 Francis R. Goulding papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteFrancis Robert Goulding (1810-1881) graduated from the University of Georgia in 1830. Goulding authored the book The Young marooners on the Florida coast. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of correspondence, patent petitions, manuscripts of writings, notes, and other papers of Goulding; family correspondence; correspondence with the Georgia State Library, where Goulding's papers were previously housed, and others concerning the collection; and manuscript by Bilali (Ben Ali), an enslaved Arabic man from Sapelo Island, Ga., and correspondence, articles, and other papers relating to the manuscript. Administrative InformationConditions Governing AccessA facsimile of the Bilali manuscript is available for use. The original is restricted due to fragility. Ownership and Custodial HistoryTransferred from Georgia State Law Library, 1992. Preferred CitationFrancis R. Goulding papers, ms2807, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. ProvenanceThe Francis R. Goulding Collection contains materials originally given to the Georgia State Library in 1932. Extract from Atlanta Journal magazine, 3 July 1932, concerning the Goulding family's gifts to the State Library; the artifacts listed are also included in this collection: The tools with which his grandfather is said to have made the first sewing machine have been loaned to the state library by Frank Goulding, of Atlanta, for exhibit with the memorial collection. These tools, a rather crude brace bit and spoke shaver, were given Mr. Goulding by his uncle, the captain (Benjamin L. Goulding). Mr. Goulding has also lent a walking stick, made of teakwood from the Himalayan Mountains and which must have belonged to Thomas Goulding... for on its silver head is engraved, 'Dr. Goulding, May, 1705.' Finding Aid PublicationFinding aid prepared on: 2009 September 11. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms | ||||||||||||||||||||