Ann E. Lewis papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Ann E. Lewis papers
Creator: Lewis, Ann E., 1903-1997
Inclusive Dates: 1924-1990
Language(s): English
Extent: 27.4 Linear Feet 3 cartons, 38 document boxes, 1 slide box, 1 card file box, 4 oversized boxes, 1 half box
Collection Number: ms2879
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Ann Eliza Hatton Lewis (1903-1997) was an author, publisher, and educator. She is most notable for being the founder of Georgia Magazine. She lived for most of her adult life in Decatur and Atlanta, GA, first as an English teacher at Decatur High School and later as an administrative assistant at Georgia Tech.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, articles, scrapbooks, and newspapers all relating to her extensive career. The papers document her career as editor of the Georgia Magazine (1957-1971) and Georgia Life (1974-1980) and her involvement in the Atlanta Branch of National League of American Pen Women, Atlanta Writer's Club, and other civic and historical organizations.

Organization and Arrangement

Portions of this collection have not yet been processed. It has been roughly sorted by container and a container list made available to facilitate access until full processing is possible.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ann E. Lewis papers, ms2879, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 July 6.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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1. Mrs. Lewis [Ann Eliza Hatton] teaching at Bulodean
		Materials include her stories of the stay at Bulodean, photos, the 1981 reunion at Bulodean and Mrs. Lewis' correspondence with former students, several of whom she stayed in touch with for many years.
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1	1	Correspondence, 1924
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1	2	Bulodean, North Carolina photographs
1	3	Correspondence, 1956-1968
1	4	Mrs Lewis' story of her experiences-manuscript, edited & final versions
1	5	Story published in The State 1985-'I Was A "First" in Bulodean' and part II, 'The First Teacher in Bulodean'
1	6	The 1981 reunion at Bulodean-newsclippings, correspondence, photos
1	7	Correspondence with Newton Farr Garland and Jones Garland
1	8	Correspondence with Hannah Miller
1	9	Correspondence with Willie Clay and Vista Street

 

2. Civic Activities
		Mrs. Lewis lived in Whitmire SC after her marriage and was involved in all manner of civic activities. While president of the local Parent-Teachers Association, Founder's Day in 1936 was organized to honor Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hurst, mother of the publisher William Randolph Hurst, who was co-founder of the lst Mother's Congress in 1897 which became the National PTA. Mrs. Hurst was the daughter of Drucilla Whitmire whose family was from Whitmire SC. The materials reflect the massive amount of organization necessary for this event.
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2	1	Founder's Day correspondence, 1935-1936
2	2	Founder's Day programs
2	3	PTA correspondence regarding Founder's Day
2	4	Founder's Day pageant
2	5	Aragon Baldwin Mill
2	6	Pauline Branyon correspondence
2	7	Mary Hemphill Greene correspondence
2	8	Minnie B Bradford correspondence
2	9	Hearst correspondence
2	10	Thornwell Jacobs correspondence
2	11	William Plumer Jacobs correspondence
2	12	Governor Olin D. Johnston correspondence
2	13	W. S. Kirkpatrick correspondence
2	14	Roger Peace correspondence
2	15	Elsie Robinson correspondence
2	16	Archibald Rutledge correspondence
2	17	Mildred Seydel correspondence
2	18	Representative John C. Taylor correspondence
2	19	Ethel Whitmire correspondence (photocopies to USE)
2	20	Ethel Whitmire original correspondence (fragile-use 2:19)
2	21	Whitmire Family research
2	22	Whitmire Museum & Historical Association
2	23	Whitmire correspondence, 1949-1997
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1		Clippings, plaques and awards

 

3. Family Trips
		While still living in Whitmire, SC, Mrs. Lewis determined to take her 5 children on a trip to California by car. This worked well and she later took them to the World's Fair in NYC. She wrote to several newspapers while on the trips and helped to pay some of their expenses. This material shows how she organized such and includes correspondence from readers who enjoyed the articles about the trips.
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3	1	California trip, 1935-1936
3	2	1937 January-June
3	3	1937 July-December
3	4	Map used on trip
3	5	Ethel Whitmire correspondence regarding trip
3	6	World's Fair, 1938 March-1939 June
3	7	1939 July-1940

 

4. Editorial Activities
		Mrs. Lewis was editor of the Whitmire News before the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1950's. She continued her editorial activities by starting GEORGIA MAGAZINE which ran until the late 1960's, was sold but did not flourish. She then started GEORGIA LIFE magazine which continued until early 1980's. The alphabetical correspondence below is from this time period.
	4.1 Correspondence
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4	1		ABBOT, Nell
4	2		ABNEY, Beth
4	3		ADAMS, George Matthew
4	4		ADAMSON, Ann
4	5		ALLGOOD, Bill
4	6		ANDERSON, Mrs. Halstead
4	7		ANDERSON, Mr and Mrs. Karl
4	8		ANDERSON, Marie
4	9		ANTHONY, Madeline
4	10		BARKER, Lillian
4	11		BARROW, Elfrida
4	12		BELL, Lois Hendrix
4	13		BERG, Norman
4	14		BLACKBURN, Ben
4	15		BLITCH, Iris
4	16		BOYD, Willis
4	17		BRAGG, Lillian
4	18		BRAMBLETT, Agnes
4	19		BREWER, Bill
4			BRIDGES, Herb
4	20		BROWN, Joseph E
4	21		BROWN, Marel
4	22		BROWN, Martha
4			BROWN, Tom Watson
4	23		BRYAN, Lynda Lee
4	24		BRYAN, Mary Givens
4	25		BUNN, Dumont & Christine
4	26		BURCH, James B.
4	27		BUSBEE, George
4	28		BUTLER, Tyus
4	29		BYRD, Garland
4	30		CARROLL, Homer
4	31		CARTER, Jimmy
4	32		CAWTHON, Bill
4	33		CHAMBLISS, Amy
4	34		CHAPPELL, Loretta Lamar
4	35		CLAY, Lucius
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5	1		CODINGTON, Kate & Arthur
5	2		COOK, Jacquelyn
5	3		COUCH, Tony
5	4		COULTER, E. M.
5	5		CRESS, Linda
5	6		DaBOLL, Raymond F.
5	7		DANIELL, J. J.
5	8		DAVENPORT, William
5	9		DAVES, Francis M.
5	10		DAVIDSON, Keay
5	11		DAY, Hannah
5	12		DEAVER, Emily Cook
5	13		DEBOLT, Margaret
5	14		DELIESSELINE, Ethel
5	15		DEWS, Margery
5	16		DICKENS, Dean
5	17		DICKINSON, Ann
5	18		DODD, Ed - Mark Trail comic strip
5	18a		DODD, Lamar
5	19		DRINNON, Elizabeth
5	20		DUFFEY, May F
5	21		DUNN, Margie
5	22		DuVAL, Carolyn Black
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6	1		ELLIOTT, Marilyn
6	2		ESTES, David
6	3		FARR, William
6	4		FINCH, Mildred Austin
6	5		FODOR, Eugene
6	6		FORTSON, Ben
6	7		FOSS, Abby
6	8		FOSTER, Edith
6	9		FREDERICK, Mary B.
6	10		GIBBS, Jeanne
6	11		GODFREY, Caroline
6	12		GOFF, Catherine
6	13		GRAMLING, Martha
6	14		GRANT, Earle
6	15		GRAVES, Vicki
6	16		GREENE, Frances
6	17		GREGORY, Edna
6	18		GRIFFIN, Marvin
6	19		HALVERSON, Delia
6	20		HANSON, David
6	21		HARPER, Adelle (with photograph)
6	22		HARRIS, Joe Frank
6	23		HART, Carroll
6	24		HAYNES, William
6	25		HENRY, Inez
6	26		HICKEY, Daniel
6	27		HICKEY, Louise McHenry
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7	1		HILL, Edwin C.
7	2		HODGINS, Maibelle
7	3		HOLLAND, J. TRUMAN
7	4		HOLLINGSWORTH, Leon
7	5		HOLTZCLAW, Mary
7	6		HORAN, John E. & Tom
7	7		HUDSPETH, Ron
7	8		HUGHES, Frank
7	9		HUGHES, Henrietta
7	10		HUNN, Max
7	11		IVY, Emma
7	12		JEWETT, Mary
7	13		JOHNSON, Annie L
7	14		JOLLEY, Clyde, 1975-1976
7	15		JOLLEY, Clyde, 1977-1981
7	16		JONES, Aaron
7	17		JONES, H Grady
7	18		JONES, James H.
7	19		KATYAL, Marge
7	20		KELLY, William A.
7	21		KIDD, Marianne
7	22		KING, Spencer
7	23		KOLLOCK, John (with photograph)
7	24		KOTCHIAN, Carl
7	25		KURTZ, Wilbur
7	26		KYLE F. Clason
7	27		LaBOON, Brandt
7	28		LANCE, Bert
7	29		LANE, Mary
7	30		LANE, Mills Jr. & IV
7	31		LEWIS, John L.
7	32		LEWIS, John Ransom
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8	1		LEWIS, Martha
8	2		LEWIS, W. W.
8	3		LONGLEY, Julian & Mary
8	4		LUNCEFORD, Rosalind
8	5		McCULLAR, Bernice
8	6		McDONALD, Ellis Atkisson
8	7		McINTYRE, O. O.
8	8		McKAY, Blythe
8	9		McKAY, James
8	10		McKAY, John J.
8	11		McKINNON, Ethelyn
8	12		McMASTER, Lucille
8	13		McREE, Jannelle Jones
8	14		McREE, Jannelle Jones
8	15		MACK, Elizabeth
8	16		MADDOX, Lester
8	17		MADDOX, W. C.
8	18		MAJETTE, Vara
8	19		MALONE, Ruth C.
8	20		MARLEY, Norma
8	21		MANNING, Robert
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9	1		MASSELL, Sam
9	2		MASSEY, Mrs. Raymond
9	3		MATTHEWS, Laura & Pearce
9	4		MAYER, Becky
9	5		MEADERS, Margaret
9	6		MELLICHAMP, Josephine
9	7		MELLINGER, Marie
9	8		MENABONI, Athos
9	9		MEYER, Jerry
9	10		MILLER, Zell
9	11		MILLS, Peggy
9	12		MINTER, Jack
9	13		MINTZ, Leonora
9	14		MITCHELL, Margaret-re her letters to Al Edee
9	15		MOBLEY, Marvin
9	16		MOODY, Minnie H.
9	17		MOORE, Violet
9	18		MOORE, Virginia
9	19		MORGAN, Beatrice
9	20		MUNDY, Martin
9	21		NEWMAN, Lois
9	22		NEWTON, Hester
9	23		NIX, Dorothy
9	24		NOTTINGHAM, Zera
9	25		ODUM, Mamie
9	26		OVREVIK, Marie
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10	1		PARHAM, Joseph
10	2		PLANT, Sandra
10	3		POOL, Antoinette
10	4		PRICE, Eugenia
10	5		PUSTER, J. Grett
10	6		RAVERS, Betty
10	7		REECE, Byron Herbert
10	8		REID, Frances
10	9		RICHARDSON, Walter
10	10		RILEY, Albert
10	11		ROBERTS, Delmar
10	12		ROCKWELL, Paul A.
10	13		ROGERS, Evelyna
10	14		ROGERS, Kenneth
10	15		ROWLAND, Charles
10	16		RUSSELL, Richard
10	17		SANDERS, Carl
10	18		SATTERFIELD, Frances
10	19		SEWELL, Cliff
10	20		SEYDELL, Mildred
10	21		SHADBURN, Don
10	22		SHEPPARD, Peggy, 1959-1969
10	23		SHEPPARD, Peggy, 1970-1975
10	24		SHEPPARD, Peggy, 1976 -1977
10	25		SHEPPARD, Peggy, 1978-1983
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11	1		SHEPPARD, Peggy
11	2		SHEPPARD, Peggy
11	3		SHEPPARD, Peggy
11	4		SHEPPARD, Peggy
11	5		SHIPP, Nelson
11	6		SHIPP, Nelson
11	7		SIBLEY, Celestine
11	8		SINGER, Ann
11	9		SMITH, Benjamin
11	10		SMITH, Daisy Francis
11	11		SMITH, Margaret
11	12		SMITH, Nelle E
11	13		SOHN, Louis
11	14		SPALDING, Jack
11	15		STEPHENS, Walt
11	16		STEVENS, Clyde Lovejoy
11	17		STUBBS, Thomas M & Bea
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12	1		SUDDETH, Ruth
12	2		SUTLIVE, W Kirk
12	3		TALMADGE, Herman
12	4		TATE, William & Susan
12	5		THIGPEN, Corbett
12	6		THOMPSON, Emmie de L
12	7		TILLEY, Anne
12	8		TOWNSEND, James
12	9		TUCKER, Billy
12	10		TURNER, Bill
12	11		VAN METER, Lloyd
12	12		VANDIVER, Ernest
12	13		VANSTORY, Burnette
12	14		VENARD, Ann
12	15		VICKERS, Ed
12	16		VICKERS, Ovid
12	17		VINSON, Carl
12	18		VONK, Ida Lee
12	19		WARE, Runa
12	20		WARREN, James
12	21		WARTHEN, Christine
12	22		WEBB, Frances
12	23		WEINSTEIN, Dr Alfred
12	24		WESLEY, Cecil Cobb
12	25		WHELPLEY, Don
12	26		WIGGINTON, Eliot
12	27		WILCOX, Herbert
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13	1		WILLIAMS, Carolyn W
13	2		WILLIAMS, Ida Belle
13	3		WILLIAMS, Lorraine
13	4		WILLIAMS, Wayne
13	5		WILLINGHAM, Robert M
13	6		WINIARSKI, H. Lee
13	7		WINTER, Mary C
13	8		WINTERBERGER, Katherine
13	9		WOO, Marie
13	10		WOODRUFF, Robert
13	11		WRIGHT, Bill & Sara
13	12		WYLY, Rachel
13	13		YATES, B. C.
13	14		YOUNG, Dorothy
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28	1-18		Correspondence, 1940-1959
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16	1-15		Correspondence, 1959-1960
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17	1-13		Correspondence, 1961-1963
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18	1-15		Correspondence, 1964-1966
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19	1-6		Correspondence, 1967-1968
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20	1-10		Correspondence, 1969-1974
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21	1-7		Correspondence, 1975-1976
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22	1-4		Correspondence, 1977
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23	1-8		Correspondence, 1978-1979
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24	1-9		Correspondence, 1980-1988
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25	1		Advertising correspondence- general
25	2		American Cancer Society
25	3		Anglo fabrics
25	4		Antique shops
25	5		Atlanta, Georgia
25	6		Banks
25	7		Brundage prints
25	8		Atlanta Gas Light Company
25	9		Callaway Gardens
25	10		Cobb County, Georgia
25	11		Coca-Cola advertising
25	12		Colonial Stores
25	13		Columbus, Georgia
25	14		Community Prestige Magazine
25	15		Courts and Company
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26	1		Decatur, Georgia
26	2		Delta Air Lines
26	3		Department stores
26	4		Elberton, Georgia
26	5		Empress Chinchilla
26	6		"Family Line" section
26	7		Form letters
26	8		Furniture stores
26	9		Ads- Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
26	10		Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
26	11		Georgia Power Company
26	12		M. L. Grant, Incorporated- Fleming Revell Company
26	13		Jekyll Island
26	14		Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
26	15		Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation
26	16		H. W. Lay Company
26	17		Northeast Georgia mountains
26	18		Pest control companies
26	19		Prospective Advertisers
26	20		Georgia Magazine rate cards
26	21		Other Magazine rate cards
26	22		Charles A. Rawson & Associates
26	23		Ads- Rock City, Lookout Mountain
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27	1		St. Simon's Island, Georgia
27	2		Savannah, Georgia
27	3		Schenley Distillers Company
27	4		Schieffelin & Company
27	5		Schools and colleges
27	6		Sheraton
27	7		Simmons Plating Works Inc.
27	8		Southeastern Merchandise Mart
27	9		Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company
27	10		Trips- Chicago
27	11		Trips- Florida
27	12		Trips- Georgia
27	13		Trips- New York
27	15		Ads- Stone Mountain
27	16		Stuckey's
27	17		Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation
27	18		University of Georgia Press
27	19		Ads- Yoncey Bros.
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14	1		Antiques
14	2		American Heritage Pub'l Co
14	3		Atlanta Georgian
14	4		Atlanta Press Club
14	5		Augusta Chamber of Commerce
14	6		"Best Articles & Stories"
14	7		Book Reviews
14	8		Callaway Gardens
14	9		Campbell County
14	10		Christmas Issue
14	11		Coca-Cola
14	12		Confederate States of America
14	13		Dahlonega
14	14		DeKalb County
14	15		First 500 Poems
14	16		Georgia Dept of Industry & Trade
14	17		Georgia Journal
14	18		Georgia Press Institute
14	19		Georgia Review
14	20		Georgia Signers
14	21		Georgia State Poetry Institute
14	22		Georgia Stories
14	23		Harper Printing Company
14	24		Historic Churches
14	25		Invitations
14	26		Jenkins County
14	27		Lake Lanier
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15	1		'Let's Swap'-family lines
15	2		'Listen World'
15	3		Madison
15	4		Milledge, John
15	5		Milledgeville
15	6		Miscellaneous
15	7		New Magazines
15	8		Obituaries
15	9		Oglethorpe University
15	10		'Outdoors in Georgia'
15	11		'Outdoors in IL'
15	12		Pilot Club
15	13		Poetry
15	14		Press Releases
15	15		Promotions
15	16		Providence Canyon
15	17		Regional Pub'l Assn
15	18		Restorations
15	19		Rich's
15	20		Savannah
15	21		South Carolina
15	22		Stone Mountain
15	23		Univ of Georgia Press
15	24		Virginia Cavalcade
15	25		Women
15	26		Writings-no identification nor date
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34	1-9		John Kollock drawings
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46			John Kollock materials
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37	1-15		Georgia Life newsstand accounts
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38	1-5		Georgia Life materials
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45			Georgia Life account books
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39	1-9		Subscription materials; correspondence
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40			Subscription cards
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41			Subscription cards
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42			The Whitmire News
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43			The Whitmire News
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36	1-9		AWC/APW
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33	1-13		Photographs
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35	1-8		Scrapbooks

 

5. Bills

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Business Bills Paid, 1962-1967

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Business Bills Paid, 1968-1969

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6. Unprocessed

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