Barry Staples collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Barry Staples collection
Creator: Staples, Barry McDonald, -2005
Inclusive Dates: 1942, 1972-1979, 2005
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms3287
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Barry McDonald Staples (d. 2005), a University of Georgia graduate, was an attorney, teacher, and environmentalist from Carrollton, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs and slides taken by and of Barry Staples from 1972-1979. Images depict parks, natural areas, rivers and streams, and wildlife management areas Staples visited, but also portray Staples during lectures, social events, in the office, library, and field. A disbound scrapbook contains photographs from Big Hornsby Lake, Lewis Island; Sea Horse Key; Murder Creek Special Management Area; Horsepasture River; Okefenokee Swamp; Alcovy River Swamp; Congaree Swamp; Spring Creek; Shell Bluff, Savannah River; Kolomoki Creek, Clay County, Georgia; Cooper Creek; and Beech Creek. The collection also includes some writings, clippings, and a Georgia Bar Association convention pin (1942) belonging to Earl Staples Carrollton.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Gift of Mrs. Diane Andrews.

Preferred Citation

Barry Staples collection, ms3287, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Clippings, 1975, 2005

 

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Photograph album (disbound), 1972-1974

 

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Photographs: Barry Staples, undated, 1975

 

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Photographs: Outdoor scenes

 

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Earl Staples Carrollton's Georgia Bar Association Convention pin, 1942

 

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Writing: "Martha Goes to Beech Creek" by Barry Staples

 

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Writing: "To Barry Staples, Christmas. The Teacher" by Charles Heizer Wharton), 1975

 

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Slides, 1972-1976

Trout; Cape Hatteras, Fishing; Charles Wharton & Barry Staples; Martha (dog); Barry Staples and Martha; Unidentified; Barry Staples and Martha; Undentified;

 

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Slides, 1972-1974

Piedmont Park; Beech Creek cabin; Rock outcrops; Dogwoods; Okefenokee field trip; Trout; Beech Creek cabin; Tate City, Georiga; Ferry, Hatteras; Beech Creek and cabin; Brasstown Bald; Spring Creek; Wakullah Springs

 

2	2	Slides, 1972-1975
		Chattooga River; South River in flood; Cator Woolford Memorial Gardens; Chattahoochee River; Conservancy Conference. Flint River; Congaree; Chattooga River; Flint River; St. Marks Refuge

 

2	3	Slides, 1973
		Patsiliga field trip; Seahorse Key field trip; Fernbank Science Center

 

2	4	Slides, 1973-1976
		Marineland; Beech Creek; Unidentified; Unidentified

 

2	5	Slides, 1974-1975
		Cumberland Island; Brasstown Bald; Kolomoki; Wassaw Island; Ebenezer Creek; Bill Thompson's property; Cape San Blas; Ft. Gaines Cemetary

 

2	6	Slides, 1974-1975
		Bly Gap; DNR planning; Wildflowers; Unidentified

 

2	7	Slides, 1975
		Beech Creek; Unidintified

 

2	8	Slides, 1976
		Peanut Brigade (Carter-Mondale Campaign)

 

2	9	Slides, 1979
		Sapelo Island

 

2	10	Slides, 1980
		Unidentified

 

2	11	Slides, 1973-1974
		Altamaha River; Chattahoochee River; Arabia (Nature Preserve?); Caton(?) Woolford; Wassaw Island; Ft. Gaines

 

2	12	Slides, 1972-1975
		San Blas; 3 Mile Creek, Thomaston, Georgia; Congaree Swamp; Wakulla Springs, Florida; San Marcos, Florida; St. Marks, Florida; Piedmont Park

 

2	13	Slides, 1974-1975
		Family; Friends; Colleagues

 

2	14	Slides, 1974
		Cumberland Island

 

2	15	Slides, 1974
		Cumberland Island; Kolomoki; Spring Creek; Brinson's; Dudley's Hammock; Brasstown; July 4th, Clayton, Georgia; Cape Hatteras; Osciwitchee; Coopers; Seahorse Key; Ebenezer; Mountains near Beech Creek; Okefenokee Swamp(?); Morning Creek; Black Jack(?); The Rocks

 

2	16	Slides, 1973-1974
		Brasstown; Rocks; Ed and coon; Barry Staples with camera; Chattooga River; Alcovy; Cape Hatteras ferry; Flint River meeting; Horsepasture River; Rocks; Blue Ridge; Chattooga River; Weasel; Morning Creek; Flint River; Mountains near Beech Creek; Brasstown; Beech Creek cabin "still life"; Chattooga River; Arabia; Altamaha River; Cow; Ocmulgee River; Leaves (Chatt.); Ft. Gaines; Altamaha River; Alcovy; Cypress Pond, Wrens

 

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