Mike Cheatham papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mike Cheatham papers
Creator: Cheatham, Walter Malcolm (Mike), 1932-2013
Inclusive Dates: 1900-2011
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.5 Linear Feet 5 boxes and 4 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms3735
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Walter M. (Mike) Cheatham was an author and broadcaster originally from Toccoa, Georgia. He earned a history degree from the University of Georgia and a J. D. from Emory Univesity. Later, Cheatham worked in marketing and public affairs with the Coca-Cola Company and Union Carbide. He performed work in speech writing and public affairs in both corporate and political settings. He is best known for his books Your Friendly Neighbor: The Story of Georgia's Coca-Cola Bottling Families (1999), and No Man Walks Alone: The Life and Times of Thomas G. Pownall (2003). Prior to this, he wrote three books, Rabun Redux (1990), Class of the Carolinas (1992), An Athens Diary: One Georgia Community's Olympic Experience (1996). Cheatham served as a featured sports broadcaster throughout his career and wrote many newspaper op-ed columns. He passed away in 2013 at the age of 81.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of Cheatham's research and writing on topics such as the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the life of former Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) CEO Thomas G. Pownall, and athletics. The collection also features his research on other topics, often related to southern history, as well as his newspaper sportswriting and transcripts of radio commentary. Research-related materials include his notes, correspondence, and photocopies of sources. A small portion of the collection contains personal writing and correspondence.

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Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Though the collection is open for research, the audiovisual recordings do not have reference copies; however, reference copies can be made available upon request. Availability is dependent upon the format and condition of the recordings.

Preferred Citation

Mike Cheatham papers, ms3735, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2013.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms3735/bmac-coll

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Your Friendly Neighbor Research
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1	1	Your Friendly Neighbor Summary
1	2	Chapter 3 draft
1	3	Chapter 4 draft
1	4	Chapter 5 draft
1	5	Chapter 6 draft
1	6	Chapter 7 draft
1	7	Chapter 8 drafts
1	8	Chapter 9 draft
1	9-11	Chapter 10 drafts
1	12	"They're Thirsty on Main Street and All Over" by Mike Cheatham, Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1996
1	13	The Earliest Bottles
1	14	Beidenharn family research
1	15	Joe Biedenharn
1	16	Lettie Pate Evans
1	17	Roberto C. Goizueta, 1987-1997
1	18	Harrison Jones
1	19	Coca-Cola Annual Report
1	20	Chapter II Summary for Georgia: A Pageant of Years
1	21	Coca-Cola fact Sheet
1	22	Book promotion
1	23	"Three Atlanta Pharmacists" Pharmacy in History, 1989
1	24	"Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in Georgia" thesis by Lillian Hooper Hardison (incomplete copy), 1994
1	25	Mike Cheatham's senior thesis on Coca-Cola
1	26	Pete McTier notes
1	27	Coca-Cola and the Olympic games
1	28	Frank Brown and Jim Wimberly interviews
1	29	Benwood Foundation: The First Fifty Years
1	30	Bottling plants statistics, 1900-1901
1	31	James B. Williams discusses Arthur Montgomery
1	32	Various Coca-Cola research and writing
1	33	Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation brochure
1	34	Correspondence, 1912-1997
1	35	Correspondence, 1998-2007
1	36-39	Research photocopies
1	40	Charles W. Adams photograph
1	41	J. Paul Austin photograph
1	42	Alfred Lee Barron photograph
1	43	Willie Barron photograph
1	44	W. C. Bradley photograph
1	45	Possibly Sebert Brewer, Jr. photograph
1	46	Asa Candler photograph
1	47	George Cobb, Sr. photograph
1	48	W. Banks Haley photograph
1	49	Harbid Hirsch photograph
1	50	George Thomas Hunter as a child, family photograph
1	51	George Thomas Hunter Gallery of Art photograph
1	52	George Thomas Hunter photograph and drawing
1	53	Benjamin F. Thomas ink drawing
1	54	Harrison Jones photograph
1	55	John T. Lupton, photograph of oil portrait
1	56	C. Veazey Rainwater photograph
1	57	Columbus Roberts, Sr. photograph
1	58	Walter A. Sams photograph
1	59	Edward Deloney Sledge photograph
1	60	Edward Deloney Sledge (seated) and staff
1	61	Joseph B. Whitehead
1	62	Robert W. Woodruff photograph
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1	1	Robert W. Woodruff group photo
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2	1	Bottlers' meetings and conventions, group photgraphs
2	2	Waldorf Astoria event photographs
2	3	Coca-Cola sponsored baseball team photograph
2	4	Coca-Cola slides
2	5	Coca-Cola cooler photograph
2	6	Arthur L. Montgomery photograph
2	7	Bottling plant photograph
2	8	Coca-Cola Bottlers Convention photograph, 1909
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1	2	Coca-Cola Convention photograph, 1910
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2	9	Ink drawings of bottling plants and advertisements
2	10	Coca-Cola advertisements used in "Your Friend Neighbor"
2	11	Coca-Cola Bottling Company 75th anniversary photographs
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5	1	Coca Cola Scrapbook
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2	12	unidentified photographs
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2	1	Coca Cola sign
2	2	Your Friendly Neighbor sign
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3	1	Coca Cola sign

 

2. No Man Walks Alone Research
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2	13-17	No Man Walks Alone draft
2	18	Chapter 1 drafts
2	19	Chapter 2 drafts
2	20	Chapter 3 drafts
2	21	Chapter 4 drafts
2	22	Chapter 6 draft
2	23	Chapter 7 drafts
2	24	Chapter 8 drafts
2	25	Editor's notes
2	26	Caption and citations
2	27	Thomas G. Pownall obituary
2	28	Tom Pownell interview transcription
2	29	Book promotion
2	30	No Man Walks Alone authorship agreement
2	31	Correspondence, 1988-2002 ()
2	32	Correspondence, 2003-2004 ()
2	33	Research photocopies
2	34	Tom Pownell interview transription
2	35	Notes
2	36	Lockheed Martin annual report, 1999
2	37	Tom Pownell photographs
2	38	Mike Cheatham and Tom Pownell group photograph

 

3. Athletic Research
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2	39-40	Sports writing by Mike Cheatham
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3	1	Sports writing by Mike Cheatham
3	2	Class of the Carolinas correspondence
3	3	Class of the Carolinas promotion
3	4	Class of the Carolinas sales
3	5	Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
3	6	John McKnight
3	7	Bob Waters funeral program, 1989
3	8	The State: Down Home in North Carolina, 1993
3	9	"Georgia Docs! Georgia Dawgs!" article Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, 1994
3	10	National Football Foundation and Colelge Hall of Fame Award Dinner programn, 1994
3	11	Olympic Torch Relay informatino, 1996
3	12	Yale vs. Georgia and Sanford dedication program
3	13	American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) President's Breakfast: "Service to Your Profession", 2001
3	14	Wally's Boys Annual Reunion program, 2005
3	15	University of Georgia stuent-athlete war memorial
3	16	Olympic soccer in Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA photograph, 1996
3	17	Research notes and files
3	18	Research notes and files
3	19	Correspondence, 1937-1997
3	20	Correspondence, 1998-2011
3	21-23	Research photocopies
3	24	Mike Cheatham and student athletes war memorial photograph
3	25	Class of the Carolinas book signing photographs
3	26	Photographs
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4	1	Class of the Carolinas promotional poster

 

4. Other Research and Personal Files
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3	27	Rabun Redux by Rabun Blaylock (Mike Cheatham)
3	28	Ernest Vandiver oral history notes and documentation
3	29	Georgia state flag, 1956 legislation research
3	30	Athens, Ga and World War II writings
3	31	Athens-Clarke County veterans
3	32	Early country music in Georgia writing
3	33	C. B. Allen
3	34	Life Along the Broad River and Happenings
3	35	General James Longstreet
3	36	"A Mustard Seed Faith"
3	37	"I'm the South" (poem)
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4	1	Cheatham geneaology
4	2	Crossing the Color Line research
4	4	Emory University School of Law address
4	5	Various research and writing
4	6	Research correspondence
4	7	Personal correspondence, 1983-2001
4	8	Personal correspondence, 2002-2011
4	9-10	Research photocopies
4	11	Mike Cheatham's mission statement
4	12	Mike Cheatham baby book, 1932
4	13	Praise for Mike Cheatham
4	14	Resumes and career highlights
4	15	Last will and testament
4	16	Awards and recognition
4	17	Articles about Mike Cheatham
4	18	Copyright forms and grant applications
4	19	Mike Cheatham photographs
4	20	Family slides
4	21	"Man Needs His Environment" slideshow
4	22	Nature slides
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5	2	Emory Alumni Association
5	3	Phi Kappa Phi Pin

 

5. Clippings

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Clippings