 Dozier Land Company records
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteThe Dozier Land Company was an Athens, Georgia, company that focused on land and real estate development in Athens and Augusta. It was formed from the merger of the American Land Company (Athens, GA) and the National Land Company (Augusta, GA). The Dozier Land company closed its doors around 1955 after being bought out by the Tanner Company. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of records of the Dozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.) and its predecessors, the American Land Company (Athens, Ga.) and the National Land Company (Augusta, Ga.), from 1905-1920 and contains mostly correspondence relating to residential real estate development in Augusta and Athens, Georgia including Oconee Place. Correspondents include Thomas H. Dozier, James Howard Dozier, W.B. Dozier, Olin A. Dozier, Athens Mutual Insurance Company. Correspondence discusses segregated homes for African Americans. Discussion of breeding Hereford cattle and concerns of fever ticks. Of interest is correspondence relating to the hiring of balloon ascensionists as a publicity gimmick. Organization and ArrangementArranged mainly in chronological order. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationDozier Land Company (Athens, Ga.) records, ms26, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Immediate Source of AcquisitionDonated by Dozier Lumber Co. in 1955. Conditions Governing UseThe majority of this collection is In Copyright – Non-commercial Use Permitted: Collection is available for non-commercial purposes where there is no intent to generate a profit. Items are copyrighted and require permission from the rightsholders for any other purpose. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/. For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms | ||||||||||||||||||||||