Robert S. Gilliam family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert S. Gilliam family papers
Creator: Durham, Lucy
Creator: Williams, Maude
Creator: Gilliam, Sallie Myrt
Creator: Gilliam, Robert S.
Inclusive Dates: 1870-1935, bulk 1881-1909
Bulk Dates: 1881-1909
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.4 Linear Feet (8 document boxes, 1 oversized box)
Collection Number: ms1372
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of papers of Robert S. Gilliam and the Gilliam family of Maxeys, Oglethorpe County, Georgia from 1870-1935. The bulk of the collection (1881-1909) consists of correspondence, financial statements, receipts, and legal documents pertaining to Gilliam's mercantile business. Family correspondence (1882-1898) consists of letters to and from Gilliam's daughter, Sallie Myrt while living in Maxeys or while she was attending LaGrange Female College. Other correspondents include Lucy Durham writing from Agnes Scott College (Decatur, Ga.) or Athens (Ga.) and Maude Williams. The collection also contains photographs, programs, and invitations relating to the LaGrange Female College.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Robert S. Gilliam was a merchant who resided and worked in Maxeys in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He was born in 1852 and died in 1903. He was married to Susan Maxey Gilliam (1856 - 1932). They had one child, a daughter, named Sallie Myrt Gilliam, who was born in 1877 and died in 1960. She married William Gurham (1869-1939), and they had two children, one in 1902 and the second in 1904. Sallie went to La Grange Female College in the 1890s.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Robert S. Gilliam family papers. MS 1372. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Correspondence, 1870

 

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Correspondence, 1886

 

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Correspondence, 1889

 

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Correspondence, 1890

 

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Correspondence, 1891

 

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Correspondence, 1892

 

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Correspondence, 1893

 

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Correspondence, 1894

 

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Correspondence, 1895

 

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Correspondence, January - June 1896

 

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Correspondence, July - October 1896

 

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Correspondence, November - December 1896

 

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Correspondence, January - March 1897

 

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Correspondence, April - May 1897

 

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Correspondence, June - December 1897

 

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Correspondence, January - April 1898

 

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Correspondence, May - December 1898

 

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Correspondence, 1899

 

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Correspondence, 1900

 

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Correspondence, 1901

 

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Correspondence, 1902

 

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Correspondence, 1903

 

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Correspondence, 1904

 

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Correspondence, 1906

 

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Correspondence, 1911

 

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Correspondence, 1919

 

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Correspondence, 1935

 

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Correspondence, Undated

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1881

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1882

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1883

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1884

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1885

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1886

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1887

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1888

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1889

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1890

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1891

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1892

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1893

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1894

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1895

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1896

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1897

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1899

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1900

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1905

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1906

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1907

 

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Statements, Receipts, 1909

 

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Statements, Receipts, undated

 

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Legal Documents

 

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Receipts

 

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Bill of Sales

 

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Sallie Myrt Gilliam documents

Includes letters to her from parents; Maxeys High School report cards (1886-1890); La Grange Female College report card (1895); La Grange monthly writing exam; and her Roudebush Writing System Intermediate Chart Book.

 

6	2	Invitations and Programs
		Includes Sallie's La Grange graduation programs and invitations; marriage invitations; concert and play invitations; La Grange Sophomore Day (1896) and Senior Day invitations (1898); Park High School closing exercises program (1896); circular of the Washington Seminary (1888); Kentucky University commencement invitation (1894); and National Eclectic Medical Association invitations.

 

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Two medicinal remedies

 

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Statements certifying home doctor visits

 

6	5	Photographs
		Includes: unidentified portraits, Thomas E. Watson, and Fannie Pulliam.

 

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Writings (short stories, poetry, and letters)

 

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Envelopes

 

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Pair of scissors and the Standard Falconia Crayons (16)

 

8	1	Printed Material
		Includes: Roosevelt House newsletter (1924); Oglethorpe County & The Bicentennial; Historical Indian Stories by Chief Eagle Eye; and My Record and Indorsements by Charles H. brand.

 

8	2	Printed Material
		Includes: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens in serial form; Tract on Evolution (about the Scopes Trial); Gonorrhea in Males and Its Cure pamphlet; and Why a Merchant Should Furnish to the Bradstreet Company.

 

8	3	Printed Material
		Includes: a copy of The Atlantic Monthly (1886); US Dept. of Ag. Crop Report (1896); Pope & Fleming Special Weekly Report on the Cotton Market (1896); Famous Comic Recitations book (1893); and One Hundred Choice Selections book.

 

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Scrapbook

 

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Picture

 

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