Edna Ferguson and Philip May Tate, Sr. collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Edna Ferguson and Philip May Tate, Sr. collection
Creator: Tate, Edna Ferguson
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1981
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.9 Linear Feet 14 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms2270
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Philip May Tate, Sr. (1865-1911) was the son of William and Mary Tate. A merchant in Jasper, Georgia and a farmer in Fairmount, Georgia he is also established the Calhoun, Ga. National Bank. He married Edna Ferguson Tate (1873-1956), the daughter of Daniel Wyatt and Sarah Jane Ferguson in 1901. Their son, William Tate (1903-1980) was born in Calhoun, Georgia. He attended Fairmount High School, the Georgia Military Academy, then the University of Georgia receiving his B.A. in 1924 and M.A. in 1927 he became dean of freshman and assistant professor of English at the University of Georgia. Tate then served as Dean of Men from 1946-1971. Tate was also a writer of local history and is noted for his book, Strolls Around Athens, a collection of columns he wrote for the weekly Athens Observer.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of the correspondence of William Tate concerning the Tate and allied families, notes, some used for his book, The Tates of Pickens County. Also included are family correspondence, diaries of his mother, Pickens County, Georgia, court records, photographs, receipts, legal documents, maps, and estate papers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Edna Ferguson and Phillip May Tate, Sr. collection, ms2270, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the University of Georgia Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Edna Ferguson and Philip May Tate, Sr. Collection was in the possession of Sarah Tate Tumlin and given by her to Special Collections in October 1984.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 January 28.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. William Tate Files
	1.1 Correspondence
box	folder
Request box
1	1		Ambrister, Frances (Mrs. Hubert)
1	2		Appleby, Jane
1	3		Auburn University
1	4		Ballard, C.S.
1	5		Barker, Christine M.
1	6		Bell, Thomas M.
1	7		Benton, Margaret (Mrs. L.O.)
1	8		Brey, Susan N.
1	9		Bruce, Ruth H. (Mrs. John H.)
1	10		Bugg, Mrs. Leland
1	11		Cantrell, Ruth and Lois
1	12		Carter, W. Colquitt
1	13		Chandler, T.P.
1	14		Cole, R.D. - see Tate, William Bryd
1	15		Copeland, Patricia (Mrs. R.N.)
1	16		Darnell, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar
1	17		DeFabrites, Mrs. Lenore
1	18		Doebbler, Mabel Tate
1	19		Dorrah, Mrs. D.L.
1	20		Duncan, Lynn
1	21		Ervin, Sam
1	22		Evergreen, Virginia. Postmaster
1	23		Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1	24		Ferguson, Mrs. Meade
1	25		Finley, Annie - see Dorrah, Mrs. D.I
1	26		Georgia Deptartment of Archives and History
1	27		Gillespie, Mrs. John Marvin
1	28		Gilmer County Ordinary - see Gordon County
1	29		Gladfelter, Carl J.
1	30		Glascock County Ordinary
1	31		Gordon, County Ordinary
1	32		Grant, E.C.
1	33		Grant, Emma M.
1	34		Halbert, Nancy L.
1	35		Hall, Elsworth Jr.
1	36		Hartley, Johnnie
1	37		Holland, William T.
1	38		Howell, Mildred (Mrs. Edgar P.)
1	39		Hunter, Mrs. R.L. - see Dorrah, D.L.
1	40		Hutzel, Ruby F.
1	41		Jefferson County Ordinary - see Glascock County
1	42		Jones, Elizabeth C. (Mrs. Jack W.)
1	43		Kalamas, Mrs. Ann
1	44		Kelley, Mrs. Lova D.
1	45		Kessler, Mrs. Orville
1	46		Kincaid, B.J. Sr.
1	47		Langford, Bessie H.
1	48		Lay, Richard
1	49		Linfield, Mary B.
1	50		Lisenbe, Mrs. James W.
1	51		Lumpkin County Ordinary - see Gordon County Ordinary
1	52		McBride, Nancy S. (Mrs. Gerald H.)
1	53		McClure, Ruth Short & Freeman C.
1	54		McDonald, Ellis Atkinson
1	55		McLain, Milton E.
1	56		McNeil, John H.
1	57		McSwain, Betty (Mrs. Angus)
1	58		Maddox, Sam Tate
1	59		Mayes, Cora May
1	60		Meriwether, Mrs. Annelle
1	61		Miller, Mrs. Glenn E.
1	62		Mouerilf, Lillie M.
1	63		Nations, Nina E.
1	64		Nelson, Elizabeth Tate
1	65		Newman, Ethel Hubbard
1	66		Newton, Charles - see Newton, Everett
1	67		Newton, Everett
1	68		Noble, Clyde E.
1	69		North Georgia College
1	70		Odom, Eunice T.
1	71		Osborn, Lena Bell (Mrs. Edwin B.)
1	72		Pierce, Mrs. Mamie A.
1	73		Redfield, Mrs. Margaret Knott
1	74		Reeve, Mrs. Jewell B.
1	75		Rogers, Wallace
box	folder
Request box
2	1		Sanders, Mrs. Pearl Tate
2	2		Savage, Mrs. H.C.
2	3		Simpson, Katherine
2	4		Simpson, Robert
2	5		Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
2	6		Tate, A.W.
2	7		Tate, Albert Junior
2	8		Tate, Mrs. Charles Gordan
2	9		Tate, Chick
2	10		Tate, Ed
2	11		Tate, Edward Ingram
2	12		Tate, Edward W
2	13		Tate, Evangeline
2	14		Tate, Ferdinand J. - see Tate, Albert
2	15		Tate, J.C. - see Tate, Raymond R.
2	16		Tate, James H.
2	17		Tate, Janet E. (Mrs. James O.)
2	18		Tate, John E.
2	19		Tate, Katelyn Wood
2	20		Tate, Leon F.
2	21		Tate, Martha F. (Mrs. Ferrell)
2	22		Tate, Mary E (Mrs. Louis F)
2	23		Tate, Mary M
2	24		Tate, Raymond R.
2	25		Tate, Sam
2	26		Tate, Thomas S
2	27		Tate, Mrs. Virginia
2	28		Tate, William B. III
2	29		Tate, William Byrd
2	30		Tate, Willie T.
2	31		Tate, Taylor, Mrs. W.M.
2	32		Todd, Jane L. (Mrs. E.G.)
2	33		Tumlin, Sarah
2	34		Tylor, Mrs. Dola S.
2	35		Upchurch, Mrs. Ethel Speir
2	36		Updike, Ethel S. (Mrs. Lesli C)
2	37		Venters, Harley E.
2	38		Vipperman, Carl J.
2	39		Wallingford, Daniel K.
2	40		Warlick, Mrs. Homer B.
2	41		Warren, County Ordinary - see Glascock County
2	42		Watkins, Marion E.
2	43		Whitfield County Ordinary - see Gordon County
2	44		Williams, Lucie
2	45		Withers, Mrs. H.A.
2	46		Wood, Marie (Mrs. William F)
2	47		Wormack, Mrs. Dymple See: Dorah, D.L.
2	48		Wyatt, May H.
2	49		Unidentified
	1.2 Tate Family Research
box	folder
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3	1		The First Tate of Evangeline and St. Landry Civil Parishes, Louisiana
3	2		Georgia Marble Company (Printed material)
3	3		A History of the Tate Methodist Church
3	4-7		Miscellaneous notes
3	8-9		Miscellaneous printed material
3	10		Sam Tate and His Georgia Marble Company
3	11		Sharptop School
3	12		Tate-Iana - humor
3	13		The Tates of Pickens County (William Tate, ed.)
	1.3 Genealogy of Other Families
box	folder
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4	1		Bryd Family-related corres.
4	1		Bell, Hallie B.
4	2		Bryd Family-Bell, Harry H., Jr.
4	3		Bryd Family-Bell, John Sammons
4	4		Bryd Family-Langford, Bessie Hicks
4	5		Bryd Family-Muethlein, Winnie Simpson
4	6		Bryd Family-Shattuck, Marguerite S.
4	7		Bryd Family-U.S. Army Eng. Dis., Gainesville & Hall Co.
4	8		U.S. Army Eng. Dist., Mobile, AL.
4	9		Warlick, Mrs. Homer B.
4	10		Bryd Family-miscellaneous material
4	11		Dent Family-related correspondence John Dent
4	12		Newman, Earle S.
4	13		Ferguson Family - see Jefferson Family
4	14		Griffith Family-miscellaneous material
4	15		Jefferson & Ferguson Family related correspondence - Bell, John Sammons
4	16		Bennett, Bertha
4	17		Bennett, Mrs. J.H., Sr.
4	18		Bivins, Raymond
4	19		Collins, Gladys Mahan
4	20		Cannick, Barbara
4	21		Ferguson, Mrs. Lucy B.
4	22		Georgia. University College Book Store
4	23		Glascock County, GA Ordinary
4	24		Hamilton, John K.
4	25		Jefferson, Milton T.
4	26		Jefferson, Tennyson
4	27		Jefferson County Ordinary - see Glascock County
4	28		Marlin, L.G.
4	29		Nobbs, Louise Williams
4	30		Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
4	31		Tumlin, Sarah Tate (Mrs. Segman)
4	32		Warren County Ordinary - see Glascock County Ordinary
4	33		Williams, Lucie
4	34		Williams, Mabel - see Williams, Lucie
4	35		Withers, Mary (Mrs. H.A.)
4	36		Unidentified
4	37		Jefferson & Ferguson Family-miscellaneous material
4	38		Madox Family-correspondence & miscellaneous material

 

2. Family Papers
box	folder
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5	1	General Correspondence, 1923 July
5	2	1937-1938
5	3	1939 February
5	4	1939 March
5	5	1939 May
5	6	1939 July
5	7	1939 October
5	8	1939 November
5	9	1939 December
5	10	1940 January
5	11	1942 September
5	12	1943
5	13	1943 April
5	14	1943 May
5	15	1943 June
5	16	1943 July
5	17	1943 September
5	18	1943 October
5	19	1943 November
5	20	1943 December
5	21	1944 January
5	22	1944 February
5	23	1944 March
5	24	1944 April
5	25	1944 May
5	26	1944 June
5	27	1944 July
5	28	1944 August
5	29	1944 September
5	30	1944 October
5	31	1944 December
5	32	1945 January
5	33	1945 February
5	34	1945 March
5	35	1945 April
5	36	1945 May
5	37	1945 June
5	38	1945 July
5	39	1945 August
5	40	1946 February
5	41	1947 October
5	42	1947 November
5	43	1947 December
5	44	1948 January
5	45	1948 February
5	46	1948 March
5	47	1948 April
5	48	1948 May
5	49	1948 June
5	50	1948 July
5	51	1948 August
5	52	1948 September
5	53	1948 October
5	54	1948 November
5	55	1948 December
5	56	1949-1951
5	57	1955
box	folder
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6	1	1956 January
6	2	1956 June
6	3	1956 September
6	4	1956 November
6	5	1957 January
6	6	1957 August
6	7	1957 September
6	8	1957 November
6	9	1958 April
6	10	1958 May
6	11	1958 September
6	12	1959 February
6	13	1960 January
6	14	1960 April
6	15	1960 May
6	16	1960 June
6	17	1960 July
6	18	1960 August
6	19	1960 October
6	20	1960 November
6	21	1961 February
6	22	1961 March
6	23	1961 April
6	24	1961 May
6	25	1961 June
6	26	1961 July
6	27	1961 August
6	28	1961 September
6	29	1961 October
6	30	1961 November
6	31	1961 December
6	32	1962 January
6	33	1962 February
6	34	1962 April
6	35	1962 May
6	36	1962 June
6	37	1962 July
6	38	1962 August
6	39	1962 October
6	40	1962 December
6	41	1963 January
6	42	1963 March
6	43	1963 April
6	44	1963 May
6	45	1963 June
6	46	1963 July
6	47	1963 August
6	48	1963 November
6	49	1963 December
6	50	1964 January
6	51	1964 March
6	52	1964 April
6	53	1964 May
6	54	1964 June
6	55	1964 July
6	56	1964 August
6	57	1964 September-October
6	58	1964 November
6	59	1964 December
6	60	1965 January
6	61	1965 February
6	62	1965 March
6	63	1965 April
6	64	1965 May
6	65	1965 June
6	66	1965 July
6	67	1965 August
6	68	1965 September
6	69	1965 November
6	70	1965 December
6	71	1966 January
6	72	1966 February
6	73	1966 April
6	74	1966 May
6	75	1966 July
6	76	1966 August
6	77	1966 September
6	78	1966 October
6	79	1966 November
6	80	1966 December
6	81	1967 January
6	82	1967 March
6	83	1967 June
6	84	1967 July
6	85	1967 August
6	86	1967 October
6	87	1967 November
6	88	1967 December
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7	1	1968-January-May
7	2	1968 June-December
7	3	1969 January-June
7	4	1969 July-December
7	5	1970
7	6	1971
7	7	1972
7	8	1973
7	9	1974
7	10	1975
7	11	1976
7	12	1977
7	13	1978
7	14	1979
7	15	1980
7	16	Correspondence - Undated
box
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16		War Medals, Brass Buttons, Keys

 

3. Diaries of Edna Tate, Legal Papers of William Tate
box	folder
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8	1A	Insurance Papers
8	1	Clippings
8	2	Membership cards
8	3	Miscellaneous
8	4	Programs
8	5	Receipts
8	6	Tate, Carter - Record of College
8	7	Tate, Edna - Diary, 1929
8	8	Tate, Edna - Diary, 1932
8	9	Tate, Edna - Diary, 1934
8	10	Tate, William, (1827-1897)
8	10-15	Legal papers, receipts, 1836-1905
8	16	Writings
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9		Cashbook - Harrison Sisson
9		Ringgold, Georgia

 

4. Photographs
box	folder
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10	1	Philip May Byrd House
10	2	Fairmount School
10	3	Fairview Church
10	4	Jefferson, George Washington
10	5	Ledbetter, Louis
10	6	Sharptop Community School
10	7	Tate, Philip May Sr.
10	8	Philip May Tate Farm
10	9	Sam Tate House
10	10	Tate, William and others
10	11	Cemetery
10	12	Tate Family
10	13	Women's Club, Fairmount, Georgia
10	14	Unidentified

 

5. Tate Family Estate Papers
	5.1 Correspondence
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11	1		Edna Ferguson Tate Estate Papers Correspondence & Miscellaneous, 1956-1970
11	2		1939
11	3		1941
11	4		1943
11	5		1951
11	6		1952
11	7		1953
11	8		1954
11	9		1956
11	10		1957
11	11		1958
11	12		1959
11	13		1960
11	14		1961
11	15		1962
11	16		1964
11	17		1965
11	18		1966
11	19		1967
11	20		1968
11	21		1969
11	23		1971
11	22		1970
11	24		1972
11	25		1973
11	26		1974 January-June
11	27		1974 July-December
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12	1		1975
12	2		1976
12	3		1977
12	4		1978
12	5		1979
12	6		1980
12	7		Correspondence - undated
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14	1		1967
14	2		1968 January-June
14	3		1968 July-December
14	4		1969
14	5		1970
14	6		1971
14	7		1972
14	8		1974
14	9		1980
14	10		Correspondence - undated
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15	1-14		Correspondence, 1927-1952
	5.2 Legal Documents, Maps, Miscellaneous
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12	8		1956
12	9		1963
12	10		1965
12	11		1970
12	12		1973
12	13		1974
12	14		1979
12	15		Documents - undated
box	folder
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14	11		1968
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12	16		Maps
12	17		Notes and Miscellaneous
box	folder
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14	12		Miscellaneous
box	folder
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12	18		Will of Philip May Tate, Sr., 1911
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1C			Maps re. Philip May Tate, Sr. estate
	5.3 Financial Documents
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13	1-2		Checkbook, 1975-1979
13	3-21		Receipts, 1956-1979
13	22		Receipts - undated
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14	13-21		Receipts, 1966-1981
14	22		Receipts - undated