William B. Conway family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: William B. Conway family papers
Creator: Conway, William Buchanan, 1845-1920
Inclusive Dates: 1864-2008
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms3749
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

William Buchanan Conway (1845-1920) was born on Ellerslie plantation in Madison County, Virginia to Battaile Fitzhugh Taliaferro and Cornelia Buchanan Conway. He served in Company C, 4th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army. After the war he studied medicine and graduated from Washington University (Baltimore, Md.) in 1869. In 1870 he married Julia Ellen Thomas (1848-1916), and after her death married Lee DuBose Armstrong (1858-1919). He was a surgeon for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College for 15 years. In 1891 he moved to Athens (Ga.) and practiced medicine.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of biographical information, financial papers, scrapbook/school book, medical notebooks, printed material, and photographs. Conway's typed autobiography describes his life as a child on the plantation, his Civil War experiences, and his medical career. His medical notebooks list patients and their treatments. He also wrote a notebook about early medicine and remedies. The school notebook of Mamie Conway (Dr. Conway's daughter) was begun while she was a student at the Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.) and later turned into a scrapbook of clippings and mementos. Photographs include the wedding of Mamie Conway and William C. Mizelle/Mizell in 1904. Additionally, there are postcards to Mary Ann and Ola Kemp and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Dent; a small number of items from Conway Mizelle's travels in Cuba; and material related to Patrick Mizelle at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Conyers, Ga.).

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William B. Conway family papers, ms3749, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens. GA

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2013.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Biographical information [including the Autobiography of William Buchanan Conway of Athens, Georgia, 1845-1905]

 

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Correspondence, 1877-1920, 1958

 

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Financial papers, 1864-1917

 

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Writings – Re: double-barrel cannon (Athens, Ga.) by William B. Conway, 1912

 

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Writings – Re: early medicine – by William B. Conway

 

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Writings – "The relation between physician and patient" by William B. Conway , 1989

 

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Scrapbook/School notebook – Mamie Conway [includes clippings, correspondence and photographs], 1902-1905

 

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Medical notebooks – cases and treatments, 1866-1881

 

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Prescriptions, 1919

 

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Printed material – includes Dr. Conway's business cards, pharmacy blank prescription forms, roster of Georgia Cavalry Brigade (1914), Confederate Veteran magazine (August 1920) , 1914-1920

 

1	11	Photographs, 1904
		Includes photos of Mamie Conway Mizell's wedding (1904); a group photo of William H. Thomas, Dr. W. B. Conway, Rev. W. E. Hubbert, Byrd Anderson, and Judge Charles F. McKenna; picture postcard of W. B. Conway's Residence in Athens (Ga.); and Capers Mizell and Mamie Conway.

 

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Postcards - Mary Ann Kemp and Ola Kemp, 1907-1921

 

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Postcards - W. C. Mizell, 1909

 

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Postcards - Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Dent, 1946-1947

 

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Postcards - Mr. and Mrs. Conway Mizelle, 1962

 

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Postcards - blank

 

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Printed material - Conway Mizelle (Cuba), 1930-1939

 

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Printed material - Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Conyers, Ga.), Patrick Mizelle

 

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Patrick Mizelle - Alice Fischer Memorial Student Support Fund

 

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Eagle Pharmacy (Athens, Ga.) blank forms

 

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Confederate money and World War II Japanese coins