Gus York papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Gus York papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1953
Bulk Dates: 1906-1916
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms3034
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Gus York (1888-1956) was the sixth of thirteen children born in Rabun County, Georgia to William Hillyer York (1858-1918) and Sarah Malinda Dickerson York (1858-1935). After graduating from the University of Georgia, he attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. In 1920 he married Louise Miller Carswell and they had four children. York had various jobs including mule-driver with 17th Infantry expeditionary forces in Camaguey, Cuba; teacher and coach at Ninth District Agricultural and Mechanical school in Clarkesville, Georgia; county agent with the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Georgia; and agronomist with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, school papers and writings, financial items, printed material, diplomas and photographs. The correspondence includes letters from York's siblings and friends. Much of the correspondence is written on humorous postcards of that time period. A 1913 letter from W. A. Cunningham (head coach at the University of Georgia) contains diagrams of football plays. The school papers include a University of Georgia football banquet program (1910) with signatures by coaches and players, and two compositions describing York's trip from Fort McPherson (Ga.) to Cuba in 1906. There are photographs of houses where Gus York lived, a wagon train in Cuba, county extension work, and a panorama view of the University of Georgia class of 1912-1913.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Gus York papers, ms3034. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Biographical information

 

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Family correspondence, 1906-1908

 

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3

Family correspondence, 1909-1914

 

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4

Correspondence, 1907-1911

 

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Correspondence, 1912-1916

 

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17

Correspondence, 1953

 

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6

Correspondence, empty envelopes

 

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School papers - report cards, notes, program, 1909-1914

 

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School papers, 1908

 

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Financial papers, 1906-1915

 

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10

Printed material

 

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Printed material - football

 

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Printed material - soil conservation

 

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Printed material - postcards

 

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Estate papers

 

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13

Troop Artillery research by William Smedlund

 

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14

York family research

 

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15

The Life of Lavinia York Barron

 

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16

Memoirs

 

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Photograph - Gus York and others

 

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Photographs - people, houses

 

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Photographs - Agricultural Extension Service

 

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Photograph - Cuba, wagon train, 1907

 

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Photograph - football team at Ninth District A-M School Clarkesville, Georgia

 

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Photographs - University of Georgia

 

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Rat cap worn by Orlean York as a freshman at the University of Georgia

 

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Photograph - panorama view of class of 1912-1913, University of Georgia

 

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Demosthenian Society certificate - Gus York, University of Georgia, 1913

 

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Diploma - Orlean Walton York, University of Georgia, 1944

 

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Diploma - Gus York, University of Georgia, 1916

 

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Diploma - Louise Miller Carswell, Richmond County High School, 1910