Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers
Creator: McMillan, Della
Inclusive Dates: 1824-2000
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversized box, 3 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms4531
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The LeConte family included brothers John LeConte (1818-1891) and Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), their father Louis LeConte (1782-1838) and grandfather John Eatton LeConte (1739-1822). John and Joseph were scientists and educators at the University of Georgia, South Carolina College (later University of South Carolina) and the University of California at Berkeley. Louis LeConte was a planter and naturalist who lived at the plantation Woodmanston near Savannah, Georgia and developed a botanical garden there. John Eatton LeConte acquired Woodmanston in the 1760s.

Joseph LeConte was the father of five children: Emma Florence, Sarah Elizabeth, Josephine Eloise (died in early childhood), Caroline Eaton, and Joseph Nisbet.

Emma LeConte's diary of events surrounding the Union attacks on Columbia, South Carolina in February 1865 was published as "When the World Ended" in 1957 and reissued in 1987. Her husband, Farish Furman, became a farmer near Milledgeville and developed a highly successful fertilizer for growing cotton.

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, genealogical research, correspondence, legal documents, artifacts, and journals regarding the Shaw, Talley, Carter, LeConte, Furman, and Smith families, as well as their historic family homeplaces of Woodmanston and Scottsboro.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers, ms4531, 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 in this library are LeConte Furman Carter family papers, ms3027

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Farish Carter

 

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James Carter - Grave site

 

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Photographic reproductions - Catherine Carter (Furman)

 

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Carter genealogy

 

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Charles MacDonald - Eliza Carter's brother

 

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Governor's Mansion, Women's College - Milledgeville

 

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Flora MacDonald

 

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Richard Furman

 

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Letter - Richard Furman to Mary MacDonald

 

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Farish C. Furman

 

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Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Farish Furman, 1869-1882

 

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Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Caroline N. LeConte

 

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Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Frances L. Hutson, 1869

 

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Emma LeConte Furman

 

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Photographs - Emma LeConte Furman

 

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Journal, transcribed - Emma F. LeConte, 1864-1865

 

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Diary - Emma LeConte Furman, 1882

 

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Diary, transcribed (2 copies) - Emma LeConte Furman, 1900

 

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Typescript - "When the World Ended"

 

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"When the World Ended" correspondence, press - Oxford University Press

 

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Recollections of Emma Florence LeConte's youth

 

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Photo Album - Emma LeConte Furman

 

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Photographs - Emma LeConte Furman - California

 

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Furman genealogy

 

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Correspondence - Katherine Furman - Emma LeConte Furman, 1893-1895

 

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Correspondence - Katherine Furman - Elizabeth "Bess" Furman, 1894-1895

 

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Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Emma L. Furman, 1895

 

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Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Joseph LeConte, 1891, 1895

 

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Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Caroline LeConte, 1895

 

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Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman, 1894-1895

 

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Correspondence - Caroline LeConte - Joseph LeConte - , 1858, 1886

 

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Correspondence - Joseph LeConte - Emma LeConte, 1860, 1868

 

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Photograph - Caroline N. LeConte

 

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Joseph LeConte

 

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Correspondence - Caroline E. LeConte - Katherine Furman Smith, 1927-1930

 

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Correspondence - Caroline E. LeConte

 

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Caroline E. LeConte - "Statue in the Air" - Photostat

 

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Caroline E. LeConte - Heraldry research

 

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Joseph and Caroline LeConte's 50th wedding anniversary, 1897

 

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John Eatton

 

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John Eatton D.A.R. application

 

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John Eatton LeConte

 

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Jane Sloan LeConte - Historic dress

 

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Eaton, LeConte women

 

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Genealogy - Martinique connection to Bacon

 

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William L. LeConte

 

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James A. LeConte

 

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John Lawrence LeConte

 

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LeConte genealogy - John, Joseph, Louis

 

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Letter from Helen LeConte regarding burial places of John, Joseph LeConte, 1962

 

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Sallie LeConte Davis estate

 

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Sarah Stillwell Griffing

 

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Ann Quarterman LeConte, Ann LeConte Stephens

 

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Nisbet family

 

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Mother Seton

 

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Lady Berrien

 

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Camp, Peeples families

 

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Talley family

 

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Caleb Talley family book

 

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Elizabeth Furman Talley

 

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Elizabeth Furman Talley - Poems

 

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Photographs - Elizabeth Furman Talley

 

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James N. Talley family

 

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Photographs - Talley family

 

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Photographs - Talley women, girls

 

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James N. Talley

 

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Correspondence - Emma T. Shaw, 1944-1966

 

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Genealogy notebook - Emma T. Shaw

 

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Mary Newell

 

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Farish Furman Talley Sr., Jr.

 

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Joseph LeConte Talley Jr.

 

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Reverend James Lawrence

 

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John R.L. and Katherine F. Smith

 

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Photographs - John R.L. Smith

 

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Photographs - Katherine F. Smith

 

3

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Katherine C. Furman (Smith) - Art - Reproductions

 

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Correspondence - Katherine C. Furman

 

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Photographs - Katherine, Elizabeth Furman

 

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Photographs - Katherine Smith children

 

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Joseph LeConte, Margaret Smith

 

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Correspondence - Joseph LeConte Jr. to sister (partial)

 

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Correspondence - Margaret Smith - Emma Shaw, 1950-1963

 

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Photographs - Furman, Lucy Smith

 

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Furman Smith - Clippings, genealogy

 

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Furman Smith - Mercer University, King & Spalding

 

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Furman Smith - Writing, clippings

 

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Genealogy from Furman Smith

 

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Condolences, resolutions - regarding the death of Furman Smith, 1968

 

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Photographs - Smith family

 

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Photographs - Smith, Talley children

 

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Katherine C. Smith Adams

 

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Photographs - Katherine C. Smith

 

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Photographs - Katherine C. Adams

 

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Adams home, Carrboro, North Carolina

 

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Joseph Edison Adams

 

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Joseph Edison Adams - Dissertation, 1935

 

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Joseph Edison Adams - Biology textbook "Plants"

 

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"Aunt" Harriet Adams Newman

 

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Adams family history

 

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John, Martha Adams

 

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Photographs - John, Martha Adams

 

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Photographs - Elizabeth "Weencie" Smith (Nalls)

 

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Elizabeth "Weencie" Smith Nalls family

 

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Photographs - Anne L. "Nancy" Smith

 

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Correspondence - Nancy L. Smith

 

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Photographs - Emma LeConte Smith

 

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LeConte name

 

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Midway church

 

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Capitol Bank of Macon

 

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Old state capitol renovation

 

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LeConte Memorial Fund

 

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LeContes of California

 

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LeConte genealogy

 

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Photographs - LeConte family

 

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Photographs - LeConte, Dekle, Davis

 

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Talley, Furman genealogy

 

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Smith genealogy

 

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McMillan genealogy

 

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Carter genealogy

 

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Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Emma T. Shaw, 1973-1974

 

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Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Katherine C. Adams, 1976-1978

 

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Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Carolyn McMillan, 1974-1992

 

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Correspondence - Mason Gibbes - Genealogy

 

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Coat of Arms

 

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Photographs - Family at Scottsboro

 

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Photographs - Scottsboro

 

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Photographs - African American families at Scottsboro

 

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Photo album - Scottsboro cousins

 

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Photo album - Scottsboro, 1905-1912

 

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Photo reproductions - Family at Scottsboro

 

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Negatives - Various

 

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Thesis on Emma L. Furman by Pamela Penick [NESU], 1992-1993

 

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Thesis on Joseph LeConte - Timothy Brown [UNC], 1997

 

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Midway, Scottsboro paper, 2000

 

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John LeConte novel draft, correspondence, 1996

 

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LeConte de Nonant notes by Caroline LeConte

 

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Book [in French] - Marquisat de Nonant - Charles Verel, 1908

 

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Huguenots - Nonant, France

 

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LeConte de Nonant chateau trip

 

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Deed - Third of River Plantation from Emma L. Furman to Katherine C., Elizabeth Furman, 1895

 

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Phi Kappa, Demosthenian invitaions - University of Georgia, 1890-1893

 

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Letter of Administration - Van Davis Sr. - Franklin County, Georgia, 1824 January

 

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Theodore Roosevelt, Bulloch Hall

 

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Paper currency - Mechanics Bank of Augusta, Georgia, 1847-1850

 

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Paper currency - Augusta Insurance & Banking Company, 1847

 

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Paper currency - County of Berrien, Georgia, 1867

 

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Paper currency - Bank of the State of South Carolina, 1862

 

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Confederate currency

 

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Photographs, Clipppings - Carter's Quarters, Vann House

 

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Clippings - Carter Dam

 

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Correspondence - Carolyn McMillan - Genealogy

 

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Woodmanston research, history

 

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Introduction to LeConte Woodmanston seminar, 1978

 

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Master plan - Woodmanston project, 1981

 

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LeConte-Woodmanston on the Threshold of Its 3rd Century - Seminar, 1986

 

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Scottsboro research, clippings

 

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Estate of F.C. Furman - E.L.C. Furman, 1885

 

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Indenture - Emma L. Furman - Emory Speer, Trustee, 1911

 

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Quit Claim deed - Elizabeth F. Talley - Emma L. Furman, 1926

 

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Quit Claim deed - Emma L. Furman - Elizabeth F. Talley, 1926

 

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Quit Claim deed - Elizabeth S. Nalls - John R.L. Smith, 1946 February

 

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Quit Claim deed - Furman Smith - John R.L. Smith, 1946 February

 

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Plat attached to Cooper - Hodges deed, 1946 March

 

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Indenture - Anne L. Smith, Katherine S. Adams - John R.L. Smith, 1946 July

 

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Indenture - Joseph L. Smith - John R.L. Smith, 1947 February

 

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Indenture, title - John R.L. Smith - Milledgeville Banking Company, 1950 February

 

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Indentures (2) - Rosehill Cemetery, 1885, 1903

 

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Indenture - John R.L. Smith - Baldwin County for gravel mining, 1950

 

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Power line easement, gravel mining lease, rent, 1952

 

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Insurance documents - John R.L. Smith

 

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John R.L. Smith - Surveys - Scottsboro, 1927-1933

 

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John R.L. Smith - Farm business, 1945-1947

 

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Farm check book, ledger, 1948-1953

 

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Check book stubs, 1956-1960

 

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Supplement to Southern Reporter, 1851 February 4

 

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Hair - Katherine Carter Furman, "Grandpappa"

 

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Letter - Joel Chandler Harris - My dear Mr. Man, 1900

 

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Photographs - Barry Hughes, Hern

 

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Writing, poetry, journal - unknown

 

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Correspondence - unknown

 

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Piece of Yosemite rock

 

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Clipping - Embroidery patterns

 

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Post Magazine - "The Making of a Saint" Mother Seton article, 1963

 

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Photo album - Katherine Smith, 1922

 

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Photo album - Katherine Smith, 1940s

 

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My Ancestry book

 

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Mounted photograph - Emma Talley Shaw holding Carolyn, Elizabeth Smith Nalls holding Betty, 1931

 

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Mounted photograph - Emma Talley Shaw

 

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Mounted photograph - Mr. Salisbury "Uncle Henry" and Joseph LeConte Talley Sr. - Scottsboro

 

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Mounted photograph - Emma LeConte Furman and grandchild

 

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Mounted photograph - James Nicholas Talley

 

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Photograph - Ralph Shaw in Air Force uniform

 

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Pharmacy diplomas, certificates - Joseph Edison Adams, 1925

 

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Diploma - James Nicholas Talley - University of Georgia, 1892

 

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Abstract of Title - E.L. Furman - Baldwin County, 1893

 

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Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy - University of Michigan, 1931

 

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Certificate - Joseph Edison Adams - Honorary member, Alpha Zeta Omega Fraternity, 1928

 

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Group photograph - Phi Delta Chi, 1931

 

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Diploma - Katherine Carter Smith - Bachelors degree - Weslyan College

 

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Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Middletown High School, 1922

 

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Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Pharmaceutical Chemist - Columbia University, 1927

 

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Diploma - Katherine Carter Smith - Master of Arts - Columbia University, 1924

 

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Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Master of Arts - Columbia University, 1932

 

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Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - PhD, Botany - University of California, 1935

 

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Family trees