| 5601 |
Title: |
George Foster Peabody Awards records
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Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication |
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Dates: |
1940-2011 |
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This collection consists of the paper documentation of the annual Peabody Awards from its inception in 1940 through the present.
Primarily composed of the entry materials for thousands of radio and television shows to the awards, the collection also contains
entry forms, digests and indexes of entries, elaborate containers that housed entries, program descriptions, Peabody award
publications and brochures, business and office files, and correspondence.
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Identifier: |
ms3000 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5602 |
Title: |
Reverend John Jones family papers
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Jones, John C., active 1830-1860 |
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Dates: |
1775-1928 |
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The collection consists of papers of Reverend John Jones and the Jones family from 1775-1928. Contains extensive family correspondence
(1805-1942) including letters of John Jones; his wife Jane A. Jones; his children John Dunwoody Jones, Mary Cornelia Jones,
Joseph H. Jones, and John C. Jones; his brothers and sisters Reverend Charles C. Jones, Mary Jones, J.N. Jones, and Sallie
A. Dunwoody and her husband William J. Dunwoody. Records relating directly to John Jones include sermons (1830-1883), various
diaries and financial ledgers, legal documents, and materials relating to the Presbyterian Church. The collection contains
some material relating to various Jones family plantations in Georgia including Hopestill and Bonaventure. The papers also
include scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, records of enslaved persons, court records, and legal documents.
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Identifier: |
ms1065 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5603 |
Title: |
Noble Jones family papers
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Creator: |
Jones, Noble Wimberly, 1723-1805 |
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Dates: |
1754-1838 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838, bound in volume.
The last will and Testament of Noble Jones includes the bequest of Wormslow [Wormsloe] and enslaved people.
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Identifier: |
ms1127 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5604 |
Title: |
Inventory of people enslaved by Henry Bourguin
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1779 December 11 |
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The collection consists of a handwritten estate inventory created December 11, 1779, by Henry Bourguin's daughters. The inventory
includes a list of the people enslaved by Bourguin, including name with approximate preceived monetary value, and is divided
into three columns showing the division of his estate by his three daughters.
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Identifier: |
ms1205 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5606 |
Title: |
Andrew Maybank Jones family papers
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Creator: |
Jones, Andrew Maybank |
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Dates: |
1803-1874, 1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of Andrew Maybank Jones and Jones family members from 1803-1874. Materials relating to Andrew
Maybank Jones include correspondence, reports of the University of Georgia, bills of sale of enslaved persons, promissory
notes, a prayer book, and an account book of Jones's plantations. Further correspondence are between Charles West and Joseph
Jones, Joseph Jones and Charlton Hines, W. Fleming and Captain Joseph Jones, and Mrs. Electra Dodge and Mary Ann Dodge. The
collection also includes records of cotton sales for Joseph Jones, Confederate States of America money, and newspaper clippings
concerning the Confederacy.
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Identifier: |
ms1289 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5607 |
Title: |
John B. Lamar plantation book
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Creator: |
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.
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Identifier: |
ms131 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5608 |
Title: |
William Cooke plantation book
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Creator: |
Cooke, William |
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Dates: |
1861-1868 |
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The collection consists of "Mr. William Cooke's plantation book, Creighton Island," containing handwritten entries dating
1861-1868. Entries include allowance lists for enslaved people on Creighton Island, and information regarding the number of
persons assigned to a job. The volume also includes description of the weather, local news and events, and entries and accounts
concerning Charles Harris Spalding's probate of his father Thomas Spalding's estate.
Many of the early entries discuss the enslaved population on the plantation including their roles laboring in the field, cooking,
nursing, attending the horses, and blacksmithing
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Identifier: |
ms1570 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5609 |
Title: |
James Hamilton papers
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Creator: |
Hamilton, James, 1763-1829 |
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Dates: |
1785-1868 |
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The collection consists of papers of James Hamilton from 1785-1868. Papers concern mostly business matters relating to the
Hamilton's merchant/factory businesses of McCredie and Hamilton, and Hamilton and Couper of Charleston, South Carolina. Records
include receipts, shipping records, accounts for sales, and invoices. The collection also includes correspondence from Paris,
Liverpool, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Savannah, Baltimore, Embden, St. Simons, Tybee, Palmetto Grove, Wilmington, N.C., Georgetown,
and various inlets. Several letters report on conditions of Hamilton's plantation, including crops and people who are enslaved
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Identifier: |
ms1611 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5610 |
Title: |
Johnston family papers
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Johnston family |
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Dates: |
1836-1862 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Malcolm Johnston family. Included are correspondences; two small account books; and
Certificate no. 2457, for the purchase of a tract of land in Montgomery, Alabama, by Arthur B. Davis of Muscogee, Georgia.
The collection also includes documents concerning enslaved people perceived to be property of the Johnston family: bill of
sales for enslaved persons received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston and E. L. Johnston; "List of property belonging
to M. Johnston," listing 800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of enslaved people
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Identifier: |
ms1629 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5611 |
Title: |
John Brown Gordon family papers
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Creator: |
Haralson, Hugh Anderson, 1805-1854 |
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Dates: |
circa 1841-1979 |
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The collection consists of papers of John Brown Gordon and the Gordon family from ca. 1841-1979. Papers relating to John
Brown Gordon include correspondence, writings, photographs, and scrapbooks. The correspondence (1861-1930) consists of letters
written to his wife, Fanny Haralson Gordon, mainly while Gordon was serving in the Confederate Army in the states of Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland; letters (1864-1870) from Robert E. Lee; and correspondence to and from his family while he was
serving as a United States Senator in Washington. Other Gordon family members represented in the papers include Hugh Haralson
Gordon, Caroline Lewis Gordon, and Lewis Gordon. The collection contains an interesting set of letters (1941-1948) to and
from Rev. John Dawson Gordon, whose parents were enslaved by, and later, servants of the Gordon family from 1854 until they
moved to California in the 1890s.
The collection also contains papers relating to the Haralson family, consisting mainly of correspondence (1841-1851) between
Hugh A. Haralson, while serving in the U.S. Congress, and his wife, Caroline Lewis Haralson, and their daughters Elizabeth,
Fanny, and Caroline. Mrs. Haralson's letters to her husband provide an indepth look at her management of their plantation
in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, while her husband was away from home. The collection also contains genealogical materials
relating to the Gordon, Haralson, Hodgson, Howard, and Lewis families.
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Identifier: |
ms1637 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5612 |
Title: |
Michael Dennis account book
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Creator: |
Dennis, Michael |
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Dates: |
1855-1867 |
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The collection consists of an account book of Michael Dennis for his general store, sawmill, and grist mill in Eatonton, Georgia
from 1855-1867.
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Identifier: |
ms165 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5613 |
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 and the lives of enslaved people in Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms2018 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5614 |
Title: |
Murrell family papers
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Murrell family |
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Dates: |
1832-1977 |
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This collection consists of personal family correspondence, reminiscences by G.W.H. Murrell relating to his Civil War experiences
and those of Cobb's Legion, business records, family genealogy, and a sampling of artifacts. Some items include descriptions
of enslaved persons
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Identifier: |
ms2326 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5615 |
Title: |
Louis C. Harris papers
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Harris, Louis C., 1912-1978 |
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Dates: |
1938-1978 |
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The collection consists of papers, family correspondence, FBI correspondence, military records, diaries, speeches, clippings
of articles by and about Louis C. Harris, Sr., printed material, photographs and a typewriter. Included are writings, photographs
and correspondence related to the Atomic Bomb Test of 1953, which Louis C. Harris, Sr. witnessed.
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Identifier: |
ms3057 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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| 5618 |
Title: |
Edward Harden family papers
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Creator: |
Harden, Edward, 1784-1849 |
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Dates: |
1779-1928 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Edward Harden and other Harden and Jackson family members of Savannah and Athens,
Georgia from 1779-1928, including letters, receipts, autographs, commissions, deeds, diaries, scrapbooks.
Materials relating to Edward Harden, a planter [enslaver] and politician from Savannah and Athens, include indentures, receipts,
account books (1836-1842) for his law practice, and common place books (1805, 1830-1837) containing accounts for his plantations,
legal notes, and journal entries. Some materials describe persons enslaved by Edward Harden.
Also included are the diaries of Mary Ann Elizabeth Randolph, Mary Elizabeth Greenhill Harden, and Edward Harden Jr.'s children.
The diaries (1864-1928) of Harden's great-niece, Eveline Harden Jackson, describe her school days, social activities, the
Civil War, and news of family and friends.
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Identifier: |
ms45 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5619 |
Title: |
Keith M. Read collection
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Creator: |
Read, Keith M., 1880-1940 |
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Dates: |
1732-1905 |
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The collection consists of materials collected by Keith M. Read documenting the history of Georgia from 1732-1905. The materials
include account books, correspondence, deeds, diaries, indentures, land grants, letter books, and minute books. Topics covered
include the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, slavery and the lives of enslaved persons, the Salzburgers, and Native American
tribes in Georgia. The collection contains papers of John M. Berrien; William H. Crawford; John Forsyth; Williams Gibbons;
Charles Harris; Herschel V. Johnson; James Wright; the Bosomworth, Habersham, and Houstoun families; as well as numerous other
Georgians.
Of particular interest are records (1861-1863) of the Consulate of Great Britain in Georgia during the Civil War; an account
book (1818) of Dr. Lewis H. Feurth containing the date, name of patient, treatment, and payment; a diary (1733) of Peter Gordon
describing life in Georgia and relations with the Indians; a diary (ca. 1714-1763) of Caleb Davis pertaining to his trading
activities in Georgia with the English and Spanish; and a letter book (1804-1806) of William Woodbridge documenting his import/export
business and the difficulties of trading with Europe and England during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Identifier: |
ms921 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5620 |
Title: |
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Collection, Series 8: Artifacts
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Creator: |
Georgia Music Hall of Fame |
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Dates: |
1950-2011 |
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Contents: |
The artifacts series of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame collection consists of awards presented to Georgia music figures, textiles
and clothing items, as well as various three-dimensional objects associated with musicians, producers, and others associated
with the music history of Georgia.
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ms3837_8 |
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Hargrett Library |
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