Stanford Brown collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Stanford Brown collection
Creator: Brown, Stanford
Inclusive Dates: 1863-1961
Language(s): English
Extent: 16 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms4434
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

Collection includes a booklet for The Grand Theatre Program from 1925-1926, a photograph of an election crowd in Atlanta, Georgia in 1880, a photograph of Eugene O'Neill by Carl Van Vechten, 1920's photographs, Farmer's Banking Co. records, Marilyn Campbell's photographs of African American families in Georgia during the 1940's, and a photograph from Fort Valley State College Campus. Also included are broadsides for a program on Palestine and Egypt from 1879, a white supremacy flyer, a Civil War Island Minstrels concert, a roster of officers from the Thirty-third U.S. Infantry, an advertisement for a concert by the Brass Band of the 33rd Mass in Atlanta, Georgia, Civil War Union General Orders, a supplement of the Marietta Journal, a wanted poster for African American men Cornelius and Leon Cooper from 1933, and an ink drawing of the Battery Seymour on Ossabaw Island.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Stanford Brown Collection, ms4434, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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The Grand Theatre program, 1925-1926

 

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Photograph of crowd on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia, 1880

 

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Carl Van Vechten photograph of Eugene O'Neill, 1936

 

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Photographs, circa 1920

 

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Farmers Banking Company records, 1913-1917

 

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Marilyn Campbell photographs of African American families, circa 1940

 

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Fort Valley State College Campus photograph

 

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Wanted poster for Cornelius and Leon Cooper, 1933

 

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Ralston Hall! Palestine and Egypt, 1879

 

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White Man Awake flyer, 1960

 

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Civil War Island Minstrels concert, 1863

 

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Roster of officers of the Thirty-third U.S. Infantry, 1868

 

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Grand vocal and instrumental concert flyer, 1864

 

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Civil War Union General orders, 1863-1864

 

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Letter regarding officer commissions - Col. George Nolan to Maj. John Flowers, 1864 May 18

 

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Letter - George R. Clayton to Governor James Jackson, 1800 August 22

 

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Letters (4) - from Confederate soldier Benjamin Gaughf, 1861-1862

 

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Charles Homsher - Account of his time at Andersonville Prison

 

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Program fragment - Honor Roll - South Georgia College, 1911-1912

 

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Catalog - Spelman Seminary for Women and Girls, 1906-1907

 

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Lecture announcement - Fort Valley State College, 1953 June 17

 

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Flyer - Harry Belafonte at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 1962 June 6

 

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Correspondence featuring the Fort Valley College Center, 1948

 

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Invitation - Langston Hughes Lecture at Fort Valley State College, 1953 June 17

 

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Program - State Teachers' Association in Macon, Georgia, 1892 June 21-24

 

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Photograph - Chain Gang Prisoner in Georgia, 1937 June 25

 

1	27	Photographs - Strong Academy in Augusta, Georgia, circa 1910
		Two photographs taken by Helen Clay Frick during her visit to the Strong Academy, which was attached to the Shiloh Orphange. The woman in the white skirt sitting with the small group of very young children is believed to be Silvie McHorton, and the man at the upper left of the larger group photograph is believed to be Superintendent Daniel McHorton.

 

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Supplement of the Marietta Journal, 1868

 

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Ink drawing of Battery Seymour, 1863

 

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Fort Valley State College brochure, 1940

 

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Scrapbook - Atlanta area high school newspaper clippings, 1933-1939

 

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Three mounted photographs from the Ballard Normal School in Macon, Georgia, 1919-1927