| 4521 |
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Tift family research files
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Fair, John D. |
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20th Century |
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This collection contains notes, correspondence, and copies of documents relating to the Tift family in Georgia, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and Georgia.
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ms4075 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 4522 |
Title: |
J.J. Little journal
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Little, John Jacob, 1815-1886 |
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Dates: |
1860-1882 |
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Journal was kept by Reverend J.J. Little in Harris Georgia. Most entries pertain to his crops, the weather, and church congregation.
He also documents Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, as well as the secession of southern states from the union, the breakout
and events of the Civil War, and his son's army career.
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ms4076 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 4523 |
Title: |
Heery-Moss family papers
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Franklin, Mary Jett, 1842-1928 |
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Dates: |
1850-2016 |
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This collection contains correspondence from several family members concerning personal matters, medical research, and business
in the Athens area. It features a rich collection of photographs, journals, and scrapbooks, as well as numerous property,
estate, business, and legal documents from the Moss family and the R.L. Moss Manufacturing Company. Some highlights include
photographs from early Tallulah Falls, extensive University of Georgia class of 1897 materials, a small selection of Civil
War letters, prohibition literature, Athens Womans Club records having to do with Tallulah Falls Industrial School, 1918 influenza
posters, and a rich assortment of blueprints, photographs, and brochures that illustrate various aspects of life in the early
20th Century.
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ms4077 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 4524 |
Title: |
Oscar Lowery diary
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Lowery, Oscar W., Dr. |
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Dates: |
1845-1899 |
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This collection consists of a diary kept throughout the Civil War, as well as a written history of the Lowery family of Iowa.
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Identifier: |
ms4078 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 4525 |
Title: |
Athens Studio Group papers
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Creator: |
Hatton, Annette |
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Dates: |
1983-2012 |
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This collection consists of promotional materials, meeting minutes, photographs, and the founding by-laws of the Athens Studio
Group.
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Identifier: |
ms4079 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4526 |
Title: |
Annette Hatton papers
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Creator: |
Hatton, Annette |
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Dates: |
1992-2021 |
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The collection consists mostly of papers pertaining to Annette Hatton and her work with the Lesbian Support Group in Athens,
Georgia. Includes items from her OLLI class on LGBT Athens history, taught with Jon Hurst in 2015. Also includes materials
on Northeast Georgians Against Discrimination's, Fair Athens, and Just = Equal efforts to include sexual orientation for Athens-Clarke
County employees in 2006. Also includes NEGAD's campaign against Marriage Amendment One in 2005.
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Identifier: |
ms4080 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4527 |
Title: |
William Gaston Deloney papers
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Creator: |
Deloney, Rosa Huguenin |
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Dates: |
1830s-2017 |
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This collection contains correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, and assorted papers from the Deloney and Huguenin
families.
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Identifier: |
ms4082 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4528 |
Title: |
John Paul Cooper family papers
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Cooper, John Paul, 1858-1927 |
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Dates: |
1780-1970 |
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Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and writings all pertaining to life, career, and family of John Paul Cooper.
Materials mainly range from late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. Notable items include the poetry of John P.
Cooper, family photographs, and eleven oversized copy books containing John P. Cooper's business correspondence from 1890-1912.
In addition to extensive family correspondence, Cooper also corresponded regularly with other businessman, such as Benjamin
D. Riegel, who owned the Trion Company in Trion, Georgia
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Identifier: |
ms4083 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4529 |
Title: |
Gurney and Son photograph album
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Creator: |
J. Gurney & Son |
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Dates: |
1860-1875 |
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This ccollection contains a highly ornamented photograph album of celebrity and performer carte de visites and cabinet cards,
including Johann Strauss, Edwin Booth, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Identifier: |
ms4084 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4530 |
Title: |
Murray and Nancy Ann Blum collection
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Creator: |
Blum, Nancy Ann, 1933-2019 |
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Dates: |
1794-1990s |
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This collection primarily consists of French, British, and American propoganda posters from World War I by well-known artists
including Steinlen, Willette, Faivre, Ibels, Georges Scott, Ethel Franklin Betts, and others. Additionally, there are a small
number of prints, newspapers, sheet music, postcards, and artifacts related to the war and post-war period. The artifacts
include a number of trench art pieces made from artillery shells. There is a small collection of steroviews and a stereoviewer.
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Identifier: |
ms4085 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 4531 |
Title: |
Freedmen labor contracts
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Creator: |
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands |
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Dates: |
1868 |
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Collection includes two Freedmen's Bureau labor contracts. First contract shows hire of freedmen John Papur and James ward
at $75/month and freedwoman Martha Andams at $40/month by Julius M. Binel. Second contract is a sharecropper agreement between
Donald Graham and freedmen Thomas Parks, Silas Armstrong, Emma Armstrong Soloman King, Geoge Washington, and Jack Fletcher.
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Identifier: |
ms4086 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4532 |
Title: |
Fort Wilkinson log book
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Creator: |
Peters, William, Major |
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Dates: |
1800-1801 |
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An army log book belonging to Major William Peters of Fort Wilkinson in Creek Indian Territory. Log book includes courts-martial
records, general orders, and disciplinary measures taken by Major Peters.
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Identifier: |
ms4087 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4533 |
Title: |
Janie Warren Hollingsworth Lane papers
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Lane, Janie Warren Hollingsworth, 1883-1965 |
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Dates: |
1927-1968 |
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Collection includes the correspondence and papers of Janie Warren Hollingsworth (Mrs. Julian C.) Lane, former president of
the Georgia Women's Democratic Club. Two folders contain correspondence with family including her two sons, Tilden Burdette
Lane and Dr. Julian Curtis Lane, as well as with her siblings Bertha Hollingsworth Brannen, Thomas Ashton Hollingsworth, Isabel
Hollingsworth Cross, Clyde Dixon Hollingsworth and her brother Clayton H. Hollingsworth, former superintendent of Georgia
School for the Deaf in Cave Spring, Georgia. Folder three contains correspondence regarding Lane's genealogical research.
Final folder contains political correspondence and papers, including a letter from Richard B. Russell, a speech Lane delivered
during Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit to Georgia, and a letter concerning Lane's candidacy for State Senate.
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Identifier: |
ms4088 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4534 |
Title: |
W.E. Funderburk papers
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Creator: |
Funderburk, W. E., active 1873 |
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Dates: |
1912-1949 |
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Papers pertaining to W.E. Funderburk, a rural mail carrier from Gladesville, Jasper County, Georgia. Includes documents showing
purchase of a parcel post buggy from Lewis & Neville Manufacturing Company in Goshen, Indiana, the purchase and payment for
an oil pump from The American Oil Pump and Tank Company, as well as invoices from the Ford Motor Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Includes receipts for dues paid to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Warren Lodge No. 20 in Griffin, Georgia and a copy
of the Freemason's Pocket Compendium. Includes a 1913 copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers
Association. Includes a letter to W.E. Funderburk's wife, Mary Lillian Funderburk, from their daughter Lily Mae Funderburk,
and a death card announcement for Mittie M. Funderburk in 1924.
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Identifier: |
ms4089 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4535 |
Title: |
Gordon-Erskine-LeConte family letters
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LeConte family |
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Dates: |
1870-1917 |
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Two folders containing correspondence between the Gordon, Erskine, and LeConte families of Tennessee. Majority of the letters
are between sisters Mary Gordon LeConte and Margaret Louisa Gordon Erskine. Margaret addresses Mary as "Mamie" and signs her
letters as "your loving daughter," despite the fact that they are sisters. Other correspondence includes letters to George
Washington Gordon, James Nisbet LeConte, Alexander O. Erskine, Bess Erskine, Albert Erskine, and Willie B. Gordon.
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Identifier: |
ms4090 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4536 |
Title: |
Women's comic book collection
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Creator: |
Nanny Goat Productions |
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Dates: |
1970-1973 |
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This collection consists of nine women's comic books published by Last Gasp Eco Funnies Publication, Nanny Goat Productions,
and The Print Mint between 1970 and 1973. The issues all feature female characters and involve adult themes.
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Identifier: |
ms4091 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4537 |
Title: |
William C. Towle letters
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Creator: |
Towle, William C., active 1830 |
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Dates: |
1865 |
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Two letters from Union surgeon William C. Towle written to his wife. First letter dates February 26, 1865 and details Towle's
time in Savannah with the army and the newly free enslaved people he has hired since arriving. "I am living well, I pay a
colored woman three dollars a month to cook for me, I have a man to take care of my horses and another to wait upon me..."
Second letter dates May 29, 1865 and details his time in Augusta, seeing Jeff Davis pass through the town, and his knowledge
of newly emancipated enslaved people who are told to "not consider the word Freedom as meaning Freedom from labor." Towle
ends his second letter by promising to send "a negro girl" to his wife.
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Identifier: |
ms4092 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4538 |
Title: |
Daniel D. Barrows letter
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Creator: |
Barrows, Daniel D. |
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Dates: |
1865 May 15 |
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Letter written by Union soldier in Savannah that describes the city as being "overrun with Rebel paroled prisoners," who are
forced to give up the Confederate uniforms. Barrows describes the city and his stay with a Peck family.
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Identifier: |
ms4093 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4539 |
Title: |
Lumpkin Law School diploma
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Creator: |
Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, 1823-1862 |
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Dates: |
1860 |
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Contains a diploma from 1860, the inaugural year of the University of Georgia Law School, known then as Lumpkin Law School.
Diploma is made out to George L. Peavy, a former Georgia State Senator, and is signed by founders Joseph Henry Lumpkin, William
Hope Hull, and Thomas R.R. Cobb, but only Cobb's name is legible.
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Identifier: |
ms4095 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 4540 |
Title: |
William S. Yeates and Samuel W. McCallie papers
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McCallie, S. W. (Samuel Washington), 1856-1933 |
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Dates: |
1893-1952 |
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Collection consists mostly of the correspondence of state geologists, Williams S. Yeates and Samuel W. McCallie. Materials
are mainly from 1900-1930, during the height of their careers. Includes notable correspondence with Drainage Associations
and Good Roads organizations in the south, the World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, and many other state geologists,
particulary from surrounding southern states. Also includes requests from Georgia citizens for information, analysis, and
bulletins, showing the responsibilities of their jobs as state geologists.
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Identifier: |
ms4096 |
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Repository: |
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