Beth and Gib Johnston collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Beth and Gib Johnston collection
Creator: Johnston, Beth
Inclusive Dates: 1809-1987
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Collection Number: ms3874
Repository: Hargrett Library
Location: Private Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch is housed off-site at Main Library Storage. Contact Hargrett Library to request this item.

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Beth and Gib Johnston are University of Georgia alumni.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of materials collected by Beth Gib Johnston, including World War II materials, correspondence, a program from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, tintypes, and a crutch used by a Civil War soldier.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Beth and Gib Johnston collection, ms3874, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2015.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

A related collection in the Hargrett Library is the Beth and Gib Johnston UGA ephemera, UA0112, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Invitation and program - Woodrow Wilson inauguration , 1917 March 5

 

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Program - Carl Vinson's portrait unveiling, Washington, D.C., 1942 January 20

 

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Pins - Keep U.S. Senator David Gambrell, Landon/Knox GOP, I'm for Nixon

 

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Pamphlet - Delegates and Alternates to the Democratic National Convention, 1916 June 14

 

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"About Women by a Man" - pamphlet published by Florida Power and Light Company, 1941

 

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Johnston family war ration books (13), 1942-1943

 

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Handheld fan with image of Japanese flag and Japanese writing

 

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Small leather pouch

 

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U. S. Army Air Force Observer brassard

 

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World War II Selective Service System medal

 

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Certificate appointing Thomas G. Hotchkiss to First Lieutenant - signed by Joseph E. Brown, 1861 October 28

 

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Civil War generals educational booklet

 

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Gibson Johnson's Boy Scout certificates, cards, badges, 1940-1948

 

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Certificate from Georgia governor David B. Mitchell granting Shepherd Williams 318 acres of land in Bulloch County, Georgia - missing bottom half of certificate, Circa 1809-1813

 

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John R. Miller Justice of the Peace certificate, Bulloch County, Georgia, 1877 January 27

 

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John S. Miller Justice of the Peace certificate, Emanuel County, Georgia, 1831 June 29

 

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Carte de Visite - General Albert Sidney Johnston

 

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Tintype - two unidentified men

 

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Tintype - Elizabeth Turner, wife of Elias Clements

 

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Reproductions - Official U.S. Navy Photographs of Pearl Harbor

 

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Framed photographs - Alma Houser (Booth), an Athens residence, and George Hauser's tobacco shop

 

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Georgia highway maps (2), 1938-1946

 

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Stamps, 1978-1987

 

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Alma Hauser's signature scrapbook, 1894-1896

 

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Foil ball from chewing gum wrappers saved during World War II

 

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Golden scale set

 

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Private Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch, 1863

 

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Description of Private Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch

 

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Correspondence - Rosemary Johnston - James Wood, 1958

 

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Correspondence - Rosemary Johnston - James Wood, 1959