| 5421 |
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Oaths to restrict liquor sales to enslaved and free persons of color
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Unknown |
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1853-1854 |
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This collection contains two documents from Dooly County, Georgia with four signed oaths from merchants to restrict the sales
of liquor to any enslaved person or free person of color without the owner, overseer, employer, or guardian's consent.
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ms4559 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5422 |
Title: |
E. Paul Torrance artifacts and personal papers
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Torrance, E. Paul (Ellis Paul), 1915- |
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Dates: |
1960-1999 |
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This collection contains photographs from the 1960s to the 1990s, many mounted on cardboard; presents from students and colleagues
Japan when he visited in the late 1970s; letters to Torrance and his wife from colleagues, students, and friends; paintings
and artwork by professional artists and children; video of E. Paul Torrance, his classes, and his educational methodology;
and awards, commendations, certificates, and degrees.
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Identifier: |
ms3723 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5423 |
Title: |
Joel S. Kennard Civil War letters
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Dates: |
1861-1863 |
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This collection contains Confederate military orders and correspondence to and from Lt. Joel S. Kennard, who commanded C.S.S.
Sampson and C.S.S. Isondiga in the waters around Savannah, Georgia during the Civil War.
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ms4560 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5425 |
Title: |
John B. Lamar plantation book
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Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862 |
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Dates: |
1847-1880 |
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The collection consists of a plantation book of John B. Lamar, for his plantation in Sumter County, Georgia, from 1847-1880.
The book includes lists containing names of enslaved people; a diagram of crop rotation for cotton, corn, oats, and rye; a
map of the plantation; an inventory of plantation items; tax accounts; and food supplies. During the Civil War, entries become
less comprehensive. From 1867-1872, entries list the date, employee's name, and item charged to the account, primarily food.
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Identifier: |
ms131 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5426 |
Title: |
Samuel B. Clark papers
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Clark, Samuel B., 1812-1865 |
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Dates: |
1787-1869 |
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The collection consists of papers of Samuel B. Clark, from 1787-1869. Included are indentures, a land survey, legal documents,
and a plantation journal (1841-1869) containing business records pertaining to the Richmond County homestead, the Burke County
(Georgia) farm, and land in Dooly County (Georgia). Entries include information on slave values, outlays for crops and household
supplies, tax returns for Richmond and Burke counties, financial reports on building the McBean canal, and cotton sales.
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Identifier: |
ms1497 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5427 |
Title: |
David Lewis Earnest photographic collection
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Earnest, David Lewis, -1956 |
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Dates: |
circa 1900-1950s |
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The collection consists of period views (191 photographs and 331 slides) of locations around Athens and northeast Georgia,
including structures no longer in existence as well as those still standing. Represented are university buildings, residential
homes, and religious and business facilities. A considerable number of photographs of nature, particularly water and falls,
are included as well as several photographs of individuals and groups, both white and African-American. A small number of
photographs depict Tennessee and Washington D.C. locations.
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Identifier: |
ms1590 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5428 |
Title: |
M.H. Mitchell, Inc. Political Demonstration and Protest collection
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Creator: |
Mitchell, David Yoakley |
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Dates: |
1970-2022 |
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This collection contains buttons, posters, banners, T Shirts, and protest signs regarding politics and politicians, sexism,
racism, imperialism, and injustices.
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Identifier: |
ms4442 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5429 |
Title: |
F. M. Dimond letter to Edward Spalding
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Dimond, F. M. |
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Dates: |
1823 May 26 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Havana, May 26, 1823, to Edward Spalding, signed "Fall Damond," letter of introduction
for James Almy (a former merchant and planter in Georgia). Almy is seeking a position on a coffee estate.
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Identifier: |
ms1564 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5430 |
Title: |
E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection
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Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981 |
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Dates: |
1745-1942 |
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The collection consists of original source material including biographies of prominent Georgians, correspondence of individuals
and families, court records from the Superior Court of Jackson County (Ga.), records relating to the Confederate States of
America and the Civil War in Georgia, reports and lists of children attending impoverished schools in Clarke County (Ga.),
and records relating to slavery in Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms2018 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5431 |
Title: |
Joseph Rucker and Clarinda Pendleton Lamar papers
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Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton, 1856-1943 |
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Dates: |
1792-1936 |
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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.
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Identifier: |
ms22 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5432 |
Title: |
William Joseph and Nancy Wallis Short family papers
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Short, William Joseph, 1834-1924 |
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Dates: |
1862-1916 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, Army clothing and roll book, writings, and photographs. The letters were written
1862-1865 among members of the Short family. Most letters are between Joe and his wife Nannie in Buena Vista, Georgia. He
frequently advises his wife about financial matters and the operation of his farm, but also describes the battles and his
view of the war. January 23, 1863 - "...will never forget the scenery after the fight. It seemed as if the most terrible
hurricane had swept over the earth." July 31, 1863 - "I am enlisted for life or until the yankees are whipped." "They are
fighting for plunder, we for our homes, wives and children." Her letters tell of family matters and their son William Bascom
"Billy." In a 1914 letter, L. M. Spinks remembers their time together in the war and tells of his life now in Texas. There
are also several letters from his brother John Robert Short (1837-1920), who was in the 9th Georgia Battalion Artillery, Co.
C.
A personal account of the war was written by William Joseph Short when he was 90 and lists locations of his camps and the
main battles he was in - Murfreesboro (TN) on July 14, 1862; Perryville (KY) on October 8, 1862; Murfreesboro (TN) on December
31-January 2, 1863; Chickamauga (GA) on September 19-20, 1863; and Lookout Mt. (TN) on November 22, 1863. There is a speech
by William Bascom Short on the the unveiling of a Confederate memorial in Buena Vista (GA) in 1916; a notebook listing the
roster of Co. G and clothing issued during 1864-1865; and two photographs of William Bascom Short and his wife Mollie.
Transcripts are included with most letters.
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ms3863 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5433 |
Title: |
Plant systematics (manuscript)
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Creator: |
Luchsinger, Arlene E. |
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Dates: |
1979 |
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The collection consists of the manuscript and notes to the book Plant Systematics by Samuel B. Jones and Arlene E. Luchsinger.
The book, which concerns classification of plants, is intended to be a textbook. It was published by McGraw-Hill in 1979.
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ms1575 |
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| 5435 |
Title: |
Promised Land collection
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Livsey, Chad |
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Dates: |
1936-2023 |
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This collection contains written and researched history of the Livsey families and the family property know as The Promised
Land in Gwinnett County, Georgia. It also includes photographs and family photo albums.
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ms4567 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5436 |
Title: |
Athens Symphony collection
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Creator: |
Athens Symphony (Athens, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1978-2022 |
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This collection contains photographs, correspondence, programs, and business records including articles of incorporation,
license agreements, donors, rehearsal schedules, and meeeting agendas.
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Identifier: |
ms4592 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5437 |
Title: |
Spartan Radiocasting collection
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Creator: |
Spartan Communications (Firm) |
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Dates: |
1952-1981 |
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This collection contains photographs of WSPA TV studios in various stages, a script from a 25th anniversary program, and some
station ephemera.
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Identifier: |
ms4564 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5439 |
Title: |
Henry H. Carlton notebook
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Creator: |
Carlton, Henry Hull, 1835-1905 |
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Dates: |
circa 1860-1880s |
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A notebook of Captain Henry H. Carlton from 1860-circa 1880s. The notebook begins in 1860 as L. C. Cooper's notebook while
a student at Franklin College (University of Georgia, Athens) and contains several literary pieces copied by Cooper. In 1861,
Captain H. H. Carlton used the book to record the list of soldiers who served in the Troup Artillery during the Civil War.
After the war someone, probably Edwin D. Newton, Secretary of the Survivors Association of Confederate Veterans of Northeast
Georgia, added place of residence, death dates, and other data to the list. The notebook contains a mixture of various notes
and includes material on Carlton's Company.
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Identifier: |
ms1029 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5440 |
Title: |
Berckmans family papers
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Berckmans family |
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Dates: |
1840-1852 |
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The collection consists of items belonging to the Berckmans family of Augusta, Georgia: a passport of Louis Mathieu Edward
Berckmans (1840); volume containing water color landscape drawings and plant descriptions of a model farm and estate (1846);
journal of Prosper Berckmans, titled Voyage en Amerique, 1850, describing the life and customs in the various sections of
America visited by Berckmans.
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ms122 |
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