Mell family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mell family papers
Creator: Mell family
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1930
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet 1 box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms4449
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

John Hamlin Newton (1800-1889) was a businessman and manufacturer who resided in Jefferson County, Georgia until 1837 before moving to Athens, Georgia. His daughter Helen, married Henry Hull Carlton (1834-1905), a Confederate soldier, doctor, lawyer, and state senator and congressman of Athens, Georgia. Their daughter, Helen Newton Carlton married John Dagg Mell, son of University of Georgia Chancellor Patrick Hues Mell. Patrick Hues Mell, Jr. (1850-1918) was a University of Georgia alumnus and a distinguished scholar.

Scope and Content

This collection contains family photographs, cabinet and calling cards, as well as a small amount of correspondence, writing, and legal documents.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Mell family papers, ms4449, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections include Carlton-Newton-Mell family papers, ms59; Patrick Hues Mell papers, ms60; Patrick Hues Mell, Jr. family scrapbooks, ms61; Mell-Rutherford papers, ms2480; Daisy W. Mell collection, ms2627

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Photographs - Patrick Hues Mell Sr.

 

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Photographs - Patrick Hues Mell Jr - Emma Mell

 

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Photographs - Helen Carlton Mell

 

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Photographs - John Dagg Mell

 

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Photographs - John D. and Helen C. Mell family

 

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Photographs - Mell family groups

 

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Photographs - Helen and Olivia Carlton

 

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Photographs - Olivia Carlton

 

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Photographs given to Helen and Olivia Carlton

 

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Photographs - Marion Carlton

 

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Photographs - Helen Newton Carlton

 

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Photographs - H. H. Carlton

 

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Photographs - H. H. Carlton Jr.

 

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Photographs - Annie H. Carlton

 

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Photographs - John Carlton

 

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Cabinet card - Jahn Hamlin Newton

 

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Cased image - George Newton

 

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Photographs - Charles H. Brand, his house on Milledge Avenue, Athens

 

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Photographs - Various, identified

 

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Tintype - Young boy

 

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Photographs - Unidentified

 

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Photographs - Buildings, locations

 

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Calling cards - Unidentified

 

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Cabinet cards - Unidentified

 

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Reproduction photographs

 

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Writing

 

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Writing journal

 

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Correspondence - Helen Newton Carlton

 

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Correspondence - Helen C. Mell, John D. Mell

 

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Lease - John H. Newton estate - R.K. Reaves - Cherokee County Lot 131-18-1, 1890

 

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Resolution - Baptist Church ordination of John D. Mell, 1901

 

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Will - Patrick H. Mell, 1945

 

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Mell family genealogy

 

1	34	Printed material
		Includes auction notice for downtown Athens home.

 

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Tinted drawing of railroad locomotive "Cousin Annie" - signed P.H. Mell