870s. Four of the images, stereopticon cards, two are cabinet cards, and one is a 1935 print of African-American labor organizer Angelo Herndon in prison.
  
  Identifier:   ms3814  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3866 Title:   Evelyn Farr school notebook  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Farr, Eveyln  
  Dates:   1930s  
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The collection consists of a school notebook belonging to Evelynn Farr of Marietta, Georgia. She was mostly likely a student of Marietta High School.
  
  Identifier:   ms3815  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3867 Title:   William Force Clayton photograph  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Clayton, William Force, 1843-1918  
  Dates:   1863  
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The collection consists of one photograph, dating from 1863, depicting William Force Claytong and his friend Dan Lee during their service as midshipmen in the Confederate Navy.
  
  Identifier:   ms3816  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3868 Title:   Athens Banner Herald photograph file  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Athens Banner Herald (Athens, Ga. : Newspaper)  
  Dates:   1970s-2000s  
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This collection consists of the photograph file maintained by the Athens Banner Herald from the late 1970s until the early 2000s.
  
  Identifier:   ms3817  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3869 Title:   Carson McCullers letter on her relationship with Richard Wright  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967  
  Dates:   1963 May 11  
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The collection consists of Carson McCullers' letter to Michael Fabre, a doctoral student in Wellesley, MA, writing his thesis on "The Life and Work of Richard Wright." McCullers writes in response to his inquiry about her relationship with Wright and wishes Fabre "inspiration for the work you have chosen to do." The letter is typed, signed, and framed with a photo of McCullers. The collection also includes a carbon copy of her short story, "The Sojourner."
  
  Identifier:   ms3819  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3870 Title:   Clarke County land indenture  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Phinizy, Ferdinand, 1819-1889  
  Dates:   1867  
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The collection consists of one indenture, made August 15, 1867, between Manuel Kendrick and Ferdinand Phinizy for land in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. The indenture was recorded in the Clerk's Office, Superior Court, Clarke County, Georgia, November 9, 1867.
  
  Identifier:   ms382  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3871 Title:   Molly P. Michael collection of Booth Tarkington material  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Michael, Molly P.  
  Dates:   1896-1990  
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The collection consists primarily of magazines from the early twentieth century featuring Tarkington's short stories, as well as musical scores and theatre programs from performances of his plays. The collection also includes a small portion of correspondence, clippings, movie posters, and printed ephemera relating to film adaptations of his work.
  
  Identifier:   ms3820  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3872 Title:   Alexander H. Stephens family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883  
  Dates:   1818-1944  
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, financial papers, and scrapbooks. The correspondence is divided into family and business with family letters mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Stephens and Linton Stephens. They discuss family matters, politics and legal cases. Included is a letter from Alexander H. Stephens describing his trip to Athens to take his entrance examination, in which he describes the university and town as well as the countryside between Athens and Washington, Georgia. Business correspondence includes letters from Herschel Johnson, Howell Cobb, Joseph E. Brown, and Joseph H. Lumpkin. There are also items relating to John Stephens' imprisonment at Johnson Island (OH) during the Civil War. Letters during wartime included lists the members of the Stephens Rifles, flag design proposals, petitions for military positions, and discussions on the release of a Union officer from Andersonville. There is a folder of 1851 correspondence concerning a possible duel between Thomas W. Thomas and James M. Smythe, and materials regarding the surveying of Michigan and Texas Territories. Printed material includes several speeches of Alexander H. Stephens. The scrapbooks contain newspapers clippings about Alexander H. Stephens. Included is a plantation account book of the Simpson plantation, in which are lists of enslaved people, a journal of daily farm work, printed rules for managing farms and slaves, and signed contracts with freedmen.
  
  Identifier:   ms3823  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3873 Title:   Habersham Orchard and Improvement Company records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Habersham Orchard Company (Cornelia, Ga.)  
  Dates:   1914-1925  
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The Habersham Orchard and Improvement Company records consist of the financial documents of investor J. G. Bradbury and related material about pricing and profit estimates. Materials include first mortage gold bonds, a stock certificate, and financial correspondence between Bradbury and company president Norman T. Pool.
  
  Identifier:   ms3824  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3874 Title:   Georgia writers ephemera collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hargrett Library  
  Dates:   1933-1989  
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The collection consists of ephemera regarding Georgia writers such as Byron Herbert Reece, Henry W. Grady, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, Sidney Lanier, Pat Conroy, Lillian Smith, and others. Many of the materials are invitations, programs, pamphlets, and brochures that document events or exhibitions celebrating these authors and their works.
  
  Identifier:   ms3826  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3875 Title:   William H. Mickle correspondence  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Mickle, William H., 1839-1922  
  Dates:   1864-1865  
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The collection consists of twenty letters, written by Union soldier William H. Mickle to his wife Oleavia and other family members. These letters were written in the summer of 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign, primarily while Mickle was stationed near Marietta. Throughout the summer of 1864 Mickle continued writing through the battles around Atlanta then across the state and into Savannah that December. His writings tell of the progress of the campaign, discussing key figures and locations such as General Joseph Hooker, the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, and the entrance into Savannah. Health, family, and personal matters are also addressed.
  
  Identifier:   ms3827  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3876 Title:   Alexander H. Stephens family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883  
  Dates:   1797-1977  
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The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, writings, financial papers, printed material, photographs, and artifacts. Family letters are mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, his father Andrew Baskins Stephens, his brother Aaron Grier Stephens, his nephew John Alexander Stephens, and his half-brother Linton Stephens. The letters discuss family matters and politics. One group of letters concerns the imprisonment and parole of honor of Alexander H. Stephens at Fort Warren (Boston, Mass.) in 1865. Correspondence between Alexander H. Stephens and various political figures includes Howell Cobb, Abraham Lincoln, Ben Hill, and Robert Toombs. Stephens and Hill write about the possibility of a duel between them because of an argument over politics. There is one letter from Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) to his wife, and three letters to him from John Brown Gordon, Joseph Wheeler and James Longstreet. Among the financial papers are deeds, and the wills of Alexander H. Stephens and his grandfather Alexander Stephens (d. 1813). An oversize folder contains a copy of an undated map of Confederate and Federal lines around Petersburg, Virginia. Artifacts include a walking cane of Alexander H. Stephens, locks of his hair, and a bloodletting tool.
  
  Identifier:   ms3828  
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3877 Title:   Cobb-Newton-Jordan family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jordan family  
  Dates:   1727-1904  
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The collection consists of papers regarding various related familes of Georgia from the nineteenth century, including the Cobbs, the Jordans, and the Newtons. It is primarily made up of correspondence that deals with family matters. Financial papers are also included, such as estate papers, slave bills of sale, and a land grant.
  
  Identifier:   ms3829  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3878 Title:   Eugene L. Hill scrapbook  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hill, E. L. (Eugene Lott), 1878-  
  Dates:   1918-1924  
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The collection consists of a single scrapbook belonging to Eugene L. Hill, volume II: 1918-1924. The scrapbook is primarily made up of clippings covering Hill's career as a minister, but also contains a small amount of church programs and correspondence.
  
  Identifier:   ms3831  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3879 Title:   Dorothy Montgomery collection of Treasury Department records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Montgomery, Dorothy  
  Dates:   1920-1939  
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The collection consists primarily of the records of tax collectors working for the Atlanta office of the Internal Revenue Service. Included are summaries of their work, correspondence, and reports of deliquency, dating from 1920-1921. Also included is a record of the United States of America vs. Harrison Jones from a U. S. District Court in Athens, Georgia, dating from 1939.
  
  Identifier:   ms3832  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3880 Title:   Robert Blair Smith letters to Anna Jane Clark  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smith, Robert Blair  
  Dates:   1859-1865  
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The collection consists of twenty-five letters, written by Robert Blair Smith to Anna Jane Smith of Social Circle, Georgia during the Civil War. The earliest letter was actually written in 1859, but others date from wartime and were written from various infantry camps throughout the Southeast. His letters report on combat and the daily operations of the infantry, including camp life. The collection also features a table of contents for the letters, listed chronologically and annotated with historical notes in bold and italics.
  
  Identifier:   ms3833  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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