Athens Historical Society papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Athens Historical Society papers
Creator: Athens Historical Society
Inclusive Dates: 1960-2023
Language(s): English
Extent: 11.5 Linear Feet 9 boxes and 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms2306
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The Athens Historical Society, founded in 1959, promotes and stimulates public interest in and appreciation of the history of Athens and Clarke County through preparing, editing, and publishing historical research descriptive and sponsoring programs and activities of historical interest.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters, speeches, newspaper articles, maps, photos, and indenture, and a cemetery survey that chronicle Athens history. University history is recorded in newspaper articles and some letters and Georgia history in speeches, newspaper articles, and brochures. Athens Historical Society (AHS) history is recorded in minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and speeches. AHS internal papers include directories, membership rolls, Constitution and by-laws, rosters, news releases, and a paper entitled The First Twenty Years: A Brief History of the Athens Historical Society. The collection also has the papers, scripts, and newspaper clippings concerning the AHS produced video The Presence of the Past: Historic Houses of Athens, Georgia. See also the typescripts of the full soundtrack of the video Reminiscences of Old Athens. Later additions to the collection include financial papers, Athens Historical Society Papers Volume II, and material regarding the "Vanishing Athens" project, Crampton's Gap project, Clarke County Cemeteries project, and Ellis Merton Coulter birthday commemoration.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Athens Historical Society Papers, ms2306, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 January 28.

General Notes

Related audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms2306/bmac-coll

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Administrative
		Includes photostats of four 1820 and 1821 letters, one written by Dr. Waddell, and the others concern Elijah Clark Mounger, grandson of General Elijah Clarke, an 1857 Indenture between Charles M. Reese, and C.W. and H.R.J. Long, an 1857 Agreement between Thomas R.R. Cobb and C.W. and H.R.J. Long, a survey and blueprint of Jackson Street Cemetery, Natalie Bocock's "Names of Early Athens Streets," and various newspaper articles.
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1	1	Minutes, 1960-1963
1	2	Newsletters and minutes, 1961-1964
1	3-6	Minutes, 1965-1984
1	7	Minutes, 1994-2012
1	8-9	Board meeting agendas, minutes, meeting reports and handouts, 2013-2018
1	10	Constitution and Bylaws revision, 2015
1	11	Administrative Assistant position, 2001-2002
1	12	Insurance for events, 2005-2007
1	13	Archive agreement-Hargrett Library, 1996
1	14	Athens-Clarke Public Library and Heritage Room support and affiliations, 1994-2005
1	15	Affiliate chapter status, 1996, 2010
1	16	Inherit Georgia Partnership, 2018
1	17	Support of community, 2001-2009
1	18	First Athens Historical Society newsclipping and a brief history of the Athens Historical Society, 1899, 1980
1	19	Oconee Street School-National Historic Register Initiative, 2018
1	20	Preservation of Old Athens Cemetery, 1980
1	21	Local non Athens Historical Society history events, 1907-2011
1	22	Reference queries from the public, 2016-2017
1	23	Agenda for meetings of Board of Directors, officers and minutes, 2019
1	24	Calendar, 2019
1	25-26	Internal papers, 1960-1979
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2	1-2	Internal papers, 1980-1989
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8	23	Membership, Officers, 1960-1963, 1984-1994
8	24	Minutes and agendas, 1989-1993

 

2. Membership
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2	3	Membership materials and renewal solicitations, 2013-2014
2	4	Members survey, 2015
2	5	Directory (also includes 1981 information), 1982-1984
2	6	Directory, 1985-1987
2	7	Directory, 1988-1990
2	8	Directory, 1990-1992
2	9	Directory, 1992-1993
2	10	Directory, 1994-1999
2	11	Directory, 2000-2012
2	12	Membership card record journal, 1963-1971

 

3. Financial
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2	13	Business correspondence, 1963-1986
2	14	Business advertisements, 1962
2	15-17	Business bank statements, 1968-1979
2	18	Business bills, receipts, 1969-1971
2	19	Business ledgers, 1960-1980
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3	1-4	Financial papers, 1968, 1991-1993
3	5-6	Tax-exempt status application and papers, 1988-1989
3	8	Tax-exempt status provisional granting by IRS, 1989
3	7	Copyright-City of Athens map, 1975
3	8	Important financial papers, 1989-1990
3	9	Miscellaneous papers (includes R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation), 1992
3	10-11	Miscellaneous papers, 2006-2010
3	12	Bills and invoices to Athens Historical Society, 2009-2013
3	13	Bills and invoices from Athens Historical Society, 2009-2013
3	14	Treasurer's responsibilities and correspondence, 1994-2011
3	15	Financial reports, 1994-2018
3	16	Banking documents, 2006-2007
3	17	Tax documents, 2002-2008
3	18	Financial documents and related correspondence, 2000-2001
3	19-20	Monthly account statements and minor invoices, 2002-2007
3	21	Cash flow, 2018-2019
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4	1-3	Financial documents, 1998-2009
4	4-8	Financial documents, 1994-2009
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8	25-28	Financial papers, 1976, 1984, 1987-1990

 

4. Correspondence

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9-16

Correspondence, 1970-1988

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Correspondence, 1989-1994

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29-31

Correspondence , 1967-1969

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32-35

Correspondence, 1962-1965

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36

Correspondence, 2013-2018

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Records, 2015-2023

 

5. Printed materials, memorials and photographs
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5	7	Publications-inventories, discussions, general correspondence and volume one of papers, 2007, 2018
5	8	Papers (volume 1), paste up copies and photographs, 1964, 2007
5	9	Athens Historian-printing and images use permissions from Hargrett, 2000-2008
5	10	Athens Historian-Dr. Gayther Plummer dispute, 2004-2005
5	11	Map (1874) history, copyright-paperwork, 2014
5	12	Remembering Athens-Susan Frances Tate-paperwork, 1996
5	13-17	Newsletters, 1976-1994
5	18	Field trip to Elberton, 1981
5	19	Miscellaneous newletters and pamplets, 1967-1986
5	20	Printed materials, 1988-1989
5	21	Athens history, 1969-1985
5	22	University of Georgia history, 1924-1984
5	23	Julia Pope Moss papers, undated
5	24	Dr. William Lorenzo Moss, 1981-1983
5	25	Miscellaneous Georgia history, circa 1960s-1970s
5	26	Athens history, 1802-1916
5	27	News clipping, 1963-1989
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6	1	Papers (volume 2), 1979
6	2	Guest book, 1960s
6	3	Guest books, circa 1970s-1980s
6	5-6	Newspaper clips, 1965-1971
6	7	Articles, 1967-1971
6	8	The first twenty years, circa 1960s-1970s
6	9	Newsletters, 1961-1972
6	10	Copyrights and incorporation papers, 1964-1984
6	11	Speeches given , 1960-1979
6	12	Ellis Merton Coulter Birthday commemorations, 1980, 1990
6	13	"Presence of the past" premiere material, 1987
6	14	Susan Frances Barrow Tate Fund-reception, 1988
6	15	"Vanishing Athens" Project, 1989-1990
6	16	Crampton's Gap Project (includes correspondence), 1992
6	17	Crampton's Gap Project-Maryland, 1992
6	18	Crampton's Gap Project-Athens (includes photographs), 1993
6	19	Crampton's Gap Project-Macon, 1994
6	20	Crampton's Gap Project research material, circa 1800s
6	21	Clarke County Cemeteries Project (includes slides), 1991
6	22	Oconee Hill Cemetery Project worksheets, 1960-1963
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7	1	"These men she gave" (includes appendices and notes), 1800s, 1963
7	2	Newsletters, 1994-2018
7	3	Clarke County cemeteries, 1997-1998
7	4	Athens Treasures Project, 2001
7	5	"Postcard history of Athens, Georgia"-Gary Doster, 2002
7	6	"History and people of St. Luke AME Church"-Ruth Roberson Hughes, 2007
7	7	"Oconee Hill Cemetery"-Charlotte Marshall, 2009
7	8	Athens Historical Society website-Permission to use Hargrett images, 2014
7	9	Agreement with Hargrett to use historic images, 2015
7	10	Notecards- University of Georgia lithograph (1850s) and Cooke's View from Carr's Hill (1845), 2015
7	11	"Putting on the blue" by Al Hester, 2015-2016
7	12	Map reproductions-productions notes and package insert texts (Steven Brown), 2016-2017
7	13	"A story untold" by Michael Thurmond-prepublication, 2018
7	14	"Presence of the past: historic houses of Athens, Georgia", 1987
7	15	"Presence of the past"-remastering from VHS to DVD (information), 2007-2009
7	16	"Presence of the past"-DVD reissue (information), 2014
7	17	Crampton's Gap marker, 1994
7	18	World War II participant markers, 1994-2001
7	19	Ben Epps statue and text, 2010
7	20	Original University of Georgia Botanical Garden marker, 2013
7	21	Reconstruction Athens-republishing Robert Gamble's thesis, 2018
7	22	Newsclippings, 1961-1964
7	23	Exhibition of antiques, 1963
7	24	Papers of Athens Historical Society (volume 1), 1962-1963
7	25	"The presense of the past: historical houses of Athens, Georgia", 1987
7	26	"Presence of the past" records (includes photographs), 1987
7	27	"Reminiscences of old Athens", 1987
7	28	Miscellaneous Athens Historical information, 1987
7	29	Susan Frances Barrow Tate Fund, 1988
7	30	"Honoring Athens architectural past 1800-1942: exhibition catalog", 2019
7	31	Old Athens Cemetery-brochure, 2009
7	32	Augustus Longstreet Hull Award (flyer), 2018 January
7	33	Miscellaneous maps and photocopies (includes photographs), circa 1960s-1990s
7	34	Photographs of Athens Historical Society meeting, 1990
7	35	Photographs of historic houses and structures of Athens, undated
7	36	News clippings, 1973-1983
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8	1	Hull Award planning, undated
8	2	First Hull Award, 2015
8	3	Second Hull Award-Patricia Cooper, 2015
8	4	Third Hull Award-Mary Bondurant Warren (includes annual meeting remarks on 2016 by President Janet Patterson), 2017
8	5	Fourth Hull Award-Charlotte Thomas Marshall, 2018
8	6	Fifth Hull Award-Gary Lafayette Doster, 2019
8	7	Athens Historical Society programs and parties, 1994-2018
8	8	Video/media production of programs, 2007-2009
8	9	"New light on Old Athens"-Charlotte Thomas Marshall, 1988
8	10	E. Merton Coulter Centennial-Dr. Lester Stephens and Dr. Horace Montgomery, 1990
8	11	REM program, 2007
8	12	Revolutionary Ramble-Bill Moffat, 2014
8	13	"Athens by leaps and bounds: development of Athens shown in historic maps 1793-1946"-Mary Linnemann and Steven Brown, 2015
8	14	Georgia Brick Company Ramble and Lecture-Beth Whitlock and Steven Brown, 2017
8	15	"Yesterday's vision: Athens City Master Plan of 1925"-Beth Whitlock and Steven Brown , 2018
8	16	Athens Treasures Exhibit, 2000
8	17	Co-sponsored programs, 1994, 2013
8	18	Slides, undated
8	19	Vanishing Athens Project, 1989-1990
8	20	"The Athens stroller"-newsletter, 2019
8	21	"Michael L. Thurmond Black History Bowl lecture and celebration" (flyer), 2019 March 2
8	22	"Black History Celebration" and Michael L. Thurmond Lecture Series (program), 2019 March 2
8	37	Family photos, 1908-1953
8	38	The Athens Mutual Insurance Company of Athens, Georgia building form, 1908
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1	1-3	"50th Anniversary of Athens Historical Society" (three banners), 2009
1	1	"To lasso the clouds: the beginning of aviation in Georgia" (poster), undated