Bunnie Cox family scrapbooks

Descriptive Summary
Title: Bunnie Cox family scrapbooks
Creator: Cox, Bunnie Vernon Porter (Belle Vernon Porter), 1911-1968
Creator: Middlebrooks, LaNette Hillsman
Inclusive Dates: 1892-1968
Bulk Dates: 1926-1932
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet 3 document boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms2987
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Belle (Bunnie) Vernon Porter (1911-1968) married Julian Hoyt Cox in 1932 and was society editor of the Athens Banner Herald from 1942-1968. She was a student at North Avenue Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Demorest (GA) High School, and the University of Georgia. Her sister Ann Beveille Porter was a student at Demorest High School and Piedmont College.

Roswell King (1765-1844) was a businessman who founded the ciity of Roswell in northern Fulton County, Georgia. For more information see the article Roswell King in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a family record album, and two family scrapbooks. The family record album contains genealogy of the family names Porter, King, Strobhar and Habersham. The album held numerous loose papers consisting of clipping, photographs, correspondence, printed material and genealogy information. Ancestors of Bunnie Cox include Roswell King (founder of Roswell, Georgia) and Revolutionary War Major John Habersham. The two family scrapbooks are an engagement and wedding scrapbook of Flora Middlebrooks Cox and a child's picture scrapbook made by LaNette Hillsman Middlebrooks.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Bunnie Cox family scrapbooks, ms2987, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 May 7.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Scrapbook-Bunnie Vernon Porter, 1925-1929

 

1	2	Scrapbook-Bunnie Vernon Porter, 1925-1929
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Scrapbook-Bunnie Vernon Porter-Demorest High School, 1929

 

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Diploma-Bunnie Vernon Porter-Demorest High School, 1929

 

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Scrapbook-Ann Beveille Porter-Demorest High School, 1931

 

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Scrapbook-Ann Beveille Porter-Piedmont College, 1931-1932

 

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Family Record Album

 

3	2	Family Record Album
		loose items in album (correspondence)

 

3	3	Family Record Album
		loose items in album (genealogy)

 

3	4	Family Record Album
		loose items in album (photographs)

 

3	5	Family Record Album
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3	6	Family Record Album
		loose items in album (clippings)

 

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Scrapbook-Flora Middlebrooks Cox, 1935

 

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Lucy Cobb Institute items, 1949-1952

 

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Scrapbook-Bunnie Vernon Porter-University of Georgia, 1929-1931

 

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Scrapbook-LaNette Hillsman Middlebrooks, 1892

 

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Diploma-Flora Middlebrooks Cox-Athens High School, 1928