Phinizy Spalding papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteDr. Billups Phinizy Spalding was born in 1930 and died in 1994. He was a history professor at the College of Charleston and University of Georgia from 1966 and 1994. He was also an author and editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly. He was very active in historic preservation. For much of his life, Spalding resided in Athens, Georgia. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of papers of Phinizy Spalding from 1910-1994. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, lecture materials, student papers, seminar materials, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and ephemera. The materials document Spalding's interests in historic preservation, particularly in Clarke County (Ga.); his tenure as professor of history at the University of Georgia (1966-1991) including information on the Phinizy Lectures; his editorship (1974-1982) of the Georgia Historical Quarterly; as well as information pertaining to publication of his books and articles. The collection also contains information on the Cobbham Historic District, Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, Lucy Cobb Institute, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Correspondents include Joyce Blackburn, Tom Watson Brown, Kenneth Coleman, E. Merton Coulter, Walter Stanton Forbes, Mills B. Lane IV, Valeria and Piero Leida, David T. Morgan, Walker Percy, James K. Reap, and Betty Wood. Organization and ArrangementArranged into nine series and over twenty subseries by record type and subject: Series 1. Personal Materials; Series 2. Correspondence; Series 3. Financial Matters; Series 4. Career at UGA; Series 5. Historic Preservation Work; Series 6. Other Scholarly Activities; Series 7. Writings; Series 8. Printed Matter; Series 9. Posters, Certificates, Photographs, and Ephemera Administrative InformationPreferred CitationPhinizy Spalding papers. MS 1783. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries. General NotesCataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated collections in this repository: Phinizy Spalding papers, MS 2907 and MS 783; Hughes Spalding papers, MS 1413 and MS 1665; and Jack J. Spalding letters to Judson Hand, MS 693. |
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