Byron Herbert Reece family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Byron Herbert Reece family papers
Creator: Reece, Byron Herbert, 1917-1958
Creator: Reece, Eva Mae
Inclusive Dates: 1923-1985
Language(s): English
Extent: 17.75 Linear Feet 32 document boxes, 7 half boxes
Collection Number: ms3055
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

"Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958) was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, earned two Guggenheim awards, and served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University in Atlanta, and Young Harris College in Towns County. For more information, see the article Byron Herbert Reece in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, genealogy and financial papers. The correspondence consists mainly of letters between family members, and the personal and business correspondence of Byron Herbert Reece, some were written to him when he was a tuberculosis patient at Battey State Hospital in Rome, Georgia. After Reece's suicide in 1958, much of the correspondence of Eva Mae Reece pertains to memorials to her brother Byron Herbert Reece and copyright renewals of his works.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Byron Herbert Reece family papers, ms3055, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 April 7.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Biographical Information
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1	1	Byron Herbert Reece
1	2	Byron Herbert Reece
			school items
1	3	Byron Herbert Reece
			funeral, memorial
1	4	Juan and Emma Reece
1	5	Eva Mae Reece
1	6	Eva Mae Reece
			school items
1	7	Eva Mae Reece
			medical information
1	8	Nina Kathryn Reece Lane and children
1	9	Emma Jean Reece
1	10	Thomas Rispoli
1	11	Other family members

 

2. Genealogy
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2	1	Byron Herbert Reece
			maternal and paternal charts
2	2	Patricia Rispoli McElroy
2	3	Correspondence, 1981-1983
2	4	Lentz/Lance family
2	5	Lentz/Lance family
			information from Robert Lentz
2	6	John H. Lance
			murder 1890
2	7	Reece family
2	8	Salem Methodist Church - Union County, GA
2	9	Research - GA Dept of Archives and History
2	10	Research - National Archives

 

3. Correspondence
	Family Correspondence
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3	1		1923 - 1939
3	2		1940 - 1941
3	3		1942
3	4		1943 January - July
3	5		1943 August - December
3	6		1944
3	7		1945
3	8		1946
3	9		1947 - 1948
3	10		1949
3	11		1950 January - July
3	12		1950 August - December
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4	1		1951 January - April
4	2		1951 May - December
4	3		1952 January - June
4	4		1952 July - December
4	5		1953 January - December
4	6		1953 March - August
4	7		1954
4	8		1954
			letters to Byron Herbert Reece in Battey Hospital
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5	1		1955
5	2		1956
5	3		1957 January - July
5	4		1957 August - December
5	5		1958
5	6		1959 January - July
5	7		1959 November - December
5	8		1960 1964
5	9		1973 - 1978 July
5	10		1978 August - December
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6	1		1979 January - April
6	2		1979 May - August
6	3		1979 September - December
6	4		1980 January - February
6	5		1980 March - April
6	6		1980 May - July
6	7		1980 August - October
6	8		1980 November - December
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7	1		1981
7	2		1982-1985
7	3		Ida Lance Allen
7	4		Naomi Lance Allen
7	5		Eula Lance Bryan
7	6		Rachel Howell
7	7		Undated correspondence
			Lizzie Lance
7	8		Kathryn Reece Lane and Jim Lane
7	9		Lane children: Jerry, Rebecca (Butch), Penny, Mike
7	10		Sarah McKinzey
7	11		Byron Herbert Reece
7	12		Emma Lance Reece
7	13		Eva Mae Reece
7	14		T. J. and Lorrena Reece
7	15		Jean Reece Rispoli and Thomas Rispoli
7	16		Patricia Rispoli
7	17		Other family members
7	18		Family invitations, 1944-1979
7	19		Empty envelopes
	Byron Herbert Reece
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8	1		A
8	2		Abbott, Charles D.
8	3		Ackermann, Henry A.
8	4		Ackiss, Susan Davison
8	5		Anderson, Katherine M.
8	6		Andress, Robert P.
8	7		Appleby, Ann
8	8		Arnold, Sallie Bass
8	9		Ashman, Richard
8	10		Askew, Annette Chalker
8	11		Auxier, Sylvia
8	12		B
8	13		Banner, John and Theodora
8	14		Barnard, Theta Reese
8	15		Bartholomew, Charles
8	16		Battey State Hospital (Rome, GA)
8	17		Beazley, George G.
8	18		Bell, David and Pauline
8	19		Bennett, A. Herbert
8	20		Benton, Mrs. George W.
8	21		Beverly, Bryant L.
8	22		Beyer, William
8	23		Bidwell, Claire Lucille
8	24		Biles, Jack
8	25		Binns, Jerry
8	26		Blackstock, Eva
8	27		Blanton, Doris
8	28		Bohannon, Bill and Betty
8	29		Boswell, Elizabeth
8	30		Bouffard, Marian
8	31		Bowers, Elizabeth
8	32		Boykin, Florence
8	33		Brackett, Claud F.
8	34		Branmblett, Agnes Cochran
8	35		Branch, Vivian
8	36		Bridges, Jack M.
8	37		Broadrick, George H.
8	38		Brock, Para Lee
8	39		Brook, David
8	40		Brown, Marel
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9	1		Bruce, Irene
9	2		Brush, Albert, 1943-1953
9	3		Brush, Albert
9	4		Bstandig, Frank
9	5		Buckmaster, Henrietta
9	6		Bullard, Helen
9	7		Burgess, Bernard
9	8		Burke, Ruth, 1952-1955
9	9		Burke, Ruth, 1956-1958
9	10		Burns, Olive Ann
9	11		Burrows, Walter F.
9	12		Butler, F. J.
9	13		Butler, Howard P.
9	14		C
9	15		Campbell, Langdon
9	16		Campbell, Marie
9	17		Candler, Tom and Beulah
9	18		Capps, Clifford Sheats
9	19		Carey, Frederick M.
9	20		Carnes, Grace
9	21		Carter, Don and Carolyn
9	22		Cassin, Maxine
9	23		Church, Lillian
9	24		Chylinski, Charles W.
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10	1		Clark, Maryann
10	2		Clayton, Eva Swann (Chubbie)
10	3		Clegg, Charles R. and Fay
10	4		Close, Anna Belle
10	5		Cole, Lois Dwight
10	6		Collins, Barbara Ruth and Paul, 1937-1947
10	7		Collins, Barbara Ruth
10	8		Collins, M. D.
10	9		Collins, Roslyn
10	10		Colwell, Ernest Cadman
10	11		Cook, Francis and Nancy
10	12		Cook, Mary
10	13		Coulson, Ed
10	14		Crawford, Nelson Antrim
10	15		Cremean, Robert
10	16		Crunkleton, Jane
10	17		D
10	18		Dance, W. L.
10	19		Daniel, Frank, 1945-1957
10	20		Daniel, Frank
10	21		Dawson, Martha
10	22		Decker, James A. and Dorothy
10	23		Derrick, Ruth
10	24		DeStefano, John
10	25		Dowis, Irma Smith
10	26		Downing, George A. and Lucia
10	27		Downs, Walter
10	28		Drewry, John E.
10	29		Duggar, Louise
10	30		Dunaway, Marson
10	31		Dykeman, Willard Jerome
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11	1		Edward Pratt Dickson, 1945 - 1946
11	2		Edward Pratt Dickson, 1947 - 1948
11	3		Edward Pratt Dickson, 1949 - 1950
11	4		Edward Pratt Dickson, 1951-1958
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12	1		E
12	2		Eidson, John O.
12	3		E. P. Dutton and Co., 1943-1948
12	4		E. P. Dutton and Co., 1949-1951
12	5		E. P. Dutton and Co., 1952-1954
12	6		E. P. Dutton and Co., 1955-1957
12	7		Ewing, Majl
12	8		F
12	9		Finch, Mildred Austin (Aurelia Austin)
12	10		G
12	11		Garrett, Dickey
12	12		Gaskin, J. R.
12	13		Gassman, McDill
12	14		Georgia Review , 1952-1956
12	15		Gibbs, Jeanne Osborne
12	16		Glauber, Robert H.
12	17		Goodman, Mae Winkler
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13	1		Graham, Elliott
13	2		Greear, Caroline and John
13	3		Greear, Philip and Mildred, 1938-1954
13	4		Greear, Philip and Mildred, 1955-1956
13	5		Greear, Sol
13	6		Griffin, Marvin
13	7		Griffith, Anne R.
13	8		Griffith, E. V., 1947-1956
13	9		Griffith, E. V., 1965
			photocopies of letters from BHR published in Georgia Review
13	10		Griswold, Annette
13	11		H
13	12		Hall, Agnes K.
13	13		Hall, Steve and Mrs. J. L. Hall
13	14		Hambidge, Mary
13	15		Haralson, Patrick
13	16		Harris, Grace
13	17		Harris, Joseph B.
13	18		Harris, Robert Bascomb
13	19		Harrison, Henry
13	20		Hassler, Alfred
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14	1		Henry, Frances and Patricia
14	2		Hereford, Eula Shaw
14	3		Herren, Edna
14	4		Hewitt, Andrew
14	5		Hicky, Daniel Whitehead
14	6		Hitchcock, James Guy
14	7		Hodgson, Hugh
14	8		Hullender, Martin
14	9		Humphreys, Claud
14	10		Hutchings, Florence
14	11		I
14	12		J
14	13		Janes, Edmund Kelly
14	14		John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Henry Allen Moe, James Mathias, 1951-1958
14	15		Jones, Edward
14	16		K
14	17		Keith, Joseph Joel
14	18		Kiker, Charles W. Jr.
14	19		Kincaid, Robert L.
14	20		King, Carl
14	21		Kirkpatrick, Dow
14	22		Knight, Ray
14	23		Knox, James
14	24		L
14	25		Ladd, Paul
14	26		Lape, Fred
14	27		Lawrence, Helen J.
14	28		Leckie, Georgia
14	29		Lee, Anne
14	30		Leffelaar, Hendrik
14	31		Letters to the editor, 1952-1955
14	32		Lewis, Ann E.
14	33		Lewis. John R. Jr.
14	34		Lewis, Mary E.
14	35		Lewis, Oldin V.
14	36		Lipham, Ellen
14	37		Lord, Russell and Kate
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15	1		La Bomnbard, Joan, 1950-1951
15	2		La Bomnbard, Joan, 1952-1953
15	3		La Bomnbard, Joan, 1954
15	4		La Bomnbard, Joan, 1955-1956
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16	1		M
16	2		McCurdy, Hilda
16	3		McGee, Helon
16	4		McGill, Ralph
16	5		McKee, Elmore McNeill
16	6		MacMahon, Donald and Gertrude
16	7		Mann, Addie Mae
16	8		Manning, Florence and Lucy
16	9		Marsh, Margaret Mitchell
16	10		Martin, Ed
16	11		Martin, Elizabeth L.
16	12		Martin, Harold
16	13		Massey, Gladys M.
16	14		Mathis, James and Frances
16	15		Maxey, Dan
16	16		Meagher, James
16	17		Menaboni, Sara
16	18		Meredith, Duke Cole
16	19		Meury, Eleanor
16	20		Miller, Birdie
16	21		Miller, Verdie
16	22		Mock, Grapelle Butt
16	23		Montgomery, Vaida Stewart
16	24		Moody, Minnie Hite
16	25		Moore, Orleana
16	26		Moore, Violet
16	27		Morehouse, Bert
16	28		Morrison, H. Stuart
16	29		Moser, Alice
16	30		Murfey, Etta Josephean
16	31		Myers, Garry Cleveland
16	32		Myers, Wilma
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17	1		Ruth Camp Malone, 1954 March -July
17	2		Ruth Camp Malone, 1954 August - December
17	3		Ruth Camp Malone, 1955 January - March
17	4		Ruth Camp Malone, 1955 April - July
17	5		Ruth Camp Malone, 1955 August - October
17	6		Ruth Camp Malone, 1955 November - December
17	7		Ruth Camp Malone, 1956-1958
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18	1		N
18	2		Neff, Lawrence W.
18	3		Newton, Louis D.
18	4		Nicholl, Louise Townsend
18	5		Nicholson, George T.
18	6		Nicholson, J. M.
18	7		Nicholson, Nelle, 1940-1944
18	8		Nicholson, Nelle, 1945
18	9		Nicholson, Nelle, 1946-1954
18	10		Nunn, Alexander
18	11		O
18	12		O'Connor, Flannery
18	13		O'Donnol, Dion
18	14		P
18	15		Pafford, Ward
18	16		Paris, Edith
18	17		Pattillo, Penelope
18	18		Payne, Joan Balfour
18	19		Peeples, Edwin
18	20		Perkerson, Angus and Medora Field
18	21		Posey, Millard J.
18	22		Pratt, Theodore
18	23		Preaus, Jane Bryan
18	24		Pritchard, J. Carson and Marian
18	25		Publishers - permission to reprint, 1941-1954
18	26		Pyron, Dorothy Jo
18	27		R
18	28		Radway, Leon
18	29		Ragsdale, Theron E.
18	30		Ramsaur, Richard M.
18	31		Ramsden, Howard
18	32		Ramsey, Ralph L.
18	33		Rayburn, Otto Ernest
18	34		Raymund, Bernard
18	35		Redman, Peggy Dowst
18	36		Reed, Marguerite
18	37		Reeves, Oliver Franklin
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19	1		Rhea, Dorothy
19	2		Rider, Joe Ann
19	3		Roberts, Edith
19	4		Roberts, Ruby Altizer
19	5		Robison, Doris
19	6		Rockwell, Alice
19	7		Rockwell, Kenneth
19	8		Rodgers, Bryna
19	9		Ross, Irwin
19	10		Rush, William H.
19	11		Russell, Richard B.
19	12		Rustin, Florence
19	13		Rutledge, Archibald
19	14		S
19	15		St. John, Wylly Folk
19	16		Sands, Warren C.
19	17		Saunders, Marion
19	18		Saunders, Tom Byron
19	19		Savage, Norma
19	20		Schossberger, Emily
19	21		Scott, Thomas W.
19	22		Seiwell, Don
19	23		Sharber, Kate
19	24		Sheffield, Alice Austin
19	25		Shenkel, Winifred
19	26		Sibley, Celestine
19	27		Slayden, Thelma
19	28		Smith, D. Vincent
19	29		Smith, Lois Polhill
19	30		Snelling, Paula
19	31		Sparks, Andrew
19	32		Spearman, Fanny Turner
19	33		Steedman, Marguerite
19	34		Stephens, Genevieve
19	35		Stephens, Ralph H.
19	36		Stevenson, Elizabeth
19	37		Stewart, Albert
19	38		Stokely, James and Wilma
19	39		Streeter, F. B.
19	40		Stringer, Clintine
19	41		Strode, Hudson
19	42		Strong, Mary Mitchell
19	43		Stuart, Jesse
19	44		Swallow, Alan
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20	1		Sallee, Mary, 1950-1953
20	2		Sallee, Mary, 1954
20	3		Sallee, Mary, 1955 January-June
20	4		Sallee, Mary, 1955-1957
20	5		Sallee, Mary
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21	1		T
21	2		Talmadge, Herman
21	3		Tate, William
21	4		Taylor, Nelda
21	5		Terrell, Sandra
21	6		Thoroughman, Mrs. J. C.
21	7		Todd, Alvin
21	8		Tolan, Tollie
21	9		Tolar, Florence
21	10		Tribble, Willie Mack and Mrs.
21	11		Trimble, H. Burton and Mattie
21	12		Tucker, Daisy S.
21	13		Twiggs, Clyde
21	14		U
21	15		V
21	16		Vinal, Harold
21	17		Vincent, John and Ruth
21	18		W
21	19		Wade, John Donald
21	20		Wagstaff, H. C.
21	21		Wald, Jerry
21	22		Waldrep, Jack
21	23		Walker, Mildred
21	24		Walton, Kenneth
21	25		Waring, A. J.
21	26		Warren, James E. Jr.
21	27		Watts, Connie N.
21	28		Webb, Donald E.
21	29		Weinstock, Herbert
21	30		Weir, Mrs. William H.
21	31		Wellborn, Mrs. A. C.
21	32		Wellborn, Bud
21	33		Wesley, Cecil Cobb
21	34		West, Donald L.
21	35		White, May Smith
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22	1		Wicke, Myron F.
22	2		Wilkins, Bobby E.
22	3		Wilkins, Laura
22	4		Williams, Loring
22	5		Williams, Nellie
22	6		Williams, Preston H., 1949-1953
22	7		Williams, Preston H., 1954-1956
22	8		Williams, Preston H., 1957-1958
22	9		Wilnert, Ruth
22	10		Wimberly, Lowry C.
22	11		Wolff, Bernard P.
22	12		Woodall, Linda Barnes
22	13		Woolfolk, Harrell
22	14		Wreden, Nicholas
22	15		X, Y, Z
22	16		Unknown/illegible
22	17		Multiple signatures
22	18		Invitations, 1939-1953
22	19		Invitations, 1954-1957
22	20		Correspondence to Byron Herbert Reece after his death on June 3, 1958
22	21		Empty envelopes
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23		Eva Mae Reece
			A-Z
			Aycock, Louise
			Burke, Ruth and Ted
			Byron Herbert Reece Memorial, 1958-1959
			Byron Herbert Reece Memorial, 1975-1983
			Campbell, Langdon
			Collected poems - selected by Eva Mae Reece and sent to E. P. Dutton and Co., 1959-1960
			Collins, Hazel
			Cook, Raymond A.
			Copyright, 1967-1977
			Crunkleton, Jane
			Donations of Byron Herbert Reece material, 1958-1982
			England, Lawson and Maudie
			E. P. Dutton and Co., 1958-1980
			Frier, Ruth Crumley
			Georgia Review , 1958-1985
			Greear, Mildred
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24	1		Hill, Vallarie
24	2		Lance, Frankie
24	3		Lance, Inez
24	4		Lance, Jack and Annie Rose
24	5		Malone, Ruth Camp
24	6		Munson, Mary and Bob
24	7		Sampson, Barbara Ruth
24	8		Saunders, Thomas Byron
24	9		Saunders, Thomas Byron
24	10		Smith, Daisy Frances
24	11		Unknown or multiple signatures
24	12		Invitations
24	13		Empty envelopes
24	14		Christmas gift tags
24	15		Matchbook covers
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25		Juan and Emma Reece, other family members
			Juan and Emma Reece, A-M
			Juan and Emma Reece, N-W
			Juan and Emma Reece, Blairsville Methodist churches
			Juan and Emma Reece, Burke, Ruth
			Juan and Emma Reece, Downing, George A.
			Juan and Emma Reece, Miller, Mary Jo
			Juan and Emma Reece, U.S. Department of Agriculture
			Juan and Emma Reece, Wright, Harry
			Juan and Emma Reece, unknown correspondents
			Juan and Emma Reece, empty envelopes
			Other family members
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26		Sympathy, 1958
			A - C
			D - K
			L - S
			T - W, unknown
			Florist gift cards

 

4. Writings
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27		Byron Herbert Reece
			A
			"The Abstract Professor"
			"And I At My Harp"
			"And I Not Care"
			"At the Talking House"
			B
			"Ballad of Coulson's Wood"
			"A Ballad of Robert Mallard"
			"Ballad of the Rider"
			"Ballade"
			"The Bird in the Giddy Garden"
			"The Birds"
			"The Birds (on the Worn Path)"
			"A Boy Sings to the Wind"- collection of poems
			"Bulldozer in Eden"
			"By the Hearthstone"
			C
			"Cantata"
			"The Circus"
			"C.L.M"
			"Collected Ballads"- collection of poems
			"Collected Ballads"- collection of poems
			"Come In"
			"The Count"
			"Cussin' Tom at the Gates of Paradise"
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28	1		D
28	2		David and Jonathan poems
28	3		Diary, 1933-1938
28	4		Diary in California, 1957 June 19-August 19
28	5		E
28	6		"Eastern Road"
28	7		"An Easter Service"
28	8		"Eye- Witness"
28	9		F
28	10		"The Fairy"
28	11		"Famous Heads"
28	12		"The First Words at Christmas"
28	13		"Flight 911", 1957
28	14		"The Flower Tender"
28	15		Forewords
28	16		"From a Sanitorium Porch", 1954
28	17		G
28	18		"A Good Joke"
28	19		"The Green Bride and Pale Groom"
28	20		H
28	21		"His Wrath"
28	22		"The Hope I Thought to Carry"
28	23		"A Host of Furious Fancies"
28	24		I
28	25		"If I But Had a Little Coat" - from "The Adoration"
28	26		"I'll Take My Stand"
			"The Immortal Flame"
28	28		"Inscription for a School House Door"
28	29		"In Sheep's Clothing"
28	30		"I Shall Go Back"
28	31		"The Knower"
28	32		L
28	33		"A Leave-Taking"
28	34		"A Little Anthology of Georgia Poetry"
28	35		M
28	36		"The Man From Over the Mountain"
28	37		"The Mask"
28	38		N
28	39		" A Need of Green"
28	40		"The Nets"
28	41		"No Fences Make Good Neighbors"
28	42		"Not Without Sorrow"
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29	1		O
29	2		"On Yonder Mountain Top"
29	3		P
29	4		"Parable"
29	5		"Pasture Song" (Pastoral)
29	6		"Poems"
			collection sent to E. P. Dutton in 1959 by Eva Mae Reece
29	7		"Premonition"
29	8		"A Psalm of Victory"
29	9		R
29	10		"Remembered Summers"
29	11		"Return to Remembrance"
29	12		"Ruthless Moon"
29	13		S
29	14		"The Sage and the Wayfarer"
29	15		"Sea Shells"
29	16		"Shadow of the Raven's Wing"
29	17		"Shine Sun"
29	18		"Sing Holly-Loo"
29	19		"Snug-Abed"
29	20		"Sojourn"
29	21		"So Marry"
29	22		"Sonnets for an Ill Season"
29	23		"Spring Day in the Woods"
29	24		"Spring Song"
29	25		T
29	26		"The Thin Woman Upon the Road"
			"This Grief"
29	28		"Those Who Conquer"
29	29		"The Three Crosses"
29	30		"Three From Rustic Canyon"
29	31		"Through the Pained and Pregnant Air"
29	32		"Tracks Seen From a Sanatorium"
29	33		"The Traveling Musicians"
29	34		"Treasure in the Earth"
29	35		"The Tree, the Bird, and the Leaf"
29	36		U
29	37		"Under the Laurel"
29	38		"Usual Day"
29	39		V
29	40		W
29	41		"The Water Witch - A Legend of Trahlyta"
29	42		"Weaving Song"
29	43		"The Wet and the Cold"
29	44		"When I Think of Christmas Time"
29	45		"Where and Away"
29	46		"Wind in the Willows"
29	47		"Winter Equation"
29	48		"With You Away"
29	49		"Wolf Creek"
29	50		"The Word"
29	51		"The World in the Wind" - semi-autobiographical material
29	52		Y
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30	1		Bibliographies
30	2		Notes, address book
30	3		Notes and clippings for possible use in "Axe and Sword"
30	4		Notes re: the teaching of writing
30	5		Poems - cited by reviewers
30	6		Poems - multiple titles on same page
30	7		Poems - revised from published volumes
30	8		Poems - unfinished and fragments
30	9		Poems - unfinished and fragments
30	10		Prose - unfinished and fragments
30	11		Publishers - acceptance for publication
30	12		Reviews and judging
30	13		Short verse - light
30	14		Speeches
30	15		Untitled
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31		Writings by others
			Allen, Ida
			Allen, Naomi Lance
			Brush, Albert
			Burke, Ruth
			Campbell, Langdon
			Cassin, Maxine
			Collins, Barbara Ruth
			Collins, C. R.
			Cook, Virginia Glover
			Crowe, R. McFerran
			Dickson, Edward Pratt (pen name - Manfred Wise)
			Evatt, Julia Eubanks
			Finch, Mildred Austin (pen name - Aurelia Austin)
			Frier, Ruth Crumley and Thomas
			Gallaway, June Reece
			Greene, Edith
			Hereford, Eula Shaw
			LaBombard, Joan - poems A-Z
			LaBombard, Joan - poems untitled
			LaBombard, Joan - poems sent to E. P. Dutton and Co.
			LaBombard, Joan- poems excluded from ms, and "Elegy"
			LaBombard, Joan- "Sign in the Garden"
			Lee, Bob [?]
			Limericks
			Lozier, Rocky
			Millay, Edna St. Vincent
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32	1		Nicholson, J. M.
32	2		Raymund, Bernard
32	3		Reece, Eva Mae - biography of Byron Herbert Reece
32	4		Reece, Eva Mae - calendar diaries, 1974-1978
32	5		Reece, Eva Mae - calendar diaries, 1979-1983
32	6		Reece, Eva Mae - notes and poem
32	7		Reece, Eva Mae - school papers
32	8		Rispoli, Jean Reece (Jean Reece Rispoli Rich)
32	9		Rispoli, Patricia
32	10		Rodgers, Bryna
32	11		Sheffield, Alice Austin
32	12		Swallow, Alan
32	13		Teal, Charles B.
32	14		Weatherford, Bill
32	15		Williams, Preston
32	16		Authors A - Z
32	17		Authors unknown

 

5. Printed material
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33		5. Printed material
		Byron Herbert Reece and family
			Byron Herbert Reece, 1940-1960
			Byron Herbert Reece, 1961-1967
			Byron Herbert Reece, 1968-1992
			Byron Herbert Reece writings
			Byron Herbert Reece music - "If I Had But a Little Coat" and "Homeless"
			Byron Herbert Reece memorials, 1959-1985
			Reece/Lance family
			Reece family writings
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34		General
			Atlanta (GA) Book Fair, 1946
			"Aurora" - Agnes Scott College, 1956
			Battey State Hospital - Rome (GA)
			"The Bridge" - Edward Pratt Dickson
			The Charitable Muse - anthology of poetry selected by BHR
			Colleges and universities
			Cookbooks
			Elbeetian Legion, 1955
			Georgia
			Georgia - Pickens County "Documents and Memoirs..."
			Georgia - Union County "1850 Census of Georgia (Union County)"
			Georgia - Union County - "Moonshadow" vol. 2,5,6,7
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35	1		Georgia - Union County "Mountain Relic", 1980-1981
35	2		Georgia - Union County "Our North Georgia in Song and Verse" scrapbook, 1955-1971
35	3		Georgia - Union County "Sketches of Union County History" V.1,2
35	4		Greear, Philip
35	5		Griffith, E. V.
35	6		Health
35	7		High Schools
35	8		John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
35	9		Keith, Joseph Joel
35	10		Lance, Jack and Bert Lance
35	11		Obituaries
35	12		Poetry
35	13		Programs
35	14		Publishers
35	15		"Quill Club Anthology" vol. 3
35	16		Religion
35	17		Religion - North Georgia Conference, Methodist Church, yearbook and minutes, 1922
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36	1		Sandburg, Carl
36	2		School and teaching material
36	3		Scrapbooks - Emma Reece. Byron Herbert Reece
36	4		"Seydell Quarterly"
36	5		Stuart, Jesse
36	6		Swallow, Alan/ Swallow Press
36	7		Todd's Farm - Sarah/Suches, GA
36	8		Waldrep, Jack
36	9		West, Don
36	10		Wolfe, Thomas
36	11		Writers' clubs and associations
36	12		Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
36	13		Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA - "The Enotah Echoes"
36	14		Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA - newsletters, 1963-1978
36	15		Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA - newsletters, 1979-1984
36	16		Various subjects

 

6. Photographs and Art

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6. Photographs and Art

Photographs - Albert Brush

Photographs - Ruth Burke

Photographs - Barbara Ruth Collins

Photographs - Edward Pratt Dickson

Photographs - Nina Kathryn Lane and Jerry Carole

Photographs - George T. Nicholson

Photographs - Byron Herbert Reece

Photographs - Emma Reece

Photographs - Reece family

Photographs - Reece memorial dedication, 1959 September 26

Photographs - Jean Reece Rispoli and Thomas

Photographs - unidentified people

Photographs - places

Artwork - George Biddle

Artwork -Ruth Burke

Artwork -Kathy Howell

Artwork - Byron Herbert Reece

Artwork - Patricia Rispoli

Sketch - Grandfather Lance's Marsh Board

Artwork - unidentified

 

7. Financial
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38		7. Financial
		Byron Herbert Reece
			Accounts ledger, 1953
			Bank statements, 1949-1950
			Bank statements, 1951
			Bank statements, 1952
			Bank statements, 1953
			Bank statements, 1954-1956
			Bank statements, 1957
			Bank statements, 1958
			Farm ledger, 1943-1946
			Income tax
			Insurance
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39	1		Publishers: book sales, 1949-1957
39	2		Publishers: book sales, 1958
39	3		Publishers: contracts
39	4		Publishers: copyright
39	5		Publishers: copyrights, 1958
39	6		Publishers: Curtis Publishing Co.
39	7		Publishers: royalty reports, 1945-1957
39	8		Publishers: royalty reports, 1958
39	9		Receipts
39	10		Receipts
39	11		Travel
	Juan and Emma Reece
	Eva Mae Reece
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39	13		Eva Mae Reece
39	14		Banking, 1966-1984
39	15		Cash journal, 1969-1974